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Muhammad ZeeshanMuhammad Zeeshan

I will be using the following programs: Adobe In Design CS3 and Adobe Photoshop CS3.

I will create my magazine within indesign and will edit images within Photoshop.

• My magazine My magazine started off with a started off with a basic white basic white background. I background. I improved this by improved this by adding a black adding a black background so background so the articles, the articles, images and other images and other typography typography stands out to stands out to keep the targeted keep the targeted audience hooked audience hooked in.in.

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As you can see, my As you can see, my variation in colour variation in colour adds to the style of adds to the style of the magazine as the magazine as different colours are different colours are quite eye catching quite eye catching which is efficient in which is efficient in attracting my attracting my audiences. I placed audiences. I placed this in the top left this in the top left sections of the sections of the magazine near the magazine near the pug sections to pug sections to maximize visibility. maximize visibility. This will be isolated This will be isolated from other from other typography to make typography to make it look important thus it look important thus effectively catching effectively catching attention.attention.

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I placed a red box out to I placed a red box out to contrast the box out contrast the box out and the typography of and the typography of the box out from the the box out from the back ground.back ground. I then placed a comment upon the I then placed a comment upon the

box out. This comment is related box out. This comment is related to the artist upon the contents to the artist upon the contents page. This will help create a page. This will help create a sense of importance and elevate sense of importance and elevate the image of the artist to the the image of the artist to the readers.readers.

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• The number The number placed for the placed for the featured article featured article is one is one emphasising emphasising the importance the importance of the article. of the article. Also illustrating Also illustrating the value and the value and status of the status of the article and its article and its contents.contents.

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• I then named the article and I then named the article and made sure to use important, made sure to use important, status established colours such status established colours such as the richness of the gold font as the richness of the gold font to illustrate this. However I still to illustrate this. However I still followed the conventions by followed the conventions by using the house style and using the house style and palette of colours of the palette of colours of the magazine as it will help me magazine as it will help me attract more audience attention attract more audience attention and allow hem to instantly and allow hem to instantly recognise my product.. Then I recognise my product.. Then I placed a quote to accompany placed a quote to accompany the featured article. This will the featured article. This will help the contents page interest help the contents page interest the audience through the use of the audience through the use of a carefully picked quote. For a carefully picked quote. For example “Be the greatest of all example “Be the greatest of all time” sound’s challenging and time” sound’s challenging and this mode of address would this mode of address would attract audiences as challenges attract audiences as challenges and competition between artists and competition between artists result in failures, comedy and result in failures, comedy and feuds, but most of all audience feuds, but most of all audience engagement. This will also help engagement. This will also help to establish the image of the to establish the image of the bands and endear them to and bands and endear them to and therefore interest the audience.therefore interest the audience.

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• I used the colour I used the colour red and white to red and white to write ‘Features’, I write ‘Features’, I did this to contrast did this to contrast the features with the features with the background the background and create eye and create eye catching writing catching writing which will help me which will help me improve the improve the chances of chances of attracting a attracting a reader. It also reader. It also maiantains the maiantains the house style and house style and font palette I font palette I created on the created on the front page.front page.

Article & Article & QuotesQuotes• I used interesting and varied I used interesting and varied

fonts (size and type) and fonts (size and type) and colouring when writing my colouring when writing my featured articles and quotes. featured articles and quotes. I did this to create a much I did this to create a much better magazine through the better magazine through the variety of font and colour. variety of font and colour. This will interest my This will interest my audience by the bright, bold audience by the bright, bold and eye catching and eye catching fonts/colours.fonts/colours.

• Moreover I changed the Moreover I changed the colour of the featured article colour of the featured article typography to portray status typography to portray status and exclusivity. This will and exclusivity. This will separate the important from separate the important from the casual and regular the casual and regular articles.articles.

• Similarly to the above, the Similarly to the above, the quotes are in a different font quotes are in a different font and colour to make the and colour to make the featured article typography featured article typography stand out. This will help stand out. This will help attract the audience and attract the audience and signifysignify importance and importance and exclusivityexclusivity

Featured Featured Articles and Articles and Quotes.Quotes.

• The articles are written The articles are written with a black and white with a black and white colour scheme to colour scheme to make the featured make the featured article stand out. This article stand out. This will help the reader will help the reader maintain interest and maintain interest and attraction to the main attraction to the main article. Moreover the article. Moreover the snappy comments will snappy comments will help interest the help interest the audience into reading audience into reading the magazine article. the magazine article. My mode of address is My mode of address is direct and challenging, direct and challenging, again to attract my again to attract my target audience and target audience and challenge them into challenge them into showing interest in the showing interest in the material.material.

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• I corrected the layout of the I corrected the layout of the typography and placed it into typography and placed it into the margin while changing the margin while changing the typography of the quotes. the typography of the quotes. This is because the codes and This is because the codes and conventions do not favour conventions do not favour italic writing within italic writing within magazines, possibly because magazines, possibly because it is difficult to read and it is difficult to read and blends easily into the blends easily into the background. Furthermore I background. Furthermore I wanted to line my text up and wanted to line my text up and place it on the margin to place it on the margin to make it look smart, organised make it look smart, organised and properly laid out. This will and properly laid out. This will help me as the codes and help me as the codes and conventions are placed and conventions are placed and constructed to help create a constructed to help create a better magazine which will better magazine which will successfully attract and hook successfully attract and hook audiences into buying my audiences into buying my magazine.magazine.

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• I continue to add the I continue to add the featured articles and featured articles and quotes. I continued using quotes. I continued using the colouring scheme of the colouring scheme of my magazine. This my magazine. This helped me create a helped me create a better magazine as I was better magazine as I was following my magazine’s following my magazine’s colours. This will help me colours. This will help me create a more create a more professional and efficient professional and efficient magazine capable of magazine capable of attracting audiences in a attracting audiences in a single glance. This was single glance. This was obtained with the help of obtained with the help of the research on music the research on music magazines and magazines and especially research on especially research on my chosen genre.my chosen genre.

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• As you can see a curved As you can see a curved layout was created layout was created when I placed my when I placed my featured article. I did featured article. I did this to follow my this to follow my magazine flat plan. This magazine flat plan. This results creates an results creates an interesting effect. The interesting effect. The effect is that the effect is that the featured articles create featured articles create a stair way to the a stair way to the featured article, featured article, signifying their rise to signifying their rise to fame. The featured fame. The featured article which is in Gold, article which is in Gold, reinforces the idea of reinforces the idea of exclusiveness, status, exclusiveness, status, wealth and importance.wealth and importance.

Page Page Number box Number box OutOut• I chose a white I chose a white

box out for my box out for my page number. page number. This is due to This is due to the contrasting the contrasting colour and it will colour and it will create a bright create a bright eye catching eye catching box out alerting box out alerting the audience to the audience to the page they the page they are on.are on.

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• I enlarged the I enlarged the ‘Contents’ to make it ‘Contents’ to make it more visible to the more visible to the eyes of the reader. I did eyes of the reader. I did this to enable easy this to enable easy recognition of the recognition of the contents page to the contents page to the reader which makes it reader which makes it easy for the audience easy for the audience to navigate the to navigate the magazine. I also did magazine. I also did this to follow the codes this to follow the codes and conventions as and conventions as they are guidelines and they are guidelines and their application helps their application helps me to attract a me to attract a readership that readership that recognises the mise en recognises the mise en scene of a professional scene of a professional looking magazine.looking magazine.

Box Out and Box Out and ImageImage

• I made a colourful I made a colourful box out to attract box out to attract the attention of the attention of the reader. This the reader. This will result in a will result in a much better effect much better effect which is able to which is able to attract the reader attract the reader to the images. It to the images. It also makes the also makes the image stand out image stand out and illustrates the and illustrates the characteristic of characteristic of the band due to the band due to the proxemics of the proxemics of the magazine.the magazine.

The image stands out due to the white background & red box out. I did this to portray the bright & truthful nature of the band, this is where the magazine sells a lifestyle to the readers by the use of artist’s and the Mise-en-scene. I want to make aspirers and egoists identify with my magazine and want to but it.

ArtistArtist

• I placed an image I placed an image of the artist on of the artist on the magazine the magazine making the image making the image large and large and dominant to dominant to portray the power portray the power of this individual. of this individual. Also I wanted to Also I wanted to create a sense of create a sense of status and status and importance importance towards this artist towards this artist within the minds within the minds of the readers. of the readers. This in turn would This in turn would help promote the help promote the lifestyle portrayed lifestyle portrayed in the magazine.in the magazine.

QuotesQuotes

• The quote placed next The quote placed next to the image is in gold to the image is in gold and white illustrating and white illustrating it’s status and power it’s status and power in relating to the in relating to the artist. This will help artist. This will help convey the message convey the message of the artist, which of the artist, which makes it easy for me makes it easy for me to advertise the to advertise the designer lifestyles. designer lifestyles. This will in turn This will in turn increase the amount increase the amount of profit made by my of profit made by my institution.institution.

• I also made a run I also made a run around of the quote around of the quote around the image to around the image to create an interesting create an interesting layout, one which will layout, one which will interest the audience interest the audience and hook them into and hook them into the magazine.the magazine.