The first part of the development started with me inserting the main image for the front cover.

I then inserted the title of my magazine as this was necessary and is the first thing you would usually put on the magazine cover. I took the effects I added in the manipulation of these images off because, after reviewing the looks of them again, I decided they did not look nice and instead they ruined the overall look and quality of my magazine. I was also given feedback by my peers on the effects I applied and this also influenced me to take the effects off.

At this stage I then added in the date of which the issue was printed as this is important for the customer and the company. This is because, if the date was not there the reader would not know when the issue was sold and may think it is out of date, resulting in them not buying the magazine. This would be bad from a business point of view.

I then added in the subheadings for the magazine cover. Sub-headings are very important as they are the components of the page which attract the target audience, but this is based on the sub-heading and the attractiveness of it. So for example if I had a sub-heading which said “ Lily Kaur’s IPhone “. This type of sub-heading is not very attractive and is in fact very boring, this would not attract readers. So it is important I have attractive sub-headings which readers would take their time out to read and then hopefully buy the magazine.

At this stage I then added in more attractive sub-headings and also added in an image with a sub-heading. The sub-headings I added in as the page would be empty and unappealing without anymore sub-headings/images on the page and this would definitely put customer’s off from buying the magazine. Images are also important because a cover page with just text would be boring and without visual stimulation the audience would not want to read it. So I added in an image, of former artists and put an attractive sub-heading called “Jake & Aj Reunite”.

This was my final outcome, the only changes I made was adding in one more sub-heading and adding in the barcode. The extra sub-heading was added as it was attractive in terms of content and I needed more sub-headings to firstly gain more attention from the readers and secondly to fill up space on the page because, if the page was empty in terms of detail and content it would look plain, unattractive and unappealing to readers. Consequently the target audience would not be interested in buying my magazine due to lack of detail. The barcode was added as it is essential firstly in terms of business, because without it the magazine would not get scanned and could be easily robbed and secondly without the barcode the readers would not know the price of the magazine. Therefore resulting in the readers not buying it, because it maybe more expensive than they think.

Here was the first part in the development process of my double page spread. I started off with just a photograph of my artist replicating a peace out gesture. I made my artist do this as my magazine is spreading a positive message and I do not want to spread any negative messages out, hence the reason why I have made my artist replicate the peace out gesture. The second page of the double page spread I have kept white for the interview to be placed on.

Peace out sign.

The next phase in the development of my double page spread was adding the quote said by my artist which is related to the peace out gesture she is replicating. “Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding”, this is the quote by my artist, I have placed this at the top of photograph because it firstly suits where it has been positioned and secondly as it matches with the peace out gesture. This is important because even though some readers may understand what the artist is representing, some may not and having a quote explaining what message the artist is trying to send out will help the readers who do not understand the peace out gesture. This is a good feature as it sends out a positive message to the target audience and will give my magazine a good image. In result of this, more people may buy my magazine and even recommend my magazine as it gives out positive messages and vibes to the readers.

Here is the final outcome of my double page spread. The only addition to this page was the interview with my artist. I had added an interview because when researching existing music magazines I found that they all consist of an interview with the artist on the page, or with someone within the music industry. So it was clear to me that I had to follow this standard convention of music magazines and have an interview with my artist. My interview is also very interesting and questions the artist on delicate matters which is key, as this attracts most audiences and makes the readers carry on reading as they want to know all details. As a regular reader of the OK magazine I, like all other readers want to know all the juicy details, so I have placed the same emphasis in the interview with my artist making it an interesting interview.

In this task I have shown the development of the front cover of my magazine and the double page spread effectively. However I did not present the development of my contents page. The reason behind this was when saving the final outcome of my contents page I accidentally saved it as a JPEG image, which does not allow anyone to then modify or make any changes to it as it is an image. Despite trying numerous ways of exporting the file back to a Photoshop file, my efforts came to vain and I was not allowed to change the file back to a Photoshop file in any way. This is the reason why I have not shown the development of my contents page, as I was not allowed, which was a shame.

By Mohammed Juhel Miah – P16, Grace Academy Darlaston