Magazine - First Draft

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I completed my first draft of my magazine before the Christmas holidays. I had the most developed ideas for my first double page spread than any other part of my magazine, so I decided to start with this page. I had a double page spread from NME magazine which I felt that I could take ideas from and replicate these onto my own double page spread. As I had already written a draft of my article I could instantly insert this text into InDesign and lay it out the way I wanted. I completed one photoshoot, but when making my magazine I made some changes to the ideas of my colour scheme etc., so I am due to carry out another photoshoot, where I can create my photos in a way that will fit the style and colours of my magazine layout. I think that knowing what photos I need and what I want them to look like will help me to produce a more productive photoshoot for my magazine. After completeing my first double page spread, I moved onto the second double page spread that I'm producing. I found some ideas that I loved from previous student's work, and used these to apply them to my double page spread. I thought the line of photos at the top will display the outcomes of my photoshoot which I am very excited to carry out. I then completed my contents page before moving onto my front page, as the contents is the crucial part of a magazine. I spent the most time on my contents page as I found it challenging to make sure it's filled with text and picture slots, to make it look similar to a real existing magazine. I took ideas for sell lines and headlines from existing magazines such as NME and Q, and applying these to more current artists and music news. I based my layout of my front cover heavily on the same NME magazine that I based my double page spread on, with the sell lines down either side and a strong photo featured in the middle.