post production techniques and processes LO4: U3 (P5)

LO4 (U3): Be able to carry out post production techniques and processes for an original media product to a client brief

first I took my main image into photoshop 

I then duplicated the layer and make it black and white with the saturation slider. I then up the contrast with the contrast slider.

with the quick selection tool I cut out the sunglasses and guitar and make them their own layer. I put this layer behind the the black and white layer making the sunglasses and guitar in colour. then I select the glasses and bring out the red more with selective colour.

I then add in a text layer for my masthead. 

I then create more text layers for my skyline and magazine slogan.

I then create another text layer for my main article. I import in a graphic of a plectrum for my magazine puff.

I import a graphic of a paint splatter 

I import in more pictures for the front cover of my magazine.

using the quick selection tool I cut out my subjects and silhouette them by filling them in with black.

I then take my paint splatter graphic and put it on top of silhouettes and my sunset photo I've just imported in. I create a layer mask so the silhouettes in the sunset take the shape of the paint splatter.

I take this entire graphic I've made and place it onto my front cover.

I then create another text layer for my secondary article

I then import in an arrow and plus sign graphic for my front cover. I then make and oval shape layer for my second puff. I make sure to add in a a bar code, date and price along the bottom to make sure that keeps with all the required conventions of a real magazine. 

first I import in my main image into photoshop 

Then I used the patch tool to draw around the the trees and buildings sticking out of the horizon line. 

I then drag my selection up toward the sky to replace the trees and buildings sticking up with sky instead. 

This results in the effect i'm going for where it looks like my image is of a field in the sunset, and not the view from my bedroom window. 

I import more pictures of my model band and cut them out and silhouette them using the same process shown further above for my front cover graphic. 

I place a line down the middle of my page to split it into two pages. then I create a text layer for my article title and article intro 

I then create text layers for all my question headings

I then create text layers for the entire article. 

My front cover is suitable as it will appeal to my target audience and meets the client brief. This is because it features images that represent the indie rock genre and colour schemes that will resonate with buyers of the magazine. It advertises articles that will appeal to my target audience of 20-30 year olds who love indie rock. It has a real sense of vibrancy to it, in line with the indie rock genre.

An improvement would be that I could advertise more articles in order to draw in more potential customers from my target audience. It is a convention of a magazine front cover to advertise the articles within the magazine in order to entice potential readers. If I had more eye catching titles to boast it may meet the brief to a higher degree. Additionally, whilst I have used multiple written references to North London, there is no real imagery to associate the magazine with the area. Therefore, another improvement would be to do photoshoots in iconic locations in North London in order to create a greater sense of branding.

  

My double page spread is suitable as it will appeal appeal to my target audience and meet the client brief. This is because my double page spread also features images that represent the chosen genre and target audience and contains colour schemes that will appeal to buyers as well. The article featured is appropriate as it will appeal to my intended target audience. Additionally, there is a sense of synergy between the front cover and double page spread, with the sunset theme used in both. 

An improvement that I would make to my double page spread is that the writing for my article is not as easy to read as it could be, arguably the eroded type font is not suitable for the small print size used on this double page spread, and it makes it more difficult to read than it could be. Also the letters are too close together, If I had spread the letters out from one another in photoshop it would make the article more legible.  As with the front cover, the double page spread does not have any visual imagery associating it with North London. This is therefore something I could incorporate into subsequent issues.