Unit 14

UNIT 14
LAUREN DOWLEY
CENTRE NO.: 64135
CANDIDATE NO.: 2044

CONTENTS
7. Rough sketches
8. Rough sketches
9. Final drafts front cover
10. Final drafts DPS
11. Font styles
12. Mood board
13. Images of influence
14. Mast head name ideas
15. My magazine house style
16. Budget summary
17. Draft article
18. Graphic layout front cover
19. Graphic layout DPS
20. Photography plan
21. Photography plan
22. Prop List
23. Prop List
24. Prop list
25. Props permission
26. Production process
28. Proof-reading
29. Production plan 1
32. Conclusion

CONTENTS
33. LO2
34. Location recce
35. Location recce
36. Location recce
37. Location recce
38. Ethical and legal
39. Health and safety work act
40. Watermark
41. Copyright process
42. Copyright laws within print
media
43. IP- trademark costs
44. IP- trademark process

CONTENTS
65. Data protection act (1998)
66. Legal and ethical editors code
of practise
67. Making a complaint with IPSO
74. Conclusion
75. LO3
76. Setting up of equipment
77. Test photography
82. Operating DTP tools

CONTENTS
95. Professional camera comment
96. Manipulating photographs
97. Conclusion
98. LO4
99. Deadlines
100. Post-production skills
101. Post-production skills
102. Safe working practices
103. Safe working practices
104. Colour
105. Fonts
106. Changes I made- front cover
107. Changes I made- DPS
108. Final pages- front cover
109. Final pages- DPS
110. Witness statement
111. Conclusion

ROUGH SKETCHES
Front Covers: Masthead
Pugs about
competitions to win
concert tickets or signed
clothing from starsMain image
Cover lines
Barcode
and mag
detail for
example
date and
price and
issue
number
Masthead
Pugs
Cover lines
Main image

ROUGH SKETCHES
Double Page Spread:
Main heading
Text from interview
Page number
Main
Image

FINAL DRAFTS FRONT
COVER
Cover
Lines
Main
image
Main
heading
Pug of free
poster
Masthead
Barcode, date it
was released,
issue number,
Facebook and
Twitter logos and
website address
of my magazine.

FINAL DRAFTS DPS
Text boxes from interview
– including Drop Capital Main heading
Anchorage textMain image
Box will include Twitter
name of band, page
no., website of band

FONT STYLES
Below are pictures of fonts from Dafont.com that would be typically used in
my magazine as titles and other headings, but also for the body of my
magazine. Since I would like to vary the amount of fonts used in my
magazine(apart from the main heading of my magazine ‘Sound of Pop’), the
pictures below aren't the only fonts I plan to use.

IMAGES OF
INFLUENCE
Used a
similar shape
for puff
Similar banner at
the top of the
page
Used a fashion
cover line in
the bottom
right corner
Used a
band of
four in the
bottom left
corner and
added a
stroke onto
the image
to make
them stand
out

MAST HEAD NAME
IDEAS
Sound of Pop
Life of Pop
24/7 Pop
Pop Life
Bubblegum
Pop music and gossip
24/7 so the magazine
will always be up to
date
Sound relates to music and
makes it clear that the
magazine will be about Pop
Pop music is life
It’s a fun word and
young girls love
chewing bubblegum
Its clear that the
magazine will be about
what gossip there is
about the ‘Pop Life’
Hitz
Magazine will be
the pop music
hits – using a ‘z’
at the end is like
the teens text
langue

MY MAGAZINE HOUSE
STYLE
The house style of my magazine will consist of the colours: Red (to signify excitement, energy and love), Pink (to signify
love, romance and excitement), Yellow (to represent Joy, happiness, optimism, imagination and hope), Blue (to signify
peace, stability, trust and loyalty), Purple (to signify wisdom and enlightenment), Orange (to signify energy, balance,
enthusiasm and warmth), White (to signify purity, simplicity, peace, youth, good) and Black (to signify Power, elegance,
style and innocence). . Most of the colours on my magazine will be bright (especially the front cover) but I will have some
pastel shades in the magazine as well so there is more variety and utopian colours.
http://www.slideshare.net/marketingboys/colors-meaning
This picture
denotes the
name of the
person company
who took a
specific photo on
a page. I will use
this so that I’m
not stealing
anyone else’s
work.
At the bottom of this double
page spread (DPS) of Ariana
Grande, it gives the reader
information on when her
newest single is out, her new
album that is out now, her
website and the radio
channel, which says “Listen to
The Official Chart, Sundays,
4-7pm, Radio 1”. I will use
this for my magazine so that
reader’s can get the latest
information about their
favourite stars or bands.
On the top of each page, the section of the
magazine has been named, so it’s easier for
the readers to navigate around the
magazine.
This is a picture of the page no. located
at the bottom of every page. I will also
use this for my magazine so that the
readers can say what information is on
what page. Its also easier to pick up
where you left off by having page
numbers. And it looks best when they’re
at the bottom of the page in the middle.

GRAPHIC LAYOUT OF
MAGAZINE FRONT COVER
Another
Band

GRAPHIC LAYOUT OF
MAGAZINE DPS

PROP LIST
What equipment I will need to take the photographs:
I search for
these items in
the Google
Shopping are
of the website.
https://www.google.co.uk/webh
p?gws_rd=ssl#q=microphone&
safe=strict&tbm=shop

PROP LIST
Apple IMac x 4
£4,196.00
https://creative.adobe.com/plans?single_app=photoshop?promoid=KR
QMA
http://store.apple.com/uk/cart
Photoshop x 3
£514.44 per year (Excluding VAT) (£171.48 per year each)
https://creative.adobe.com/plans?single_app=photoshop?promoid=KRQMA
Illustrator x 1
171.48 per year (excluding VAT)
https://creative.adobe.com/plans?single_app=photoshop?promoid=KRQMA

PROP LIST
http://www.instantoffices.com/en/gb/serviced-office-space?lat=51.3362231&lng=-
0.2688232&plid=ChIJCcdQ8g3idUgRMGnsoi2uDgQ

PROPS PERMISSION
I e-mailed Miss Allerton to ask for her permission to use the music
equipment that I would need for my front cover.

PRODUCTION
PROCESS
Process:
• Decide date of publication,
• Once the date for the release of my magazine has been chosen I will then be
working with a schedule which is in the slide after this.
• Manage a schedule,
• This is where my schedule will be managed and decided which is what
everyone will have to work against.
• Decide the over all budget,
• The editorial team will choose what topics that will be included in the
magazine, then look at how much money we have and decide a final budget
for the production of whole magazine.
• Decide content that will be included,
• At this stage journalists and reporters do a lot of research about the topics
and content that will be included in the magazine, interviews will be arranged
and artwork/ graphics are also worked on at this stage.
• Edit the magazine
• We edit the magazine to make sure all facts are correct, checking spelling
and grammar and the house-style is carried out.
http://hosbeg.com/the-
magazine-production-process/

PRODUCTION
PROCESS
• Decide the layout of all the pages,
• The editorial team then choose the layout of each page in the
magazine and which order they should all go in. To do this, the main
programme that is used is InDesign. Adverts are also placed in the
magazine at this point.
• Proofreading,
• Once a hardcopy of the magazine has been printed, editors will look
through it and find and correct any mistakes.
• Send file of the magazine to the printer,
• Once proofread, the DTP file of the fully finished magazine will be
sent to the printer. If the editors approve he printing, the printer will
then start mass printing.
• Distribution.
• The magazines are neatly packed and sent to a warehouse where
the magazines are distributed and then sold to the public.
http://hosbeg.com/the-magazine-production-process/

PROOF-READING
When I had finished constructing my Double Page Spread, I
made sure that I had proof read the interview text and all
other text on the page (as well as my front cover) to make
sure that it made sense and I corrected any mistakes that I
did find.
This stops
the words
being split
at the end
of a line.

PRODUCTION PLAN 1
Week beginning: Monday 27th October 2014
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Task: decide the
final deadline for
the publication of
the magazine
and manage the
schedule for the
production of the
magazine.
Discuss what
topics will included
in the magazine,
who will be in it,
what pictures to
take, then discuss
the final budget
you wish to pay by
looking at how
much you have to
spend and what
the money will be
spent on in the
magazine. Test
Photography will
also take place
here, so that the
photographers will
know what poses
and shots will look
best for the pages.
Discuss what
in the magazine,
who will be in it,
what pictures to
take, then discuss
the final budget
you wish to pay by
looking at how
much you have to
spend and what
the money will be
spent on in the
magazine.
Discuss what
in the magazine,
who will be in it,
what pictures to
take, then discuss
the final budget
you wish to pay by
looking at how
much you have to
spend and what
the money will be
spent on in the
magazine.
Gather content
for the magazine.
Artwork and
graphics are also
worked on at this
point. Research
is also collected
by journalists
through either the
internet (on
gossip websites)
and interviews.
Gather content
for the magazine.
Artwork and
graphics are also
worked on at this
point. Research
is also collected
by journalists
through either the
internet (on
gossip websites)
and interviews.
Gather content
for the magazine.
Artwork and
graphics are also
worked on at this
point. Research
is also collected
by journalists
through either the
internet (on
gossip websites)
and interviews.
Complete by:
End of day
Complete by:
Two days time
Complete by:
The next day
Complete by:
End of day
Complete by:
One week time
Complete by: End
of day
Complete by: End
of day
Date: 27th
October
Date: 28th October Date: 29th October Date: 30th October Date: 31st
October
Date: 1st
November
Date: 2nd
November
http://hosbeg.com/the-magazine-production-
process/

PRODUCTION PLAN 2
Week beginning: Monday 3rd November 2014
Gather content
for the magazine.
Artwork and
graphics are also
worked on at this
point. Research
is also collected
by journalists
through either
the internet (on
gossip websites)
and interviews.
Gather content for
the magazine.
Artwork and
graphics are also
worked on at this
point. Research is
also collected by
journalists through
either the internet
(on gossip
websites) and
interviews.
Gather content for
the magazine.
Artwork and
graphics are also
worked on at this
point. Research is
also collected by
journalists through
either the internet
(on gossip
websites) and
interviews.
Gather content for
the magazine.
Artwork and
graphics are also
worked on at this
point. Research is
also collected by
journalists through
either the internet
(on gossip
websites) and
interviews.
Editing the
magazine to
make sure that all
the facts are
correct, the
spelling is
correct, grammar
and punctuation
is correct, that
the house-style
for the magazine
is used, and that
the page layout is
revised and
corrected if need
be.
Decide the layout
of each page
using programs
like InDesign and
Photoshop to
construct all of
the pages in
order to make the
magazine.
Decide the
layout of each
page using
programs like
InDesign and
Photoshop to
construct all of
the pages in
order to make the
magazine.
Complete by:
End of day
Complete by: End
of day
Complete by: End
of day
Complete by: End
of day
Complete by: End
of day
Complete by:
Two days time
Complete by: The
next day
Date: 3rd
November
Date: 4th
November
Date: 5th
November
Date: 6th
November
Date: 7th
November
Date: 8th
November
Date: 9th
November
process/

PRODUCTION PLAN 3
Week beginning: Monday 10th November 2014
Decide the layout
of each page
using programs
like InDesign and
Photoshop to
construct all of
the pages in
order to make
the magazine.
The editors of the
magazine print out
a hard copy of the
magazine and
read through it to
try and find any
mistake and then
correct them.
The editors of the
magazine print out
a hard copy of the
magazine and
read through it to
try and find any
mistake and then
correct them.
The editors of the
magazine print out
a hard copy of the
magazine and read
through it to try and
find any mistake
and then correct
them.
Once the
magazine's
mistakes are
corrected the
DTP file of the
magazine is sent
to the printer
making sure that
you send all of the
images and fonts
with it as well.
The magazine is
sent to a
warehouse. From
there the
magazines are
distributed and
sent to shops to
sell to the public.
The magazine is
sent to a
warehouse. From
there the
magazines are
distributed and
sent to shops to
sell to the public.
Complete by:
End of day
Complete by:
Two days time
Complete by:
The next day
Complete by:
End of Day
Complete by:
End of Day
Complete by:
The next day
Complete by:
End of day.
Date: 10th
November
Date : 11th
November
Date: 12th
November
Date: 13th
November
Date: 14th
November
Date: 15th
November
Date: 16th
November
process/

CONCLUSION
In LO1, I had to portray that I was able to produce pre-
production materials for a planned original print media
product. I did this by completing rough sketches, final drafts,
graphic layouts and draft articles of my front cover and DPS
but couldn’t have done this without knowing the font styles I
would use in my magazine, on top of mast head name ideas,
creating a mood board of my magazine (to help with the
house style), working out the budget summary of my
magazine, creating a photography plan (for the images on my
magazine pages) a props list and getting the permission to
borrow props from school and finally detailing the
production process and organising a production plan for my
magazine.

LOCATION RECCE
Hazards:
 For the drama corridor:
 Floors could be slippery
 Floor must be safe to step on
 Someone could trip on an object e.g. a bin in the way.
 Corridor must be empty
 For the photography studio:
 Studio lights that will be used- someone could trip over the cables
 Can’t leave the studio lights on for too long as they will heat up
and it could lead to a fire
 Someone could trip over the tripod for the camera, the camera
could then fall off of the tripod (it might not have been secured on
the tripod properly) onto the floor and break.

LOCATION RECCE
Pictures of hazards:
There could be an
object in the way
that someone could
trip over e.g. a bin.
The corridor must
be clear.

ETHICAL AND LEGAL
HSE (Health & Safety Executive) – there are three main accidents
that are reported in the workplace. These are: Manual handling;
Slips and trips and contact with the machinery. However, there is
a health and safety policy statement, which is: “All employers
should have plans in place to manage health and safety. If you
employ five or more people the plans should be put down in
writing in the form of a health and safety policy statement. There
is a template and example policy statement on the "Health and
safety made simple pages“.” This is relevant to me as I will need
to take this into consideration when there are employers working
in offices and when they’re making my magazine and having
group meetings about the magazine as there will be more than 5
people.(http://www.hse.gov.uk/printing/index.htm and
http://www.hse.gov.uk/printing/basics.htm)

HEALTH AND SAFETY
AT WORK ACT
This law is based upon the fact that All workers have a right
to work in places where risks to their health and safety are
properly controlled. http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/law.pdf

If I were to watermark my images through the official website, there are four
different packages that I could choose from. These being: Basic package which
is free, Plus package which is £5 per month, Premium package which is £10 per
month and the Ultimate package which is £25 per month. The higher the price,
the more storage you get, you are allowed to watermark more images at once,
have a different variety of templates and fonts and also phone and email support.
When choosing the package for my company, I think I would chose the Plus
package because there wont be more than 100 images that I would need to edit
especially all at once. Then again, you only get 250 MB of data. However, this can
be resolved by buying an external hard drive which can be found cheap on
website like eBay and Amazon.
WATERMARK
Here is an example of an image that has
been watermarked. You can look at the text
on the image and see who has copyrighted it
and when, as well as protecting the IP of it
online.
https://www.watermark.ws/plans

If I were to apply for a copyright for my magazine, this is the process
that I would have to go through:
1) First, I would have to contact the United States Copyright office,
2) Then, I will choose the correct claim and process for uploading
my work.
3) Once this is selected, I’d have to enter my credit or debit card
details, pay the price they want and submit all the work I want
copyrighted.
http://www.wikihow.com/Apply-for-a-Copyright
COPYRIGHT PROCESS

COPYRIGHT LAWS
WITHIN PRINT MEDIA
The three main laws that ‘Immediate Media’ (the Publisher of my magazine of inspiration) include and
that would be most relevant are:
1) Use of services- you cannot copy anything from the website for commercial or non-commercial
use; if you are under 16 you need to have your guardian's permission to use any interactive
features of their services for example uploading content onto their services.
2) Intellectual property rights- any content, services or materials on the website are copyrighted and
trade marked. Database rights and other intellectual property rights and are owned by or licensed
to them or are otherwise used by them as permitted by applicable law or regulation.
3) Privacy- they will respect your privacy and make sure that any content you submit will be stored
safely and used in agreement with their privacy policy.
http://www.immediate.co.uk/terms-and-conditions/

IP- TRADEMARK
PROCESS
After filling in details of being a new owner, a summary of your details
are shown.

The Data Protection Act 1998 is an Action of Parliament of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland which
expresses UK law on the handling of data on recognizable living
people. It is the main piece of legislation that governs the
protection of personal data in the UK.
DATA PROTECTION
ACT (1998)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Protection_Act_1998

LEGAL AND ETHICAL-
EDITORS’ CODE OF
PRACTICE
1. Accuracy
1. This applies to my magazine as all of the content that my magazine producers (that the journalists write about) must be accurate.
2. Opportunity to reply
1. If the journalists of my magazine did write something that was inaccurate, then readers of the magazine should be able comment on this to
them.
3. Privacy
1. The photographers and journalists of my magazine must respect the subjects privacy so should not upload anything about their private and
family life, home, health or personal information that they may not want to share.
4. Harassment
1. The journalists not harass any one in any way.
5. Intrusion into grief or shock
1. If the journalist talks about anything that may be upsetting or shocking it should be approached with kindness and sympathy.
6. Children
1. Children should be allowed to finish school and those who’re under 16 must not be interviewed or photographed without a parent or
guardian’s permission. Students must also not be approached or photographed at school without the school’s permission, the child or parent
must not be given money from us for the child’s well being or information about their children or wards unless you can clearly see that the
child wants you to do so.
7. Hospitals
1. Journalists must have permission and be able to identify themselves before they to go to the nurses/doctors only area to pursue any
enquiries and the journalists must not intrude on anyone’s privacy.
8. Discrimination
1. The press must not include any prejudice or disapproval to anyone’s race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, any physical or mental
illness or disability. Details of anyone’s race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, any physical or mental illness or disability should not
be talked about unless it is relevant to the story.
http://www.pcc.org.uk/cop/practice.html

I did get a quick
reply to my
complaint and this
is the e-mail that I
received:

CONCLUSION
LO2 primary focus was about the legal and ethical issues of
my magazine that I would have to consider, including: health
and safety at work act, watermark, the process of
copyrighting my magazine, copyright laws within print media,
the costs and process of IP trademarks, the data protection
act and making a complaint with IPSO to see what the
process would be if someone was to complain about my
magazine.

SETTING UP OF
EQUIPMENT
These photos demonstrate me setting up my professional Nikon
DSLR D7200 camera before I took the photos. Since I only needed a
camera and nothing else these images are my only evidence of setting
my equipment.

TEST PHOTOGRAPHY
I could have used the photo on the left for my front cover main image but
Harrison and Lizzie’s eyes are closed, so I can’t use this photo. I like the
photo on the right, but I think the photo would look better if everyone in
the photo was looking at the camera.

TEST PHOTOGRAPHY
The photo on the left I really like because it has fun poses which are
interesting for the reader to look at and we also can see each of their
individual personalities too, so I think I will use this photo for my double page
spread. The photo on the right I will use for my front cover because it is fun,
friendly and everyone in the photo is looking at the camera.

TEST PHOTOGRAPHY
Overall I have concluded that the band for my main image on my front
cover should be an all boy band (as Top of the Pops magazine has
used an all boy band), so the previous group could be another group
who go in the corner of my magazine. The photo displayed on the left
will be the new boy band image for my front cover as it is a happy
decent and bright photo. The photo on the right will be used for my
double page spread as it’s more fun, enjoyable and displays the
different instruments that the boys play in their band which indicates
their different personalities (because of the fun pose as well).

PRODUCTION
PROCESS
Process:
• Decide date of publication,
• Once the date for the release of my magazine has been chosen I will then be
working with a schedule which is in the slide after this.
• Manage a schedule,
• This is where my schedule will be managed and decided which is what
everyone will have to work against.
• Decide the over all budget,
• The editorial team will choose what topics that will be included in the
magazine, then look at how much money we have and decide a final budget
for the production of whole magazine.
• Decide content that will be included,
• At this stage journalists and reporters do a lot of research about the topics
and content that will be included in the magazine, interviews will be arranged
and artwork/ graphics are also worked on at this stage.
• Edit the magazine
• We edit the magazine to make sure all facts are correct, checking spelling
and grammar and the house-style is carried out.
http://hosbeg.com/the-magazine-production-process/
Test photography
will be used here to
decide what images
will be best to
include in the
magazine.

PRODUCTION
PROCESS
• Decide the layout of all the pages,
• The editorial team then choose the layout of each page in the
magazine and which order they should all go in. To do this, the main
programme that is used is InDesign. Adverts are also placed in the
magazine at this point.
• Proofreading,
• Once a hardcopy of the magazine has been printed, editors will look
through it and find and correct any mistakes.
• Send file of the magazine to the printer,
• Once proofread, the DTP file of the fully finished magazine will be
sent to the printer. If the editors approve he printing, the printer will
then start mass printing.
• Distribution.
• The magazines are neatly packed and sent to a warehouse where
the magazines are distributed and then sold to the public.
http://hosbeg.com/the-
magazine-production-
process/

OPERATING DTP
TOOLS
Front Cover
1) First I chose the background for my magazine (red).
2) I then made the barcode bar at the bottom of the page and entered the
barcode, web address of my magazine (www.soundofpop.co.uk), the month
and year of the first issue (November 2014), the price (£1.99), the issue number
(issue 1) and the Facebook and Twitter logos as well.
Control + T

OPERATING DTP
TOOLS
3) Thirdly, I put the main image onto the page and used different
effects to make the photo brighter, I whitened their teeth,
added a glow effect around the edges of the boys and also
used advanced hair selection to make the photo look
professional as possible.
Front Cover

OPERATING DTP
TOOLS
3) I then arranged the masthead background and the masthead
its self, again adding effects to it to make it stand out to the
readers, such as a drop shadow, bevel and emboss and
stroke. I also put the blue bar, stars and blue boxes with the
text at the top of the page, above the masthead.
Front Cover

OPERATING DTP
TOOLS
4) I additionally added the puff and pug of a free ‘The Vamps’
poster in the top right corner.
Front Cover

OPERATING DTP
TOOLS
6. After this was completed, I placed the picture of Lizzie (using
advanced hair selection as well), puff and the magazine’s website
address in the bottom right corner.
Front Cover

OPERATING DTP
TOOLS
6. Once this was perfected, I added a picture of a new band (who I made up) and
used effects such as a drop shadow, an outer glow and a stroke to make the
image look professional. I added the band’s name, a ‘bubble’ background for the
text, anchoring text for the band, a copy of the title on the edge of the bubble,
and different coloured stars in a diagonal line going away from the bubble so
there are more fun colours and shapes on the page and again used advanced
hair selection before placing the image onto the page.
Front Cover

OPERATING DTP
TOOLS
7) Lastly, I made sure that there was enough space to put the
name of the band stretching over the main image and made sure
that it stood out. This meant that I had to make the image of Lizzie
and the new band who’re both in the corners smaller but still
readable.
Front Cover

OPERATING DTP
TOOLS
Double page
Spread
1) I made the background/ boarder for the heading and the bar at the bottom
of the page.
2) I typed the title of the double page spread and the anchorage text.
Control + T =
transform
I copied and pasted this from the title
page so it would be exactly the same.
This was the font I used for the ‘are back!’
text, which I downloaded for free from
dafont.com
I used the text tool for this and again downloaded a font, which was called ‘Neon
80’s’

OPERATING DTP
TOOLS
3) I made the columns that the text would go into and
placed the main image onto the main page (and edited
the photo so it looked brighter and that the advanced hair
selection was correct). I then changed the opacity of the
columns so that you could still see the background of the
image behind and so that it looked more professional.
Added a
stroke to the
shape and
changed the
opacity of
the white
area so you
could still
see the
background.
So that the boxes were exactly the same, I made copies of the
first box by pressing and holding ‘Alt’ and dragging the box, the
using the ruler tool so they were all in line.
Double page
Spread

OPERATING DTP
TOOLS
Double page
Spread

OPERATING DTP
TOOLS
4. I typed the interview questions and answers into the
columns making sure they were the right font I wanted to
use, that the questions were in bold and answers normal. I
then made the drop capital for the beginning of the
interview.
Double page
Spread

OPERATING DTP
TOOLS
5) I placed all of the sweets into the back ground.
6) I added all of the information into the bottom bar and into the
top corner of the page e.g. page no., website address of
band, words and photography by… and ‘Sound of Pop!’
7) Made the quotes and fitted them onto two different sweetie
wrappers
8) Arranged the sweets in the background of the double page
spread.
Double page
Spread

OPERATING DTP
TOOLS
Photoshop shortcuts I used:
- Spacebar to move image whilst
cropping or colouring
- Control + Alt and scroll up to zoom
in scroll down to zoom out
- Control + Z to undo
- Select multiple items = Shift +
Click
- Step backward = Control + Alt + Z
- Step forward = Control + Shift + Z
- Eraser = E
- Hand tool = H
- Copy = Control + C
https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/default-keyboard-shortcuts.html
- Paste = Control + V
- Increase or decrease the brush size =
]/[
- Control + S = save
- Free Transform = Control + T
- Left direction = control + scroll up
- Right direction = control + scroll down
- Brush = B

PROFESSIONAL
CAMERA COMMENT
To take the photographs for my magazine I used a Nikon
D3100 with a 18-55 mm lens so that the images would come
out in the best quality which could be used in my magazine. I
also used a tripod so that the angle of the photo was straight
and un-blurred.

MANIPULATING
PHOTOGRAPHS
So that the photos look professional, I had to manipulate them by adjusting
the light etc… however, I still wanted the photos to look natural what I did to
the images was:
- Added an outer glow
- I did this by double clicking on the layer and selecting ‘Outer Glow’. I
changed the opacity, spread and size to make the main image stand out
but I didn’t want the outer glow to be really obvious.
- Made the photos brighter and increased the exposure and Contrast
- I did this by clicking on the layer then selecting image adjustments
Brightness/ Contrast and Exposure.
- Changed the shadows/ highlights
- I did this by selecting Adjustments  Shadows/Highlights
- Used advanced hair selection
- I did this by using the quick selection tool and selected the image, then
pressed ‘Refine Edge’ and changed the radius setting to 1.3, changed the
feather number to 0.5 as well as ticking the box called ‘Smart Radius’ and
carefully went around the edge of the image, then pressed ‘OK’. Once it
brought me back to the main page, I right clicked and pressed deselect

CONCLUSION
In LO3, I mainly focused on the operating DTP tools when
constructing my front page and DPS and where the different
tools were used. Although this was the majority I also talked
about manipulating photos, the production process (in more
detail), test photography and setting up my equipment that I
used when taking the photos for the front cover and DPS.

DEADLINES
I made a production plan which is set out over three weeks
so that everyone was well organised and everything was
completed in time for the distribution of my magazine. I can
conclude that I have indeed stuck to this plan and all of the
pages needed in my magazine are finished and are ready for
production.

POST-PRODUCTION
SKILLS
The software that I used to construct my font cover and double
page spread was Photoshop, as there many tools that are
included in it that were useful to me. Including:
Being able to use these features of Photoshop, it has made my front
cover and double page spread look a lot more professional and like an
actual pop magazine that you would find in shops like WHSmiths and
corner shops, as well as the quality of my pages being high because of
these features.

SAFE WORKING
PRACTICES
- I wanted to crop the images so that there wasn’t any un necessary details in the
background that could distract from the main subject for example if the picture was taken in
a café you wouldn’t want all of the other people in the background as you want the main
subject of the photo to stand out.
- I used the pen tool so that the text box would fit perfectly around the main image especially
on the double page spread. I also used the pen tool when writing text in shapes. For
example on my double page spread, I wanted to put quotes in sweetie wrappers, so I used
the pen tool to make sure that the text fitted perfectly inside the sweetie wrapper.
- I used the ruler tool for when I was drawing shapes on my front cover and double page
spread as well as text boxes so that the shape would be the perfect size that I want and that
the text boxes are straight.
Used ruler tool so text boxes
were in line with each other

SAFE WORKING
PRACTICES
- I used the healing tool to correct any dark marks or spots
and also shadows on the models’ faces so that the images
looked more professional and up to a magazine’s
standard.
- In order to maintain the house style of my magazine I
used a very helpful tool called the ‘Eye Dropper tool’. This
tool allowed me to select another color that was already
on my document so that I could use the same color.
What’s even better is that I could save the color selected
to ‘Swatches’ so that in the future I could use the same
color as before.

COLOUR
Obviously, my magazine has a specific house style. In order
to maintain the house style of my magazine I used a very
helpful tool called the ‘Eye Dropper tool’. This tool allowed
me to select another color that was already on my document
so that I could use the same color. What’s even better is that I
could save the color selected to ‘Swatches’ so that in the
future I could use the same color as before.

FONTS
I used a mixture of different fonts in my magazine and I wanted a lot
of variety of fonts in my magazine, yet the fonts that were already
installed in Photoshop didn’t have that variety. I did use a couple of
fonts from Photoshop for the simpler things for example the
anchorage text, but for more fun and interesting fonts that were
used for almost everything else, I used a website called
‘DaFont.com’ who let me download as many fonts as I wanted for
free. I used it mainly for the masthead of my magazine, but also
headings of stories and the text in my DPS.
http://www.dafont.com/
I have checked on their website to see if the fonts are
copyrighted and from what I can see they’re safe to use.

CHANGES I MADE –
FRONT COVER
This was my magazine front cover
(unfinished) before it got any feedback at
all. I then got my feedback and the image
on the right is my final version of my
front cover. As you can see my mast
head has been changed, I removed
unnecessary cover lines, the band on the
bottom left were made smaller, the white
strip at the bottom of the page was made
smaller, I added main cover line/name of
band and finally made the main image
bigger and their teeth were also made
whiter. I also adjusted the main image by
changing the brightness/ exposure,
contrast, hue/ saturation and finally used
advanced hair selection especially on the
main image. As well as this, on the
picture of Lizzie in the bottom right
corner, I created a clipping mask so that
she would fit perfectly inside the shape.

CHANGES I MADE –
DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD
The image above is my double
page spread (again
unfinished) before it got any
feedback. Once I had been
given I feedback, I made the
required changes which then
resulted in the image on the
right.
These are the changes I made:
- The main heading of the band was made bigger,
- The questions were put in bold,
- The quotes were moved and made so that the text fit better
in the wrapper,
- I made a drop capital and changed the colour so that it
stood out and fit in with my house style and
- I out more sweets of a different variety in the background.
- Adjusted the photo by changing the exposure,
hue/saturation and again advanced hair selection.

FINAL PAGES- FRONT
COVER Banner
Puff and
pug
Main image
Main
headline
Mast head
Cover line
Cover
line
Magazine’s
website
address, date,
issue number,
price,
Facebook and
twitter logos
and barcode

FINAL PAGES- DPS Questions in bold
Drop capital
Mast
head
Magazine
name
Quote from
interview
Quote from
interview
Main
image
Page number
Anchorage
text
Text boxes
Words and
photography
by…
Band’s website address
Band’s twitter username
Colourful
sweets in
back
ground
Props

WITNESS STATEMENT
This feedback that has been given to me in my witness statement proves
that I completed most of the necessary areas in my pitch, which include:
Proposal, production plan, budget summary, target audience, pre-
production materials, plan for the magazine, Front cover and DPS, verbal
introductions, target audience and spending power and finally an
opportunity for feedback. However, my witness statement claims that I
have not included start-up costs and a plan for the images in my pitch.
Although I have, I could have reflected on this in more detail when passing
these two slides to make it clearer for my audience to see in detail what I
have included. Other positive ‘WWW’ feedback that I gained in my witness
statement wrote that I didn’t need any props or prompts( e.g. a script),
that it was very well pitched and rehearsed, my market leaders
breakdown, my flat plans, the social media marketing, marketing
breakdown costs, my future issue overview and finally how I linked my
content slide to my flat plan: “the question is, what content have I used
from this slide in my magazine flat plan?”. The only ‘EBI’ that I was given
was that since it was the first issue of the magazine, could the masthead
have been more visible? Which I have already reflected on in slide no.5,
by changing the stroke of the mast head to a different colour or changing
the words’ colour itself and finally by making the main image slightly
smaller so that you could see what the masthead said easier. The main
image could then be made bigger a couple of issues later as more people
will be used to what the masthead of the magazine says. Overall I think
that I presented a very successful pitch based on the comments that I
have received.

CONCLUSION
In LO4, I have looked at the post-production skills that were
used to make my final pages, as well as fonts and colours
that I chose to use in my magazine, explain the changes I
made and annotated my final pages. I then looked at my
witness statement given to me by Mr Crafts after completing
my pitch and analysed my results.

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