The student created a magazine as their media product. They went through several drafts of the front cover before settling on the final version. Key elements included a large model image, masthead, color scheme, and additional design elements like cover lines and a barcode. They also created a contents page with images, subtitles, page numbers and other organizational elements. A double page spread featured an interview with a singer, with designs and images to complement the article. The student used software like Photoshop and InDesign to design professional-looking elements and get feedback to improve their work through multiple iterations.

1. By: Ahiya Kathiramar

2. The media product that I have made is magazine; magazine is used very often today to
get updated with the latest gossip, channels, and other things around the world.
The magazine has a large image of my model that is 16 years old, and is female. The
reason why I have chosen her is because the age group today uses magazine a lot to get
the latest fashion and gossip, etc. The model on my front cover is wearing a blue top
with blue skinny jeans the reason why I told her to wear this is because it will suit the
colour scheme, which is grey, blue, white, and black. I have chosen these colours
because it goes well together and will make the magazine look more professional. I
have used large masthead to make the magazine look better and noticeable, the mast
head is located at the top of the magazine. I have used adobe illustrator to make the
masthead, the colour that I have used are blue and white because these colours match
with the clothing that the model is wearing and it also matches the whole magazine.
The text that I have used in the magazine is very professional, because I have used
variety types of fonts to make the magazine look interesting and I have also used the
colour scheme for the text so that it all matches together very well. I have used cover
line on the left side of my magazine so that it looks professional, many magazine today
have cover lines to make it look better and more organised. I have also added a
barcode on the magazine so that people know that it on sale and that they can buy the
magazine, I have made the barcode by myself on adobe Photoshop. Another thing that
I have added on my magazine is the date and the price so that people know the price to
buy the magazine.

3. Before I have done my final second draft of my magazine, I have done a first draft
of my magazine which was more of a pop magazine and was aimed at younger
teenagers who are aged 13 and over. The reason why I changed my mind and
changed the whole front cover and everything is because I wasn’t really confident
with what I was doing and I didn’t really like the age group. The first draft was done
with a model who is ages 13 as well and the whole magazine looked very childish.
The magazine was done at the very beginning, and I have only attempted to do the
front page not the contents page or double page spread. The magazine over all
looked unprofessional, and it also looked quiet blank and plain or too simple. From
the survey I have done many people have said the same thing, they thought that the
magazine looked unprofessional and that I had to do more work on my magazine.
After that I had decided to change my whole magazine, everything including the
age group but except from the music genre which is pop. Over all I have done 6
drafts of my front cover for my first draft, I personally think I have chosen the right
option and now I am happy with the second draft that I have done of my magazine.

4. I have added the
This is my first skyline above the
magazine front magazine so that it
cover that I have looks like a real
made. magazine.
I have used a large image of
my model and it is a mid The masthead of my
shot of her, the reason why I magazine looks
have chosen to do a model irrelevant to the
who is ages 13 is because the magazine, but I have
target audience was this age added a drop effect to
group. The disadvantage on the mast head to make
this images is that the image it stand out more.
is not cropped very well.

5. Date and price of the magazine was
As you can see I have used
different font types to make the
done separately rather than putting it
The masthead which is also known as the title, was done on adobe with the barcode as it looks more
magazine look more professional. illustrator. The software allowed me to make the masthead look
The Photoshop that I have used to professional. The magazine looks more like a pop magazine because of the better, and I personally preferred it this
make my front cover was adobe masthead, it has curved font writing and the name of the mast also sounds way. I have used the colour blue so that
Photoshop CS3 extended, this like pop magazine. it matches with the colour scheme, and
helped me to add more unique
feature to the magazine so that it
I have also used the same font as I did
looks more interesting for the to my masthead. The effects that I have
audience. I have also added few added to the price and date was adding
designs to the text like a star so the shadow. I have also added a white
that it looks relevant to the text dot in the middle of the price and the
and it will also look more
professional. Another thing that I
sate so that it looks more better and
have added to the text is text professional, I wanted to do something
boxed so that it stand out in front different on the magazine so I added
of all the other texts. Cover lines this to it.
was used on this side (left) so that
it looks professional and many I have made the barcode on adobe photo
magazines today they use cover shop. I have made the box around the
lines so that the magazine looks barcode look more bold so that it looks
more organised rather than busy real, but I haven’t added the price or date
looking magazine, and it is also in the barcode, instead I have done it
easy for the audience to read the separately.
text.
The large mid- shot image was edited I have also added a quotation to the
on photo shop I have lightened it magazine so that when the reader reads
more so that it looks brighter for the the magazine they will find it inserting,
magazine, the image is large and takes
and they will understand part of the story
most of the space to make it look
better. Clothing matches very well about Amelia Peters. Another thing that I
with the magazine as it is part of the have also added on the quotation is two
colour scheme. The background text boxes so that the text stands out, this
colour is grey with a slight mixture of will be more eye catching for the audience
blue colour , the reason why I have to straight away see when they pick up the
chosen this colour is because it is part magazine. The note that is also in the text
of the colour scheme.
box near the quotation is a design that I
Another thing that is on this magazine is skyline, usually they will be above the have added so that the whole magazine
magazine but just to make the magazine look better I have placed it below, another looks like a music magazine and so that
reason to why I have located the skyline below is because if I place it above it will look people can understand that she is singer,
like it is distracting the masthead and it wouldn’t really look professional. it symbolises music and instruments.

6. I have also done 7 drafts before I got my final draft. The reason why I have done so many draft is because I
wanted to have my final draft to be perfect. The contents page included many design and unique features to
make it look professional. The background colour that I have used is similar to the colour that I have used for
my front cover, I tried hard to get the contents page and the front cover and the double page spread (DPS) to
be the same colour, so far the background colours look similar but exactly the same. To do my contents page I
have used adobe photo shop CS3 extended, this software allowed me to use many different features and to
create many different design and additional things to make my final piece look professional. I have edited
and added five images to the magazine so that the people who read my magazine will find it more
interesting. The magazine will also look more visual if it has more images, for this reason I have added more
images to the contents page. The images were edited on the photo shop all what I have done to the images is
that I lightened them more so that the contents page in all look more brighter. For the small three images on
the right hand side, I have added boxes which is part of the colour scheme to make the images stand out
more, I have also added a shadow to the images to make it look professional. To the small images on the right
side, I have also added musical notes as designs to the contents page because this way people will know that
it is a music magazine. The title for the contents page is called contents, and I have edited the text so that it
stands out more and it is also different font type to all the other fonts that are on the contents page. In
addition I have added many black, blue, white lines to the contents page so that it looks more organised and
professional, I have edited the line by adding drop effect ( shadows). Another thing that I have done to my
contents page is I have used a lot of text the reason for this is because text matters the most, when people get
a magazine they would want to read it rather than visually see the magazine. On the contents page I have
added subtitles to the magazine and I have also used different font type for that so that it looks more better,
and I have also underlined each subtitle so that it stands out the colour for these things are all part of the
colour scheme ( black, white and blue). Under each subtitle I have added text which relate to the subtitle, I
have also included the page number so that people know where that particular information is. The page
number are all in a star shape which was one of the design on photo shop, the colours also was part of the
colour scheme. I have also added the website on the contents page and created a click arrow to make it look
better on the contents page, I have used photo shop again to make the click arrow.

7. The title for this contents page was not done on I have also added black and white
The whole contents page was adobe illustrator, but on adobe photo shop. The title lines to make the contents page
done on adobe photo shop. has an glow effect, which match very well together. look better and professional. The
This software allowed me to The font type that I have used is unique from all the lines separate the text and the
use many different features other text that I have used. The colour of the title is images, which makes the contents
to make this contents page blue which match with the col0ur scheme. page look more organised. I have
look professional. added shadow effect to the lines so
that it look professional.
All of the subtitles are
underlined and they all have I have also edited the images so
the same font types, this makes that it look more better, I have
the contents page look more lightened the images so that it
better and professional looks brighter. The images that I
because if they were not the have added on the contents page
same it wouldn’t look good and are in variety of size so that it looks
it will also look like its not professional, many magazines
ordered well. Below the sub today have contents pages like this
titles there is same text which to make it look better. On the
and number on the left so that images I have added the page
people can follow the numbers to show that there are also
information to the following posters available in the magazine.
page number. On each page The page number on the images are
number I have used different different colours on each image. All
font, and I have also added star the colours that are used on the
design as the out line of the contents page are part of the colour
number so that it can stand scheme which is blue, white and
out. grey and black.
The small arrow that I have made
on adobe photo shop is to make it
look like it is a real website and
like there is another person
I have also used designs on the whole magazine to make it look like a
clicking it.
music magazine. This contents page matches very well with the double
page spread and the front page.

8. The double page spread was done also on photo shop. I have done 10 drafts to get my final
piece. The double page looks professional, I have made it look very simple by adding little
information to the double page spread, and I have only added one large image on the right
hand page. I have also added design to the double spread, the design that I have made was
done on adobe photo shop CS3. The software where I have done my double page spread was
adobe InDesign CS3. I found this software very useful but this software was the most
difficult software to use at the start.
First of all I have added the background to the double page spread, the colour that I have
used was grey so that it matches with all the other background used in the magazine ( front
page and contents page). Then I have added the title, and then the text to the double page
spread. The text and the title and everything is done very well by the colour scheme. The
font that I have used is different so that it stand out, I have also made it large. The name
Amelia Peter was done as the same font that was used in the contents page and front page, I
have done this so that it looks better.
I have also added many designs to the page, like cloud around the quotation and storm
designs to make the magazine look better. Another design that I have added is instrumental
notes to show that it is a music magazine. Another thing that I have done is, I have added
the magazine title to on the top of the right hand page. I have remembered to put the page
number so that people can know what page they are on. I have also added two pictures of the
singer Amelia Peters which is relevant to the information on the double page spread. Under
the images , I have put a description so that the audience know what the image is about.

9. The background colour that I The title that I have made was ‘ Exclusive Interview’ I have I have also used different
have used is light grey, the done this in a different colour and font types so that it designs so that it looks like a
reason why I chose this colour is stand out. The text below the title is ‘ Amelia Peters’ which music magazine. The designs
so that it matches with all the is the singer name, I have used the same font which I have are instrumental notes and
other background colours in the used in the front page and the contents page to make it another design that I have
front page and the contents look like tis matching together. used is cloud as an outline for
page. the quotation. Everything was
done by the colour scheme
which is blue, white, grey and
The text that I have used black.
below the name Amelia
Peters is the introduction to
the interview with her. I
Another thing that I have
have done that in a white
added is the magazine’s title
colour so that it stand out
to make it look like it is
from all the other text.
relevant and that the double
page looks like its from the
‘melody mixx’ magazine.
The large image was
taken, and the model is
wearing the same clothes
The text that I have used on as she did on the front
the left hand page was the page and on the contents
interview with Amelia Peters. page, the reason why I
The question that I have have chosen to do a large
asked are in blue colour and I have also used small images on the double page spread image on the right side of
the answers that she gave me so that it is relevant to the information. Under the the page is because it
are in white colour. The colour images I have added a black and white effect and also I would make the
for the text are all the part of have added a white box so that it looks like a photo, I magazine look more
the colour scheme. Some text have done these effects and features on adobe photo professional and unique.
is also on the right side of the shop. I have also added a black border inside the whit
page to fill in the blank space. box, because it would look much better.

10. This design was done on adobe photo shop for the
double page spread, by using the special feature on
photo shop. The reason why I have chosen his
design is so that it looks better and more busy,
without the designs on the page it would look very
simple and plain.
This cloud was made on adobe photo shop,
and this cloud was used on the double page
spread for the quotation. I have used this for
the quotation so that it can stand- out more
and so people can quickly notice the
quotation. In addition is so that it can be eye-
catching.
I have added these little stars to my
contents page, as outlines for the
number so that the whole contents page
looks better over all. The stars make the
The shapes that are here are the shapes that I numbers stand out more.
have used for most of my magazine like the front
page, contents page and the double page spread.
The reason why I wanted to use these designs to
the magazine is because it would the magazine
in whole look more like a music magazine rather
than a fashion magazine.

11. This was the image that I have used
for my double page spread on the
right hand side. The image was
cropped on adobe photo shop cs3
and then I have copied n pasted on
Adobe InDesign where my double
page spread was.
This is the image that I have used on my
Contents page, the image was also cropped on
Adobe Photoshop and I copied and pasted it
on adobe InDesign where my double page
spread was. This was also the image that I have
sued for my front cover. As you can see the
image here is landscape I have changed it on
Adobe Photo shop and made it look like the
image is portrait.
These are the small
images that I have
used on contents
page, to make the
contents page look
more visual. These
are the images that These are the images that I have used for my
were not edited double page spread. The reason why I have
before it went on chosen these images is because it related very
the contents page. well with the text that was on the double page
spread. These images are the ones before it was
edited, it is the original images.

12. The age group that I have chosen to do my magazine on is 16 and over, particularly
female. The reason why I have chosen this age group is because many teenager
today are into music and media and the reason why I have chosen this particular
gender is because many female like to read magazines than male today. My model
that ii have chosen for my magazine is 16, and she like music a lot as well, most of
her influences come from music she says.
The colour scheme that I have used is grey, black, white and blue. Stereotypically
it would be colours that boys will like but many teenager today would prefer these
colours. The colours match very well together, and personally I like these colours.
The designs that were used on the music magazine made it look more feminine
and related more the age group.

13. I would distribute my magazine to shops as many teenagers admire shopping.
The types of shops that I will distribute are corner shops and many other. I would
also distribute it in gigs as many people would attend them and many teenager
today go to gigs to see their favourite bands and singers, for this reason I think it is
a good idea to distribute in gigs. I would also distribute in schools as many
teenagers who are aged 16 and over would like to get a magazine as many of them
are into music, specifically female. I would also prefer to sell my magazine as
webzines as many people today use the internet and like to socialize, webzine
would be a very good idea to distribute my magazine.

14. The audience that I have chosen for my media product is specifically girls
teenagers ages 16 and over, the reason why I have chosen this age group is because
many teenager are into music and they are also into media products as well. I
have been more specific and chosen teenage girls because many female artist
inspire female singers to sing and so many girls like to be like them and they are
also into music very much. Many teenagers today are in technology and listen to
their music, today pop music is mostly well known as so I have chosen to do my
magazine on pop as my genre. My target audience was very easy for me to chose as
I am also 16 and I do also like listening to music mostly female artist and media is
one of the main things that I ma into as well. Throughout the progress I did
change my target audience as it was first 13 and over teenage girls, the reason why
I have changed my audience is because personally I thought that many you girls
who are 13 wouldn’t really buy a magazine that has been distributed in shops or
anywhere else. It was a real advantage for me to chose this target audience as it
was easy for me to make the magazine , because the target audience was the same
age as I was.

15. I have added many different features and design to make the magazine look
the best that it could be and I have tried my best to make it look professional.
The colours scheme that I have chosen black, white, blue and grey doesn’t
really suit my target audience as it was specifically girls. Stereotypically the
colour blue would be for boys and the colour pink would be for girls. The
reason why I have changed the colour is because I wanted my magazine look
unique and very different from other magazines. The image that I have used
was all of the model who is a female herself this matches very well with the
target audience and her age was also 16 which is the magazine’s age group.
The font that I have used and the text goes very well with the whole magazine
it self and addresses also very well with the audience. The genre also suits very
well with the target audience as many female teenager and young people are
into pop music today. The price of my magazine is £2.50 which is a fairly a
good price for my audience to afford. All the images that I have taken goes
very well with my target audience as the model her self is the same age and
she personally like pop music as well.

16. I have had a better understanding about technologies after doing the magazines,
because before I have started using any of the software's I didn’t know anything but
then after experimenting with many feature and icons I understood many things and it
helped me a lot to use it in the future. The software's that I have used was Adobe
Photoshop for the front cover of my magazine and double page spread , and for the
double page spread it was Indesign. I have also used a software called Adobe Illustrator
to do my mast head. The Adobe Photoshop which I had used to make my front cover
and magazine was probably the easy software that I have used to make my whole
magazine, it allowed me to use many special features such as editing images and many
other. To add anything on the magazine I had to make layers and it was easy to
understand, I was struggling with this software at the beginning but then later on I had
the chance to understand it more. Adobe photo shop also allowed me to use and make
designs of my own like the designs that I have used on my double page spread. And it
has also many different types of fonts that we can use to make the magazine look more
better, with the font designs you can also add effects to make it look better and to make
it stand out. Adobe photo shop also helped me to edit images and helped to add effect
to it to make it loo more professional. I could also adjust anything on the magazine to
make it look better and unique. On this software I have also made shapes and lines, to
make the magazine look more professional.

17. I have also used Indesign which was probably the hardest software that I have used to make
the magazine because I didn’t really use it as much as I used Adobe photo shop. Indesign
didn’t allow me to copy and paste anything or gave me the option to make my own designs
for this reason I had to use Adobe Photo shop and save it all on a file then insert it after on
the software Indesign. This software was quiet confusing as well as I didn’t use this software
before, so far I have only used it several times. In design did allow me to chose my own
background and font colours and font size. It also helped me to resize any images and text.
I have also used Adobe illustrator where I have made my mast head for the magazine. This
software was good to use as it had a variety of font writing that I could have used, and I have
chosen the right font type for my magazine as it is a pop magazine. It was easy for me to
chose because pop genre’s font type was easy to chose as it is very common today. The
software allowed me to change colour and resize the text, it also had special effects where
you can add effects to make the mast head look professional and very unique.
I have also used Wordpress to present all of my work it includes the whole magazine that I
have made and it allows me to follow people, Wordpress also allowed me to like other
people’s work and gave me the change to say my option about their work by commenting . I
have also used Prezi, which I have used to present what my model can wear for my magazine
, unfortunately my model did not wear exactly what I have presented in my presentation but
I have at least tried my best to match it at last with the colour scheme. Prezi allowed me to
present my work in many different ways, personally I thought that prezi was an great way of
presenting things. I have also used Slide Share, this is a website where you upload your
power points and it will present it for you. Slide Share was very easy to use and I liked using
this website because it was very useful. I have also uploaded on Wordpress my Youtube clip
of when I have done my group and independent interview, Youtube allowed me to speak and
record my interview and present it.

18. There is a massive difference with the preliminary task that I have done and with
the final magazine that I have done. In my preliminary task I have only added the
background and few images with a little text and I have also changed the font type
an I have changed the colours to make it loo better. I didn't add any effect to the
magazine, it look very simple and plain. But with the magazine that I have done
know there is a huge difference, I have added so many different effects and I have
edited images and added much more text then added effects on the fonts as well.
Personally it think I have put so much effort on my magazine and I think that I
have done so much better than my preliminary task. I the whole progression I
have learnt how to match things like the feature of your magazine to the
audience, I have learnt that you have to keep your colour scheme as it would
make the magazine look more professional. I have also understood how to use
many software that I haven't used before. I have now a larger understanding on
media than I did before. The whole process of making this magazine made me
think about many things like colour scheme and the model , my main focus was to
aim it all to my target audience and to make the magazine look more professional.