Final project

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CHANGE I MADE: LEFT IS NORMAL QUALITY,
RIGHT IS THE 'VINTAGE QUALITY' 

MAGAZINE WITHOUT NOISE (VINTAGE EFFECT)

The image on the left is clear and I added noise on the right to make the image look old. 

My front cover is finished. It has come out the way I wanted it to be. As planned, I have made a christmas edition cover, which is recognised from the christmas tree in the back, the ''SPECIAL CHRISTMAS EDITION'' writing at the top and the colours I've chosen. To give the magazine a 80s, simple, yet interesting cover I have made a big teaser which will attract the public and two small and simple, basic cover lines which are still eye-catching. The small teasers I've written are all from the 1984's: Def Leppard is a 80s band and Queens single 'Thank God It Christmas' had been released in 1984. This also shows that this magazine is a christmas edition.  The masthead I have used is the right size and colour. Its colour suits the model's clothes and sunglasses, it gives a nice contrast to the page. On the bottom I have the same barcode as in my previous post which says R0771NGR0CK (RollingRock), which needs a little bit of analysation but is seen.To make my front cover look more vintage and old I have added a grain and noise effect to it which have made it look vintage. The price of my magazine is £0.75 which had in 1984 a worth around £2. 

My double page spread also has noise added to both the picture and the page to make it look more old and drop the quality of it to reflect the fact that technology wasn't as good as not in the 80s. I haven't used any colour in my magazine except for the colour red which I have used in writing. On the top of the page the writing 'feature' shows the reader that it's a feature article and I have written the article in a professional way, how feature articles should be written. It is not written in question-answer style but in a fluent story line, first person of the interviewer. The writing is put in 4 columns which fit perfectly on the page with paragraphs yet no distractions on the right page, because I wanted to keep it clean with no lines or pictures through the text. That's why I put a big picture of John Jama on a stage on the left page, as there are no other pictures needed of him.

My contents page is also very clean and plain with organised titles and description under them, the most important titles with big writing and the less important ones in a smaller font under the other writings. Also I have decided to put the most important articles in front of the magazine, and the regulars and less important articles on a further page as the first pages are the first pages the reader reads. There are a couple pictures on the contents page with no title written to it, yet the page number is written on the pictures so the reader can easily find the article about that person. Also on the bottom of my contents page I have written information about the publisher an editors to add value to the page and make it look more professional.

DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD

FINAL CONTENTS PAGE

FINAL MAGAZINE