I first placed a purple box on to the black background, I chose those colours because they were part of the colour scheme that my target audience had picked, the colours also are ones that are associated with the genre of rock and roll. The box was going to be use for the mast head.

The exact colour specifications are located here.

To make the magazine stand out more and not appear flat I decided to add a bevel and emboss effect to make it stand out.

To make the magazine stand out more and not appear flat I decided to add a bevel and emboss effect to make it stand out.

As you can see the effect gives it a more professional look and makes it stand off the page.

I chose the font Charlemagne Std because it looked very gothic and tied in with the look and genre of the magazine, I use the colour white because it stood out against the purple and because it was part of the colour scheme.

To make the mast head stand out to the readers I added a drop shadow which gives the effect it is off the page.

To make the mast head stand out to the readers I added a drop shadow which gives the effect it is off the page.

I made a start to the main image by placing the back ground, to get a descent flame effect I had to take an image from Google, this is the only non original image.

The effect can clearly be seen here.

I left this space for the competition box and the barcode.

I added the picture of the CD which had been edited to have the name of the band on photo shop before saving as a PNG picture.

I chose the writing to be big so it is easy to read and lets people no threes a free gift

I placed a third box in the same manner as the other 2 this box will be for the other main article.

I placed the second layer of the main image next and arranged it to go behind the gift box but in front of the side article box to show all the layers so it did not look flat, the image is actually 2 pictures the people in front are separate to the one in the back so that I could change the height of the modal in the background to give 3 different levels to the picture, the shot is a mid shot, I used a spot light to make them bright and for them to stand out.

I added a web site because most magazines have one, this makes the information on the magazine more real, this would be used to get subscriptions and carry the magazines over more than 1 type of media genre.

I started to add text to the side bar and introduced a secondary font style, I added this because for the main article the mast head style was hard to read at size 9 so I needed a clearer font so to keep the house style I added all descriptions or answers be in a different style to questions and titles.

I used the same back ground as for the main image to keep a consistency, the shot is a mid shot taken from a low angle using the spot lights.

I added a pumpkin icon to carry the theme of the issue, because I chose to do a monthly magazine and wanted to start with October.

I then placed the issue title because it was a special edition I changed the colour to red because it ties in with the colours associated with Halloween and October.

Using the same font as the mast head I placed the main article title, I changed the colour to purple because it stood out more that the white which I used for all the other writing.

I then placed the sub heading in white using the style of font for the side article to keep the consistency of the house style.

I then placed a barcode which I took of the internet and on photo shop added the price which was £2.50 the average price shops sell magazines for.

Using the same process as for the other boxes I created a competition bar and then in the font I used for the sub heading wrote the competition, I used that font there because the style I used for the masthead was not readable at the size needed for the box

For the contents page I firstly turned the back ground black to fit in with the colour scheme of the magazine.

Next I placed the main image for the contents page, the image is a close up shot with a spot light to light it, it is a solo shot of one of the band members from the front cover this is because most magazines use an image to do with the cover story because it is the main story of the issue so it should get the most focus.

I then created a text box and wrote in the number of the page that the main article was on, the font I used was Charlemagne Std because it was part of the house styles font theme, the colour white was used because it stands out against the black back ground and because it was part of the colour scheme to the magazine.

I placed a box which I then turned purple to stick to the colour scheme and like all other boxes for the magazines mast head and large amounts of information I added a bevel and emboss effect which makes it look 3D and more realistic.

I next placed a purple box and added the bevel and emboss effect to keep it to the house style, this box will be for the contents. I used a coloured behind the text because I decided as a rule large blocks of text and the mast head would not go straight against the back ground.

As I did with all my text the main heading would be in Charlemagne Std and the sub headings would be in Berlin sands FB, the colour I chose was white to stick to the house style.

I added the pumpkins to the contents to carry over the Halloween theme from the front cover to keep the house style, the way the pumpkins have been placed is to make them look 3D and are going back in to the picture making the hole page look like different layers.

I added the pumpkins to the contents to carry over the Halloween theme from the front cover to keep the house style, the way the pumpkins have been placed is to make them look 3D and are going back in to the picture making the hole page look like different layers.

I added the pumpkins to the contents to carry over the Halloween theme from the front cover to keep the house style, the way the pumpkins have been placed is to make them look 3D and are going back in to the picture making the hole page look like different layers.

I added an extra pumpkin in the upper right corner to fill a wasted space and so that the fist thing that is seen is the pumpkin showing the theme of the magazine.

I added another box this one would be turned into an advertisement witch most magazines have as a way of getting extra revenue.

I then created the text box and wrote the advertisement, I used the same font colour and style to keep to the house style. The advertisement is about a TV show so the information is the time of the show and the channel number.

I then placed the logo for the TV station as a PNG image witch I first created using word art which I copied into photo shop and created the logo.

I first turned the back ground black to keep to the house style of the magazine.

I placed the back ground image next over both pages, I added the image to tie in with the main image on the font cover because it is the same story.

I decided to have the pumpkins on all the pages to have the fact that it is Halloween special clearly shown, I first placed a big pumpkin then placed 2 more smaller ones, again I placed them in the top right corner so the first thing you see when the magazine page is turned is the Halloween theme.

I wrote the name of the feature on both pages so to show that it is the same article, the font I used was Charlemagne Std to keep to the house style, the white as well as being part of the colour scheme stands out against the black. I placed the title on the right over the pumpkins to show the different layers and make it look 3D.

The main image on the page is a mid-shot of one of the members of the band, I placed the image so it is mostly on the right page but it does slightly go on the left page, I did this to so that the pages gave the effect that it is one continues page.

I added the by-line under the first title as this is where the majority of article text was going to be, I chose to have it at a very small size because it is not as important as the article itself.

I placed 3 boxes this is were the text would be, I added a bevel and emboss effect on to them, I next copied the text from a Microsoft word document, the reason I placed the text on the boxes because the house style rules I created for the magazine is that large amounts of text have to have a box.another of the rules is that main titles would be in Charlemagne Std and sub headings in Berlin sands FB, so I did the questions and captions in the style for titles and the answers in the style of sub headings, I chose the colour white as it was the colour picked for all text so that it looked consistent.

I added the tour dates because in one of the questions in the article talks about the tour, so the relevant dates should be provided, I kept to the house style with font style and colour.

I added a long shot over the top of the lead singer, I placed it in the position so to show the different layers, I used a long shot to show a range of photography.

I lastly added a small pumpkin in the bottom right corner of the box, I did this again to show that the issue was a Halloween special.