Production DiaryIn this production diary I will show you how I will create my newsletter. On the front page of my newsletter I will write some teasers for my music page and editor’s welcome note.

On the second page I will write my music article, on the third the fashion article and on the last one I will write about sports. I will do my newsletter on Adobe Photoshop.

Front pageFirst, you have to create an A4 page, by clicking “File” from the top left corner, and you have to put the width as 21, height 29.7 centimetres, and the resolution 300 pixels/inch.

Now I will select the ruler tool to make 3 equal columns, 7 cm each (21:3).

Now I will draw the lines for the columns with the line tool. You can select it by right-clicking the rectangle tool, and then select the line tool.

Now I will create 3 boxes with the rectangle tool.

In the red box I will put the title, the date when the newsletter will be published, social media and the price of the newsletter.

In the first column I will write editor’s welcome note, and in the big one the main articles which are at the music and fashion page.

In the blank space from the bottom I will put interactive features, and in the middle the website of the newsletter.

Now I will write my title, using type tool.

Now I will change the size, the colour and the font.

I have to make the title to stand out,

by adding drop and inner shadow.

Now I will add the price, date and social media.

For social media, I will use snapchat, facebook, twitter and Instagram, because these are the most used by my target audience.

Now, I have to add interactive features at the bottom of the page. I will add interactive features like zoom in/out, print, save, next page etc. I will add interactive features because nowadays everyone uses interactive features and it makes the navigation easier.

As I said, in the middle I will write the website where you can find the newsletter and buy it.

I decided to make the navigation tools smaller and to put the social media at the bottom. I also changed the colour of the website, and deleted the part with “visit our website”, and the price, because it’s too long and I will just write “First issue: 50p”.

Plus, I will make my title bigger and I will put the word “news” under the title, and for the word “BANG” I will use a picture with an explosion which is used in comics, and for the word “BIG” I will put a picture with my friend standing on the letter “B”.

Second & third pageOn the second page I will write my article, which will be about Untold, an electronic festival in Romania, Knotfest which is a metal festival in USA and about a new band which will release their first album soon, called Tonkpils.

On the third page I will write the fashion article, because I think that music and fashion work well together, and I will advertise clothes from Zara, Nike and Adidas on 2 columns, and Slipknot summer collection on the third column.

Now, I will start designing the double pages.

First, I will create a new file, and for dimensions I will use 42cm width, 29.7 height and the resolution 300.

Now I will delimit the columns, and adding boxes.

I added some boxes and I tried to make the page like a mirror, that’s why I used the same colour.

Now I will start adding the navigation tools at the bottom of the

pages. I will put the same navigation tools for both pages and I will try to make it like its mirrored.

I decided to change the last column on the fashion page and make it yellow like the first one from the music page, because like I said I want it to be mirrored.

Now I finished the layout for music and fashion, now I will start doing the layout for the 4th page.

Forth pageOn the 4th page I will write the sports article, which will be placed on 2 columns, on the first one about a basketball

team, and on the second column I will make a prediction of the teams that will play in final of the Champions League, and a poll and you can vote your favourite football team and you can win tickets for the final of the Champions League!

First, I will draw the text boxes, then I will add the navigation tools and social media.

This is the layout for my fourth page. Now I will start writing the articles.

First pageOn the first column, I will write the editor’s welcome note, and I will include my signature there. And on the second column I will write teasers for the music article and a poll of the topic of the next newsletter.

This is the “poll” for the topic of the next newsletter edition!

I decided to write a little bit from every article on the front page, so I will make them to know what they will

expect from this newsletter, and don’t waste money to buy it if they don’t like it.

This is my front page. For the bottom of the second page I will add the pictures later.

Second pageThe third page

will be for music. Now I have to think what to write for the articles, but I have some ideas.

After 3 periods and a lot of wasted time to convince my friend to take pictures of them to use them for the music article, I finished! I think that it looks alright, and I asked my classmates to read the articles and to give opinions about how it looks, and everyone said that it’s looks good, except for one which said that it has too much writing but I think that it is enough.

Fashion page.

On the fashion page I will write about the sales from Nike, Adidas, Zara, New Look and Massimo duty, and I will add a picture of my sister and one of my friend, and near my sister’s picture I will add a picture with the shirt that she wears, under I will put the price, and near some buttons and you can select which colour you want to see.

Sport page

For the sports article I will use a picture of mine, and I will tell the story of a teenagers which won a race. In the first column I will talk about the PSG vs FC Barcelona in the final of the Champions League, and I will add an option to vote who you think the winner will be.