In the first week of production I completed the editing of my photographs and began to make my front cover. I used new skills on photoshop such as magnetic lasso tool, sponge tool and I used new filters. I had upoaded the photograph which looked most professional and I placed it onto a photoshop document which would be my front cover, then I added my main sell lines to create the main layout which I could follow from to add my other sell lines. I had successfully adapted the four main sell lines onto the page and positioned them correctly and how I wanted them to be on the page so that I could then add to it and build from the basic shape. The problems I had were trying to place all of the sell lines onto the page in a professional layout however after changing the layout multiple times I finally started to get the look I was after.
This week I will be looking to finish my front cover to ensure I can finish the double page spread in time and also to a professional standard and have time to do any corrections and annotations. I am going to start by building up sell line by sell line and ensuring they are all positioned on the page in an appropriate layout. I will document what I wish my sell lines to say so that I can keep on track f what sell lines I need to upload to the front cover and the size of the different sell lines so that I can lay them out in the right place on the cover. I think the main problem I will have will be getting all of the sell lines on the page so that they all contrast each other and fit correctly.
Throughout this week, I created my final front cover, however once I had analysed it I realised that there was a large space missing on the page which made the cover look bare, therefore I needed to add in another sell line above the main sell line 'how a girl killed her bestfriend'. To find an appropriate sell line I researched other teenage magazine covers to find out the types of sell lines they include and how many lines they average to take up. I decided to include a short sell line which could take up several lines. This would fill he gap nicely and would not be too bulky for the space needing to be filled. After I had included this sell line I found that my magazine cover was a strong piece therefore decided to leave it and move on and come back to it later to give it the final touches and try to spot any faults. I also added finishing touches such as adding a drop shadow onto my main sell lines to ensure they stood out on the page and caught peoples immediate attention.
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