Cover construction

   

The first thing that I did was add my chosen image into Photoshop in order to begin the creation of my cover. As my image was a quality image of action I did no need to edit it too much else it would fail to represent my target audience. One thing that I did was crop my image so that t was a good size for my cover. I also zoomed into the image slightly so that my star vehicle was the central point of my cover page. The next thing that I did was to add my masthead. My masthead was in the Myriad Pro font which is a simple font and I used the gold colour from the Cornish badge in order to attract my target audience from the regional prospective and this would be my colour scheme throughout my product. The next thing I did to complete my masthead was to add the Cornish dots logo above the ‘I’ to take the regional slant further.  I placed the mast head at the top of the page and made it 1/8 of the page. Both of these are common conventions found on magazines.

    The next thing I did was add my stories. I did this using the text tool. I used the text tool to add my stories in a times font, as this was a basic font that would appeal to my target audience.  I made the text a different font style to the masthead in order to make the stories stand out and come off of the page to the consumer. I made the title of the stories black; the black used of the Cornish flag and made the teaser about the story the same gold colour as the mast head.

   The next thing I did was to add my main story. I used yellow text boxes similar to the masthead colour, but slightly brighter so that they would stand out more. On these text boxes I overlaid black text that read, “Exclusive” and “latest match reports” these teasers are a common convention of football magazines. I used the black font to maintain the colour pallet and to make the text stand out on the yellow text box. Secondly, for my main story I added some text from FreeUrbanFonts that read “Daniel Rundle” once more I made this text a different font to the other stories and the masthead, I also made it a different size for the same reason. Beneath this in yellow I added another teaser. Beneath the main story I added an image for another story inside the magazine. This image was a long shot of a football match. The image is backed by a yellow text box, which again makes the image stand out. The use of images on the front cover breaks up the text and keeps the lower age target audience more interested than all text.

   The final thing that I did was to add a barcode and the web address for my magazine website. It is a common convention for a barcode to be on the bottom of the cover, along with the price.  The web address was added underneath the barcode in the same yellow font as the teasers in order to make it stand out, to encourage the consumer to visit the site.

As I felt that my magazine cover was not as professional and as good as I thought it be i decided to make some more alteration and additions in order to increase the professionally of my product and follow more conventions in order to enhance my product. 

The first thing that I did was to put the masthead behind the main image. I decided to do this as most of my masthead was still visible and you could make out what the masthead was so this wouldn't prevent my product from becoming known and it increases the professional look of my magazine. I also changed the style of the font on the stories to make it more bold. This meant that the text was more easily visible from further away, which will draw in my target audience. I then added the date of the issue and the issue number into the top right hand corner using the text tool. I using the move tool, I move the second image on the page to the right hand side. I did this because the left hand side of the page was looking to crowded and moving it helped to break up my cover. I also put a yellow layer behind my barcode using the box tool in order to make this and the cheap price stand out.

My photoprapghs

Initially, I had used this for my main cover image. However, after I had done more research into my target audience I found out that an action image would be more appropriate for representing them. As this is a close up shot, it does not represent my target audience as they are more used to seeing medium action shots on their chosen products. As this image was neither of those things I decided it would be best to change them.

 

This image is an extreme long shot of a football match. I used this image on my billboard as it was the perfect size and shape for a billboard. As well as this, the image is of a high quality and of a local football match so will therefore represent my target audience and is an appropriate image to use.

This image is a long shot image. I initially used this on my first draft of my contents page as I thought this image was of a high quality and could represent my target well. However, after having remade my contents page I found a more appropriate image. I was disappointed to not find a use of ratios image as it is a very good action long  shot that represents the target audience well.

I took this image during a photoshoot form a football match between Bodmin college and Falmouth. This image is a wide, action shot. I decided not to use this image within my products because the image is out of focus and will bring the overall professionalism and quality of my products down and would make my product less successful.

This image is a long shot. It is taken of a local cornish footballer during a match. I used this image on my double page spread. I though that image was particularly good because it was of a good quality and would represent my target audience in a good manner. It also helps to maintain the professionalism of my magazine.

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So far the Peninsula league, as always, hasn’t failed to throw up its fair share of thrilling games, brilliant goals and all round superb football.

 Leading the way early on is Ivybridge Town who have won 10 of their first 14 games. Closely behind the front-runners are 4 time peninsula champions, Bodmin Town. Bodmin have only lost one game out of their opening fixtures and are arguably more deserving of the first place spot at this stage of the season. The signing of Adam Carter from last season’s champions, Plymouth Parkways who find themselves in a lowly 7^th place, has dramatically helped them improved on last season’s goal scoring problems.  Propping up the division and in extremely low spirits after losing 10-0 to a tenacious Parkway side, are Bovey Tracey. Making up the rest of the bottom three are Newquay, who recently lost to a young, bettering Camelford side on Tuesday night and Elburton Villa who only have 7 points from 14 games.

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Want to be a pro? Then you need to not only possess the ability, but you must be able to eat like a pro. It’s not all about ability, it’s about how and what you eat in order to enhance your performances.  Follow these basic steps to preparing for and recovering from matches through eating. It is recommended that to perform at optimum level, football players should intake between 2400 and 3000 calories to be able to perform at the highest level. Carbohydrates should account for 70% of a footballer’s diet. The best food to eat is complex carbohydrate, which is found in foods like bread and pasta. You must also consume saturated fats, unsaturated fats, vitamins and protein.

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Adidas Predator Instinct FG - Black/Running White/Neon Orange Review

These new boots have been constructed by Adidas to maximize comfort while performing to a high standard. A new feature of the latest rendition of the prestigious predator boot is the SL rubber elements that are welded on to the upper part of the boot which optimises grip on the ball. The main material is a leather-like HybridTouch synthetic which makes the boot lightweight at the same time as it moulds the shape of your foot to once more maximize comfort for the performer. As well as all of this, the transparent lightweight TPU outsole has the revolutionary control frame for ultimate contact on the ball through the top of the foot. The most outstanding bit of the latest Adidas success is the newly engineered welded gel pass pad, located on the medial side, which increases the surface area for accurate distribution of the ball. This is why I have given this boot the 4/5 boot rating.

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Camelford v Newquay

There was a ferocious start to this bottom of the table clash with Newquay coming to Trefrew Park and dominating the first 10 minutes, hitting the frame of the goal 3 times in this space of time. However, through the support of the goal frame and terrific stop from Camels keeper, Adam Fuller, the score remained 0-0. Taking spirit from this stunned camelford soon regain composure and found themselves 1-0 up through a silky passing move and exquisite finish from young forward James McNary. Camelford took a 2-0 lead into the break following Kyle Flew’s goal after a goalmouth scramble, which saw Newquay fail to clear. After the interval, Camelford dominated, hitting the bar through McNary before the Camelford marksman doubled his money with another very cool finish from a pinpoint cross from Boxall.  Newquay secured a consolation goal when Danny Frohlick put a header into his own goal from an opposition corner.