To make my masthead/title for my double page spread I simply began by typing it via the text tool in photoshop, I next gave each line of writing a black box in order to make it pop from the screen more and have more depth, I then decided to change the font of 'Irvin Magno' as he is the talking point of the article, finally I tilted the second line of writing and turned it blue to fit my house styles because I though this portrayed metaphorically a 'Unique Take' as its of centre and different from the others.
The image of the model hitting the bag was originally a full photo however I used the magnetic lasso tool to cut him from the rest of the image, this was because I felt it would help give the double page spread a cleaner more professional look, Furthermore other magazines do the same by only featuring the person and no background which meets codes and conventions.
Finally I added my Interview/Article into the space I had left blank by once again using the text tool, I had to rearrange the text a few times in order to fit them in without ruining the aesthetic. I added a black box around the questions so that the audience are able to differentiate between question and answer. I also made the first letter of each paragraph considerably larger than the rest as this is common in the majority of other magazines.
I began by laying almost a foundation for my contents page in order to stick to the codes and conventions of other boxing magazines, I created 4 boxes all intended for text and left room for images to be placed in near the top, after typing in the contents text I edited it by giving them each short titles and put them in bold so they stand out, next I numbered each one to let the audience know which page each topic is on. Finally I added my QR code which offers a chance to win a prize, this along side the ranking of the boxing gloves adds some enticement to the page as generically they can be quite boring. The screen shot on the left shows my contents page prior to putting in my own pictures, I did this in order to get a better sense of the images I wanted to use and how they would look.
These were my first attempts at my contents page however I felt they lacked the characteristics of other magazines and therefore less met the codes and conventions, the house styles and colours felt a bit unprofessional and almost childish so therefore I decided to redo it. I kept a few elements I liked from these attempts such as the small 'ring side' and contents titles at the top of the page.
This is my front cover page where I experimented with a colourful but simplistic look which I think resulted in a sporty look which stands out and captures the audiences attention, the photo you can see on the left screen shot was an example image I added prior to taking my own so that I could get a better feel for what the end result would look like and I came to the conclusion that it worked well however achieving a similar image would be quite difficult in the timescale I had, therefore I aimed to capture an image which creates the same sort of menacing suspenseful tension but that is much more simplistic and easy to capture.
Out of all the photographs I took this was the one I felt would be best to use, this was for many reasons such as it being an action shot, the quality of the photo was better than most of my others etc. Although I like the photo itself I think it could match better than it does with the colours of my magazine. I felt my front cover looked slightly bare so added my text into the boxes in order to give insight into the magazine contents, I also added a puff which gives the chance to win a free pair of boxing gloves, this gives the audience an initiative to interact further with the magazine.
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