Project Management and Monitoring Production – 16/02/12

It is half term this week, the media work I have done in this week has mainly consisted of graphic design on both the contents page and the front cover. Unfortunately, I have not been able to work on the articles, as I do not have InDesign at home, and the links would also be broken if I chose to work on the documents at home.

 In my schedule, I had planned to create the contents page for my product, but as I had already started this, all I had to do was add more stories to the contents page, so that it shows the reader what is in the magazine. In addition, I have worked on the front cover, and have made various changes to the design of it. One of the main changes I have made is to the font used. I was previously using 'Excelsior Sans', but changed the font to 'Aero Matic' which I downloaded off dafont.com, as I believe this font looks more professional for the front cover. I have however continued to use Excelsior Sans for the contents and double page spreads. I have also changed various effects on the front cover, and have added drop shadows, and inner shadows, to give the page more depth. The only doubt I do have however is that the front cover looks too cramped, so next week, I will invite assessor comments and see what they think in terms of the front cover.

I believe I am nearly finished in terms of the front cover, but minor changes will be made next week in the days running up to the deadline, however I plan on spending most of next week making improvements to the DPS articles, as I have not had any chance to do that in this week.

Below you can see both the front cover and contents page, and how they have changed from last week:

Front Cover: 

Contents Page: