Making My Magazine - Masthead

When creating my blog I decided that I needed to make it  memorable to the reader through the use of the masthead. By creating a masthead that would catch the attention of the reader, it would ensure that my magazine would sell and get attention from my audience. 

This is the final masthead for my magazine. I chose to name my magazine 'Reel Film' and decided that I needed to choose a magazine look that would match the feel of the name.

I knew that I wanted to incorporate the use of an actual film reel into the masthead, to make it look authentic. However, when deciding on the choice of film reel, I initially went for the actual reel and the film flowing, however, I decided that this takes up too much space on the page, and the picture did not fit appropriately on the page. 

 

Taking this into account I then decided to go for a different look and chose a different form of film tape. The one that I chose had an old and used look, I thought that this would be effective as it fit in with the colour scheme of blue and brown that I had chosen. 

Once I had this into the document, I placed it into the top left corner, which is the standard place for the masthead. I did this because I felt that I should follow convention in my magazine. I then placed in my name. I decided to change the font of one of the words, because I thought it would draw the attention of the reader, as it is not a usual thing to do. However, I chose to keep the word film in a bolder font, as I thought that it would draw the readers attention and instantly make it clear that this is a film magazine. 

This is the finished version of my masthead. I have decided to add a textured layer on top of the word film. This is to make sure that the word fits in with the worn out look of the film reel. I did this by finding an image of an old bit of film reel from the internet. I then added that on top over my image, and altered the transparency and effect that was on top of the image, until I achieved the desired look.