Friday, 25 February 2011

Writing for the Magazine

Writining my articles has been going pretty well so far, I started off with my article about formations. I used my own knowledge and opinion in this article, and later on I will design the graphic for it.

I also completed the The Future is Bright Red article today on some Liverpool youngsters. I needed to research a little about some players to find out some information like birth-places and such, but it was mainly through my own knowledg that I wrote the piece.

So i'm not writing the magazine chronologically so far, and i'm waiting on my friend getting back to me about his Greatest XI.

Wednesday, 9 February 2011

Update

I have settled on creating a short 24-magazine that is all about Liverpool Football Club.

The structure of my magazine is as follows:

1 - Front Cover
2 & 3 - Introduction Page
4 & 5 - Contents
6 & 7 - View from the Street, Former Player/Manager Update, Greatest XI
8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 - Revitalisation Article
14 & 15 - The Future is Bright Red
16 & 17 - Let's Talk Formations
18 & 19 - Great European Nights
20, 21, 22, 23 - Heysel/Hillsborough
24 - Back Cover

When numbering my pages for design purposes, the following will apply:

1 & 2 - Introduction Page
3 & 4 - Contents
5 & 6 - View from the Street, Former Player/Manager Update, Greatest XI
7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 - Revitalisation Article
13 & 14 - The Future is Bright Red
15 & 16 - Let's Talk Formations
17 & 18 - Great European Nights
19, 20, 21, 22 - Heysel/Hillsborough

This structure is 90% final and most likely to be the finished structure.

When binding a magazine and putting it together, you have to consider how printing and binding actually works. Magazines are put together with A3 sheets of paper. This sheet of paper will be printed double-sided. 4 pages will feature on the sheet, 2 pages on the front and 2 pages on the reverse side. It is imperative that I have to consider what pages will go on what sheet and how this will all combine together to create a smooth, flowing consistent magazine.

The following is how my magazine will need to be printed:
Front and back cover with pages 1 and 22Pages 2 and 21 – Pages 3 and 20Pages 4 and 19 – Pages 5 and 18Pages 6 and 17 – Pages 7 and 16Pages 8 and 15 – Pages 9 and 14Pages 10 and 13 – Pages 11 and 12