Kinetic Force

The process of creating the cover was much more complex than expected. Viewing different magazines and creating a mood board aided in allowing my creative juices to flow; however, analyzing different magazines of my intended genre (travel) helped me choose the final decisions for key aspects of my cover.  A couple things changed from the drawing board to InDesign. For instance, on my mock-up, I put the words "Halloween Edition" in a box that was meant to simulate a sticker. After consideration and trying it out, I figured it did not look appealing. Instead, I just created a text box for it to go under the masthead. Not putting "Halloween Edition" at all would have made my magazine less realistic as the magazine itself is meant to be about theme parks monthly. I needed to put that tidbit of information on the cover to justify to my audience as to why the whole magazine in October was about Halloween events.  I did change my intended use of font for the mai...

I decided that since I have an overall idea of what I want to be on my different pages, it is finally time to be looking into specific fonts. For the cover, I looked into the masthead being a font called "Children's Party" from 1001fonts.com. I wanted the cover line to reflect the Halloween season/event, so I chose Riky Vampdator Normal (from 1001fonts.com). Since I wanted my magazine to have a modern aura as well, I chose the rest of the font on the page to be in a sans-serif, simple font (Biko from dafont.com). The table of contents could also be in Biko, as well as the caption on the first feature spread and for the byline. The title, however, I want in Benguiat Bold (the font used in hit TV show Stranger Things , as Universal's Halloween Horror Nights has used the show in their lineup of houses). For the second feature spread, the title will have a mixture of fonts like I had done in the mock-up. "SEE" will be in the Biko font, in bold, likely. ...

Looking at my feature spread now, I realize that it may not be enough to impress. I created a mock-up of what I want a SECOND feature spread to look like. Since the first spread should be relatively quick and easy to make, I'll do both. This one is focused on what to know before you go to these Halloween events (Mickey's Not-So-Scary, Halloween Horror Nights, and Howl-O-Scream based). It should have no more than 10 tips. Have not decided if actual pictures will be implemented (I don't think it will, I believe the graphic art will be enough). While constructing this mock-up, I decided on a perfect font for the numbers and possibly for other headings or even the cover line. iTC Willow is what the font is called. It has been seen in other productions like the font for the title of the hit show American Horror Story .  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- iTC Willow:

Below are possible pictures that I want to use for my pages (Work in Progress (WIP) may choose to add more pictures at a later time)  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cover (Edited using Photo App on iPhone) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table Of Contents (Edited using Photo App on iPhone) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feature Spread Some of these I plan to edit later, such as the last one with the pumpkins decorating the trees.

Since I had wanted to do a theme park magazine for the Halloween event(s), I knew I had to plan my photos out early. My family decided to go to Halloween Horror Nights (HHN) again this year so I saw my opportunity and took it. I let my dad know that I needed to take pictures of the actors outside of the houses for my magazine and he agreed. Knowing of their strict policy for flash photography and their ban of photography in  houses, I had a feeling this photo shoot would be hard to accomplish. The date was set--October 26th was the night that we would be going to HHN. I had already planned out my stay. I knew where the stilt-walkers would be that I had assigned on my front cover, I knew where the scare zones were which would allow me to take candid pictures of the scare-actors, I even knew where some of the props were since we went to the park earlier in the day. Actually being in the park during the event hours was different. I knew that I needed to take some pictures while...

Feature Spread (Work in Progress) Looking at the WDW magazine feature spread gave me an idea on how to base the layout of my spread. I wanted one full page to be a picture of something related to Halloween Horror Nights with a caption of when the HHN events begins. The other page will be an article about Universal's Halloween Horror Nights (an overview, as in what to expect, pricing, fast pass, and the such). I wish for the title to be in a chiller font, maybe the same as the cover line on the cover.  For the body paragraph, I want a drop capital in a block design or a fancy, script font. The byline should be done in a sans-serif font. In the midst of the text, I want there to be a picture of another creature of HHN.  Since it seems minimal, I might be open to making another spread about what to know before you go to these events in a numbered sequence. Short paragraphs, possibly with pictures. 

Cover (Work In Progress) Getting the creative ideas flowing usually is a hard task but for some reason, what I wanted my cover to resemble came easy to me. I knew from the start that I wanted a creation from Universal's Halloween Horror Nights to be on the cover. From experience, I knew they would be bringing the tradition of at least a pair of stilt-walking characters to their production. Those are the most intimidating to me, and also the most fascinating so I knew I wanted them on my cover. The idea for the masthead popped into my head right as I thought of the name for the magazine. Having the last "e" fly off like a roller coaster really makes the title come together, I think. I wanted to push into the codes and conventions of other travel magazines and made sure my main image was barely obscured by any text, so I am attempting to keep the anchorages that I have on my cover minimal--only about 2 or 3. The idea for the plus sign came from another magazine I saw....