2. Programs:
To recreate the Total Film magazine I used the
following Adobe programs: Photoshop (for
editing images/ photos), Illustrator (to create
logos e.g. Total film masthead) and InDesign (to
import everything together, add text, resize
images and text and create basic shapes).
Step By Step
3. Step 1: Creating the masthead
I used Illustrator and used the “Line
Segment” tool to make the basic outline
for the logo. I used the “Rectangle” tool to
make the “I”. Making sure all the lines
where connected, I then selected
everything on the page with the
“Selection” tool. After I used the “Live
Paint Bucket” tool. I then went over to the
right of the page and chose a colour I
wanted. With it selected I then clicked on
the parts of the logo I needed to fill (The
object is highlighted red when the mouse
is hovered over it). In this case I needed to
fill the masthead white and leave the
background blank.
To export my masthead, I firstly clicked
“file” at the top left of the page. Then went
down, to export, typed in the
name, selected the location I wanted to
save it and finally clicked “Save”.
4. Step 2: Inserting and using InDesign
I opened InDesign. I then clicked “File”, “Place”. Searching for my file, then clicking it
and selecting “Open”. After this I then need to click on the screen to place the file. To
move the image I used the selection tool and to scale and transform, I went
“Object”, “Transform” and “Scale”. Then type in the percentage I want to scale it by.
5. Step 3: Background (a)
To make my background I
found a picture of the
houses of parliament from
internet explorer. I then
saved it and copied it into
Photoshop. I started by
unlocking my layer and
cropping it to the size in the
original magazine. I then
used the texturiser tool in
the filter column to find a
style most similar to the
original. To make my
background fit an A4 page I
opened a new document
(an A4 international paper)
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6. Step 3: Background (b)
I then dragged my image
onto the new document
and unlocked it. Then using
the “selection” tool and
holding shift I dragged the
image to fit at the bottom
of the page. I then pressed
enter and grabbed the “eye
dropper” tool and selected
the sky colour. I then used
the paint bucket tool to fill
the rest of the sky. Finally I
tweaked with the texturizer,
colour balance and
hue/saturation until I was
happy. I also created a light
source just above the
buildings to give the
impression of a rising sun.
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7. Using Photoshop tools
I used a variety of tools in Photoshop:
• Selection tool ( to select and move images)
• Magic wand tool ( to select part of an image, a certain colour)
• Crop tool ( to choose the size of the image )
• Eye dropper tool ( to select a colour used and use it gain)
• Healing brush tool ( to fix textures, I used it to blend the sky, making it the same
brightness)
• Eraser tool ( to remove colour)
• Paint bucket tool ( to fill an area with a colour)
• Blur tool ( to smudge and distort parts of an image)
8. Image Adjustments
I used the:
• Brightness and Contrast
• Hue/ Saturation
• Colour Balance
• Lighting Effects
9. Step 4: Importing and picture taking.
Follow step 2 and place the background into InDesign. Move the background so that it
covers the whole page and right click, arrange, send to back. Next I needed to take
pictures of someone in the same position as the original. When I took the picture I
made sure that he was in the right position and that the camera was in focus.
10. Step 5: Creating Sherlock (a)
In Photoshop I started by
unlocking my image and
cropping it as small as I could
but with Anthony’s (the
person playing as Sherlock)
whole body still in. I then
started removing spots with
the spot healing brush. After
this I used the quick selection
tool to select Anthony and
then right clicked on it and
clicked select inverse. I then
pressed the delete button to
remove the background
before using the eraser tool
to remove any last fragments
of the background.
11. Step 5: Creating Sherlock (b)
In order for Anthony to look
more like Sherlock I edited
the clothes by using the
healing brush tool to remove
the school badge on the
blazer. I then used the magic
quick select tool to select the
tie and used the hue/
saturation tool and brought
the saturation down to -100.
After this I increased the
brightness and contrast of the
face (used the quick select
tool to select face) to make it
seem warm. Finally I used the
colour balance on the whole
image to make it cold.
12. Step 6: Importing Sherlock
Follow step 2 and place the Sherlock image into InDesign. I then used the scale tool
again and moved it into the right position. To find the right text I searched for the right
font and a font creator. I then saved it and imported into InDesign. I found the rest of
similar text already on InDesign so I just used the textbox tool and put the text into
place. I found a bar code off the internet and the future publishing logo on their
website which I placed in and moved them to their place.
13. Step 7: Finishing
To finish I found pictures from Google images of Iron man, the mad hatter and fantastic
Mr fox. Which I imported into InDesign, moved and scaled them to the right size.
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15. Evaluation
Strengths: Weaknesses: Solutions:
The contrast on the face to
the blue background
When I opened files in InDesign they
became pixelated
Use a different program then
InDesign/ import pictures
differently e.g. as a different file
I managed to find similar
fonts
The clothes weren't the same as in
the original magazine
Find similar clothes from home or
drama
The background looks the
same as the original
I couldn’t read on the original what
the text on the left below the
masthead said
Find a better quality image of the
magazine or buy it
The masthead looks like the
original Total Film logo
Anthony doesn’t look like Sherlock Find an actor who looks more like
Sherlock
I found the images from the
internet for the top right films
The filter of the background should
be darker at the top
Redo the lighting effects for the
background
I am happy with my magazine. I think I
have done a realistic recreation of the
original magazine.
