Magazines: Front cover practical project

 Research

1) Use Google to research potential magazines that you could use as your brand/design for this project. Create a shortlist of three potential magazines and upload an example front cover from each one. We recommend looking at lifestyle magazines or a similar genre as these are more achievable to re-create.

2) Choose one of the three magazine brands to use for your project e.g GQ, Vogue or The Gentlewoman. Then find three different front covers for your chosen magazine and embed them in your blogpost. Analyse the fonts, colours and typical design. What is the language or writing style? How are the cover lines written? What camera shot is generally used for the cover image? You need to become an expert in the design and construction of this magazine and its branding.

Font/Typography:The masthead uses classic elegant serif font helps to reinforce luxury and recognisable branding.Furthermore the main cover line of 'star power' is bold and in capital letters which create emphasis and allows the magazine to be more meaningful.The contrast between an elegant masthead and bold headlines combine a fashion matter with celebrity appeal.

Colour scheme:The cover uses bland colours such as black,white and grey with a pink font.This highlights the magazine because it displays feminity and glamour.

Colour scheme-The colour scheme of blue,black and white stands out on rianna as there is highkey lighting.The text of vouge is bold and vibrant on the image which makes it more appealing to audiences.

Typography-most of the text is short and snappy which makes it easier for people to read.It also creates enigma codes because people would want to find out what will be inside the magazine

Setting-is bland and does not stand out

Costume-Blue zip up and black top

Lighting-High key

Actor-rianna

Makeup-subtle 

-Medium close up shot

-high-key lighting

-colour scheme contrasts with the background which makes it stand out

-sense of star power for timothy

-cover lines are short and snappy and do not fully cover the center image which is conventional

Planning

1) In your blogpost, write your main cover line (also called the 'main flash') - this is the main cover story that links to your central image. It must be 100% original - all your own words.

For the main cover line i chose 'When reality hits fashion'

2) Briefly plan the image you will need for the cover - model, costume, make-up, lighting etc. At this point, simply describe the image you need to capture.

Model-Me (shymia)

Lighting-High-key

Costume-brown top,blue jeans 

Makeup-No makeup

3) Write the cover lines and any additional text you need for your magazine cover.

Shymia Mason-'A humble fashion icon'

"When reality hits fashion"

The story of a star

4) Sketch out your cover on plain A4 paper using your written planning. Take a photo of your sketch and upload it to your blogpost.

Photoshoot

We will do a photoshoot in class next week with lighting and backdrop. However, if you prefer you can arrange your own photoshoot for the cover image in your own time - you can use your phone or your own camera to take an image. If you don't have a phone or camera that is suitable, you can sign out a camera from Mr Ray.

1) On your planning document blogpost, state the date, time and location of your photoshoot and the name of the model or photographer you will use (you can choose anyone to be your cover model or you can be the cover model yourself).

Date-30th april

Time-3.30

Location-DF05

Photoshop or InDesign?

You will have one Media lesson to create your magazine cover on Adobe Photoshop or InDesign but you will probably need more time than this. In order to complete this work, you will need to work in DF06 when you don't have other lessons or use Photoshop/InDesign at home. You already have access to Adobe at home via our fantastic Adobe Creative Cloud subscription (worth around £25/month!) as long as you have a PC or laptop that can run it.

Publication to blog and evaluation

1) Once you have completed your design you need to save or export a copy as a JPEG image. Then, upload it to your blogpost. 

2) Upload two genuine covers of the magazine you have used and put them next to your front cover. This is a brilliant way to check how professional your work looks alongside the real thing.

3) Write a short evaluation of your work: have you succeeded in your brief to create a new, original edition of an existing magazine? Does your cover stand up alongside the genuine covers of your chosen magazine? How professional is your work alongside those genuine examples?

I think i succeeded well with my camera angle because it is how a model would pose.Furthermore i think that this could be an existing magazine front cover.I think my cover is professional but it could have been a bit more professional

4) Finally, what would you do differently if you completed this assignment again?

I would take pictures in more diverse locations because it seems more creative and it would be more of a challenge for me which i would like.