Final Front Cover

I have moved the text around to make it look abit more realistic, this is the difference from my 3rd draft.

3rd Draft Front Cover

Here is my 3rd and final i have changed the location of the issue number and added a date to the magazine.

2nd Draft Front Cover

here is the 2nd draft of my front cover, i have changed the text colour added a medium-close up shot of rosie and gave the title a background colour to make it more visual.

Evaluation

Evaluation


We were given the brief to create a front cover and contents mock up, first we made a blog Www.jaredtheperson.blogspot.com, we had to research other magazine covers, I looked at headers, mast heads imagery, colour and font. Researching a few I looked at what fitted best, I also looked at contents pages in various magazines.
When it came to creating the magazine I looked back on all the other magazines, and used what fitted my well within the magazines, I looked carefully at colour and easy accessibility when it came to reading the cover, this involved the font not blending into the background, luckily when it came to the making of the magazine I had bright yellow backgrounds which helped me to emphasise the text. I used Microsoft publisher to help me make the image then edited it using Photoshop, for my front cover I took a picture of 2 separate things, the building by itself and then a picture of me holding the book, then using Photoshop I merged the two together. I used Microsoft Arial as the text and used a red colour to match with the background. If I had more time I would’ve explored a wider range of text to use as my font, which might’ve helped to boost the appeal of my magazine.
I then looked at all the mock-ups that I had done previously to see how I was going to lay out the magazine, again I used my research to help decide what worked and what didn’t. I pasted the picture of my merged onto a picture of the college and then write the heading across it, I then decided that I would price my magazine and add a issue number. I priced the magazine at 99p and put a barcode on the bottom of the image.
If I had had more time I would’ve changed the font I used as it looks as though it was quickly made or rushed. However I liked the images used as they relate to the headlines of the cover of my magazine.
For the contents page my idea was to have all the stories seem to look like they were written on post-it notes, as if they were in a school just writing down small notes. I used an image of me walking towards the ash building with the word ASH written down the side of the building which I think looks good in the photo.
When I analysed the magazines I looked at the conventions of it, the colour and pictures are some conventions, also looked at who I thought would be the target audiences of this magazine. As my magazine would be aimed at students at college and teachers, so the magazine contains general college information and not just dedicated to one specific college increasing the market in it.
The pictures are taken at wyke college, but my idea was the magazine to be sold throughout all colleges, but I was limited to only collecting pictures from college this made it difficult to do.

Mood Board

Front Cover Draft 1

Contents Page Mock up

Here is a mock-up of my contents page, i would plan on going itno more detail on the headings and images used, however i liked the use of the post-it notes as the titles are listed on. the use of colour, in my oppinion catches the readers eye.

Medium- Close up of Rosie

Here i have taken a medium-close up shot of Rosie.

Mock Up of front cover

Here is a mock up of my frint cover it includes the mast head, a plan of where all my titles and headlines, pictures etc will be placed.

Other Pictures Taken but maybe not used.

Photos Taken

Here is one of the wilson building at college I am planning on using this for m background on the front cover.

The picture on the right is another picutre I am using for my front cover also or contets page, i thought id liek to add abit of humour to my magazine.

Here is a contents page of a magazine, i have got this just to get ideas and inspiration for when it comes to making mine, some key things i need to note is the use of colour, pictures,font and how easy it is to read the titles, like font size.

Possible Headlines to include in the contents

1. Prices Rise in all canteens
2.Infested College
3.Student Brawls
4.College of the year
5.Teacher of the year
6. Students grades soars
7.government suggest healthier food options
8. A government supplied vending machine for every college.
9. Libary to be restocked.

Medium Close up shots

Here are 2 examples of Medium-Close up shots, the camera is well in focus showing us the two people clearly, when i make my magazine i want my images to be clear and i must use medium close up shots in my task.

Images

Rarely do we see a Magazine cover without any pictures, i have to decide what imae to use for my Cover, I will take a range of pictures of the college and students in it i was thinking of using a image of the "Wyke College" in the background and a few students laughing,smiling and having fun to emphasise how good this college is. The cover will consist of the college then the title over the building with the students beneath it, i have yet to decide if i will take seperate pictures of the students then the college or get them both into one shot. I think i will take seperate pictures and photoshop the two together

Colours

A color scheme is the choice of colors used in design in media. For example, the use of a white background with black text is an example of a basic and commonly default color scheme in web design.
Color schemes are used to create style and appeal. Colors that create an happy or warm feeling when used together will commonly accompany each other in color schemes. A basic color scheme will use two colors that look appealing together. More advanced color schemes involve several colors in combination, usually based around a single color; for example, text with such colors as red, yellow, orange and light blue arranged together on a black background in a magazine article.

Comparing to "Wired" Magazine

This is an american magazine, This magazine has used the colour red, around the cover and the title which could have been used to attract readers to its title. However i dont think hat the right colours were used as sub headings; for instance at the top it has the heading "nuclear rogues &how to control them " but they have used a light blue against a whiteback ground making it harder to read, whilst on the "Wired" background the darker colours contrasted with the background making it easier to read.

Analysing Headlines

Here is a PC magazine, i picked this magazine because of thetitle, the colours go well with the background with different lettering to other normal magazines. With cutouts for some letters and boxes around other letters.

Possible Names of Magazines


I will be marketing a college magazine so it has to be related:


College Special

College Weekly - my favourite

An Educational Read

The Weekly Learner


All Other Magazines I Have looked at have quite attractive titles which attract the reader to look at the magazine.

List of other Magazines

Vogue
NME
Empire
Weekend etc.

Compare to the Empire Magazine cover

1. Smaller main title in the top left of the cover NME, that the big red one for Empire Magazines.

2.Big Heading in the middle "Kate Nash & Jack Penate" with a smaller subheading underneath it.

3. Big picture again with the heading over it (Picture of Kate Nash and Jack Penate)

4.Small advertisements around the magazine, "WIN! Arctic Monkeys Tickets"

5. I would say this magazine is aimed at teens+ as i cant imgine a 7 year old going to a concert

6.Information about what will be inside the magazine "The Cribs " etc.

7.Website under the barcode

8. Cost and Date, to show how much it is and when it was published.