Mock Cover

The picture above is a mock design of what the layout of a magazine could be, this is just a standard basic design with the content features and information over laying a big picture in the middle. The main content info is normally about the picture in the middle the picture may also over lap the mast head a little bit, ensuring that all focus is on the picture and not the title. This also adds a little bit of a professional effect to the magazine.

This is also a design i had in mind, its a little different from the usual magazine front covers but it would be able to get more than one story or picture onto the front cover. I wont be using this as the project that we are doing requires a main story, using this design will result in equal attention from all the content info which is what we don't want when the theme of the magazine is based on one story.

This is the brief design of a contents page that i came up with, its very standard but will help me later on as i need to design my own, this simple design includes a title, 2 pictures and the page number + description. Although its a simple design it may work quite well as simple basic contents pages can work well if they are constructed correctly.

This contents page is taken from a professional magazine, although it is not in English i have chosen to upload it as the large colour scheme actually works quite well as the picture is in black and white, how ever the eye of the person in the picture is left with some colour to draw attention towards the person, i think that they have chosen to leave the eye a colour because when you look at a person eye contact is the most important visual contact and shows a lot of emotion, more than any facial expression. The vast amount of colours used works well as the colours are very subtle and do not over power the rest of the page. The picture is blended into the rest of the theme quite well, this magazine looks professionally done.

This contents page is a double page spread, it holds both pictures and a theme, compared to the last contents page this one has used a different method to make the pictures stand out, for one they are in colour and are not blended into the rest of the page but edited to stand out with strait lines on a black to white background. however i think the theme of this magazine is wrongly used, the two matching images either side of the contents page draw too much from the pictures and writing. The smart layout of the rest of the contents page does add a professional look as it gives the effect they have done this thing before and know what the audience want. The pictures also have numbers on them, this shows that the picture will be related to the page number, saves the time of reading the contents page.

This contents page takes a different style to the two above, although wide variety colour schemes don't tend to work well this one has been done with a cleaver and successful look, this is taken from a music magazine and by the colour of this contents looks like its aimed at the younger generation. As this doesn't look like it would be aimed at the adult audience, this magazine keeps its professional look as its messy style with a vast variety of fonts all add effect that has been caused on purpose

This is the front cover to the preliminary task, it has some ideas in what could be used in creating the actual

 front cover. The orange colour scheme is used as it is linked to the small logo on the hoodie in the picture, the reason i linked it to this is that i found the other colours too dull and didn't bring the magazine any justice. The different style of fonts symbolise a students book as a stereotypical book is covered with notes and scribbles. It just adds the little effect of being more suitable for students. The picture of the main story is not as large as a typical magazine, the reason for this is that it leaves enough room for a final story to make the cover seem more interesting. how ever i think that next time i will use a larger image as it does add a effect and makes the cover seem more professional. The shadow around the image was edited by me in fireworks, but the rest of the cover was constructed one piece at a time in publisher, using both programs gives variety of effects that can be added, personally i think that fireworks is more professional how ever requires more skill to use.

This is the original picture before being edited. The picture was taken by me. I chose to take this picture on a white background to make the editing process that little bit more simple also it allows the process of editing the picture a lot more smooth. I got the prototype model to stand in this position to give a cheeky pose effect to see how different poses would give different ideas across to the viewer, i found that using this one gives the effect that he is hiding something that the magazine will later reveal, which will catch the eyes of the reader and keep him interested in what the magazine has to show.

Preliminary Task

In this magazine cover they have structured it a little different to the standard magazine cover. For example the title is in front of the picture drawing attention to the title more than the picture. This takes the effect away from the story that will be featured in this magazine. The subheadings on the cover are also structured differently as they are in the center of the page instead of being listed down the side. This shows that the magazine is more armature and may not be as successful as other magazines.

In this cover the black and lime green contrasting really highlights the titles drawing attention to them. The lime green colouring is themed to the title of the magazine. The picture is in front of the title of the magazine to draw attention to the picture, not the title. The dark background also highlights the picture and makes the font lighter, reducing the attention from the unfilled space, it makes the cover seem like it is full but tidy at the same time. The more important the text the larger it is, The title being the largest shortly followed by the main story of the magazine, this main story will be related to the image on the cover of the magazine.

The cover of this magazine is not as professional as the second one but it is created with some effort and talent. It takes after the more traditional magazine covers by putting the picture in front of the title to show that the main story of this magazine is about the picture. The colour scheme matches the picture also, red title matches the red shirt the female in the picture is wearing. The blue subheadings match the match the shorts that the female is wearing. this creates a colour theme that they can use for the rest of the magazine, it adds a professional touch to the magazine. The picture of the female is not edited but given depth of Field by making the background blurred luring attention towards the main part of the picture not anything else.

over all i believe this looks like a professional magazine but does lack in some touches that would complete it.