Here is a draft of my first ideas of what my magazine could look like. On each of the cover ideas I have placed the masthead, sell line, cover lines & main cover line in different positions on each magazine to see which layout I liked the most. In the end I choose the cover with the masthead going down the side of the magazine.
After that I had thought of cover ideas I then decided on Masthead ideas, cover line ideas & sell line ideas. Once I had thought of a few different ideas for each I decided what I would be putting on the magazine cover. On the right hand side of the image is my final drawn image of what my magazine should look like.
After I had chosen which of the four covers I would be using I then made a draft of it on the computer using Microsoft publisher. The cover is very basic and doesn't yet contain any of the information such as the masthead name and cover lines etc. As this is only a draft of what the cover should look like it doesn't contain a colour scheme yet, which is going to match with the image. At this stage I hadn't yet taken an image so my colour scheme hadn't been decided.
Before I could decide on a colour scheme for my cover I took my photo of a student. I have to manipulate the image on a programme called Fireworks. The reason that I will have to manipulate the image is because the image was taken in the students house and therefore the background will not match with the school theme of the magazine. I'm going to crop the image so there is no background and have a white background to make the image standout more. The image will be placed in the centre of the magazine to draw attention to the magazine. In the image the student is wearing a blue school polo shirt so therefore I have decided that the colour scheme for my magazine will be white, blue and black.
Here is my magazine cover almost finished. The only thing that hasn't yet been added to the cover is the image of the student. The cover contains a masthead down the side of the magazine 'monkseaton monthly', there are four cover lines two of them are to do with the school and two are to do with general interest this would make the magazine more appealing. At the top of the magazine is the sell line 'Monkseaton's number one magazine' this is used to make people want to read the magazine. This magazine cover also doesn't yet contain the school logo which is shown in my hand drawn ideas for the magazine.
Here is my final version of my magazine cover. This version contains the final manipulated image of the student which is placed in the centre of the magazine This brings your attention to the magazine. To also draw attention I have used bright colours and all the lettering on the cover is in bold. In the top left corner I have placed the logo of the school to which the magazine is from, the logo was an idea in my hand drawn ideas of the magazine but wasn't added until the end. Another added feature to my magazine cover is on the right hand side which shows an offer for readers to be able to have a chance to win cinema vouchers, I think this would make the magazine seem more appealing.
Overall I think that the only aspects I would improve on this magazine cover would be the manipulation of the image, I would redo the cutting of the image to give it smoother edges. Although it isn't a vital aspect of the cover I would possibly add a bar code to the cover just to give a more realistic feel to the cover.
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