I have carried out completing my Student Magazine Front cover today and I have decided to change the layout slightly, as I believed the layout which I initially had with the main image as the background and the features simply placed in a simple font over the top of the image. The reason why I decided to change the layout is because I believed that with the image I had I could change the layout to make it more appealing to the audience of students and that I didn't have to just place the features within the magazine over top the image like other magazines, therefore I decided to make the front cover clear but original, I have kept my original masthead in the top corner of the magazine, as I was happy that this would appeal to the target audience because of its meaning of the fact that this font is used for iPod and will therefore be recognised strongly by the target audience.
I gained feedback from my target audience of a student about the layout and I was happy that they agreed that the front cover needed to be more eye catching and creative. Therefore I decided to make the image smaller which also bought the image back to its original size so it did not look stretched, I made a space at the top of the magazine for the masthead to be placed and also I decided to have the contents of the magazine at the top which made it unique as most magazines feature their contents on the image between the middle and bottom of the magazine and I believe this looks more unique to have the features at the top.
Another reason why I placed the contents at the top is because the contents were being placed over top the image and covering up the image which did not make the magazine front cover clear, I also duplicated the different contents at the top of the page and changed the opacity of the text so it look eye catching and creative as though the contents text was being shadowed. I also placed a band across to separate the image and the masthead, and this works well as it includes the issue number, website and issue date, the main image is the same image on my original front cover design, but I have adjusted the contrast and tone of the image to make it stand out, I also placed another original image over this image as it shows what student life is about and the two images work well together. I will also need to create my masthead in Illustrator as this will better quality as it is a Vector Image which is the graphic which most magazines use on their front cover for their masthead.
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| Old, Original Front Cover |
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| Sketch of New Layout |
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| New Magazine Front Cover Layout in Photoshop |
Double Page Spread
I have also been working on my Double Page Spread Article, my double page spread article is focusing on Student Life, I have completed the article and I am in the process of putting my article together with the images and the article itself. I have researched into the font size and font which is used on articles and I have found out that an article average font size is 8-10, therefore I have used the font size of 10 but I have found that my article does not fit the whole of the double page, therefore I need to complete the article, some ideas which I have had to complete the article is to include a mini interview with student about student life and the issues I have discussed within the article. Below shows an image of my double page spread so far and I have used the layout shown on my initial sketch, of the images placed in the middle of the double page with the title, as this is eye catching and interesting to read. Next I will complete the article as this is a problem I will need to overcome to be able to complete the double page spread on student life.
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| Double Page Spread in Photoshop |
I now also need to gain feedback from a wider target audience of both students and parents on my front cover, contents page and double page spread, and also the client, as I am making the product for the client so it needs to be to their standards as I am creating a new magazine idea for them and for the target audience.
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