Preliminary, Magazine front cover analyse

Analysis of magazine front cover

What was the thinking behind your design choices?

•   I wanted it to have colors; this was to attract my target audience which is 15-17 year old. I feel as though I did achieve this.
• Having the title and slogan straight at the top of the page. This was because when analysing other magazines they did this and I thought it looked very sophisticated.
•   I wanted the Downs School logo in the picture; this would show what school (sixth form) the magazine is advertising.

How successful was your finished page?

•   I think my finished cover was very successful, but I would have changed a few things about it to make it more successful. I would change the location of the picture; this is because of the white banner, there is too much writing on it which means the pictures a bit too busy and crowded which you don’t want on a front cover. That’s something I would change for it to look successful.

What do you need to work on for your main coursework portfolio?

•  I did well with time management, I got the work done with extra time, in this extra time I went back and edited the front cover because I was unhappy with it. I just think I need to spend more time on some of the work so I don’t need to go back and re-edit everything. 
•  I think I just need to think before I do something, E.g. Choosing font colors were hard because I hadn't thought of where exactly to take the photograph.

Preliminary, My Final Magazine Cover

This is my final magazine idea. I made it bright with a lot of color, this was to attract attention to it.

Preliminary, Choosing the font for the magazine front cover.

These are the 6 choices of font that I found would stand out. The top 4 are very similar and the bottom one is quite quirky. I am going to choose the 4th font which is, Batang. This is because if it's bold it will stand out well and is very straight with what it's saying. After looking at other magazines i found that they all looked very similar to this font which makes me feel confident with choosing this.

Preliminary, Target Audience

This is a collage of what the target audience of my sixth form magazine are interested in, this gives different ideas for what to add to my magazine and what to have on the front cover.

Preliminary, Research

Media     Sixth Form Magazine, Front Cover.

The downs school magazine

Audience

Target Audience Age: - Year 11-12. (15-17 years old).

Gender: - Male and Female

Personality:-

Interests: - Wanting to find a sixth form.

-          -Wants to have a good education

-          -Interested in sports with all the sporting opportunities

Plan

Name Ideas: -The Downs, Sixth Form

-          -Sixth Form Life, at The Downs

-          -Life in Sixth form

Slogan Ideas: -Everything you need in one place.

Colour Scheme Ideas: -Black, white, red and blue

-          -Red and black

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Dominant Font: -

Ideas for Photography: - Have someone dressed in sixth form standing in front of the downs sign looking directly into the camera with a smile on there face, and holding their bag as well as other things eg, musical instrument, hockey stick, football.. This will show how there is many opportunities at the school.

-         - Get a bunch of sixth formers to sit in the common room socialising, (laughing, smiling and enjoying them selves) this will show a positive attitude to being at the sixth form. The fact that they have time to socialise will appeal to people going to the school.

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Preliminary, Magazine Analysis