Mary's Blog

FRONT COVER



The first step I took to creating my front cover was going to the studio and taking the 5 pictures which I needed to create the magazine. I choose this particular picture because it’s fits in well with the theme of the magazine. The house colours for my magazine are black, white and silver and the background colour of the photo fits in very well. I used two different fonts which were GIGI, MONOTYPE CORSIVA and CALIBRI. The name of the magazine is written in GIGI and the name of the artist is written in MONOTYPE CORSIVA. The other cover lines are written in CALIBRI and different sized fonts.

I also took a bar code off the internet which I added onto the magazine cover in the right hand side. I then removed some of the lines to create room for the date of publication and the price of the magazine. The font colour is white so it stands out from the silver background. The selling line on to of the page is the same colour as the artist dress. The name of the magazine is written is light silver so it blends in with the magazine but stands out so that the consumer knows what the magazine is called. The appearance of the magazine is very sexy and sophisticated which is the look that I am going for.

FRONT COVER MOCK UP



Masthead is the name of the magazine which is at the top. It is usually a visual branding of the title and is usually done in a unique typeface to be recognisable. The name of my magazine is called ’ESSENTIAL’. The dateline is the month and year of publication, often with the price. The cost of my magazine is £2.75 and will be published monthly. On every cover there will be an image of a British artist or a British band. The image will be medium/close up if it was an artist and a close up of a band making eye-contact. The main cover line is very large taking up most of the space on the cover.


It is usually the main feature/article for the magazine. In this issue the main cover line will be place next to the artist face with a quotation from the interview under the name of the artist. The remainder of the articles will be placed on the left hand side and on the right side of the front cover. There will be four articles on each cover on the left hand side and two on the right hand side. There will also be competitions every month which will be place along the bottom of the page.


Unedited copy



As you can see I didn’t do a lot of editing in my picture because I thought it wasn’t needed. The only editing which I did was by cloning out the string from her bra strip which is hanging from her arm.

Edited copy



The string under her arm has now disappeared and it blends in well with the two toned background.

Pictures taken for my Front Cover

Option 1



My first option was this picture. The reason why I didn't pick this picture was because you weren’t able to see the side of the model's face which is block out by the dark lighting. Also the pose is quite childish and wouldn't have fitted into my sophistication theme of the magazine.

Option 2



My second option was this picture. The reason why I didn't pick this picture was because the model's back was facing the camera so you couldn't see her whole face. Also it may send a bad body language response. And again the pose wouldn't have fitted into my sophistication theme of the magazine.

Option 3



My last option was this picture and my final front cover image. The reason why I pick this picture was because the model is facing the audience were able to see the model face and her expression. Also the soft lighting was perfect with the dark background and as well as the pose of the model. In terms of the theme of my magazine I think that the picture is very sophisticated.