Making A Magazine Front Cover 1

Magazine 1

Evaluation

I feel as if I have successfully managed to create contrast between the image, puffs and fonts, giving a certain brightness to a darker and more dull image. The model is looking to camera which is a common convention of magazine covers, her clothing is representative of the target audience as she is dressed very fashionably and many of the members of the target audience will identify with this as they may dress similarly. The model is a young college student as the target audience for this particular magazine is for students aged 16-25 who may be studying in college or university. I feel as if the features of the magazine will attract the target audience as they apply to them directly, offering help with writing a CV and tips on making time for yourself as many of the target audience will struggle with due to the horrid stress of studying. Buzz words have been used to catch the readers eye and attract the target audience, giving them another reason to purchase this particular magazine.

I decided to stick with a similar font throughout, making it a common feature of this magazine as I felt it really linked to the science feature wall as a background and worked well with the overall feel and design of my magazine cover.

My masthead could have been made a lot bigger to stand out from the rest of my text but it is placed on a yellow puff and is in a different font from the rest of my magazine to clearly represent that this is in fact the masthead. I feel this will appeal to my target audience as it is a simple concept for a masthead but also addresses readers concerns about their own lifestyle be it complex or simple, many students tend to lose control of their own lifestyle and forget their own routines and may need help or advice to get back on their feet and regain control of their life after focusing on work and studying and forgetting about themselves.

Similar shapes have been used throughout, yellow rectangular puffs highlight important words and act as plugs for this particular magazine, to draw attention to particular stories or interviews that the target audience may be interested in and encourage them to pick this particular magazine up.

I have successfully managed to create brand identity through the use of synergy by using the same yellow colour throughout, this is featured on the masthead, buzz words and important stories and acts as a feature that people can easily associate with this magazine. If i were to go forward with this magazine i would continue to use this yellow colour so people can easily identify the brand and associate the colour with my magazine.

 To improve my magazine I would experiment with more fonts instead of using the same font over and over as this gets repetitive and may not appeal to the audience as they lose a sense of interest due to the magazine adapting an overall dull feel. I would also improve by making my masthead bigger and more identifiable to increase my chances at creating a brand identity, I would do this by making the font larger and perhaps using the yellow in a less harsh manner. My picture could also be improved by perhaps taking a medium close up and applying more common conventions such as this to my magazine cover.