2. THE BRIEF
The brief was to make a magazine front cover for a college magazine, I chose
to do a college magazine that involved a lot of music influences and was
mainly about music for college students.
3. WHAT WORKED
I think on my front cover the picture worked really well because it suits the music and
college genre really well.
I think the masthead and name worked really well because it is short and snappy but
because of the black on red it draws attention.
I also really like the red, black and white colour scheme because everyone knows that
those colours go well together and I think that they are common colours and colours
that people look towards particularly the bright red.
4. WHAT DIDN’T WORK SO WELL?
Sometimes on my magazine front cover I have used black over dark areas of
the picture so it hasn’t showed up very well.
5. MOST DIFFICULT?
The part I found most difficult was the amount of layers and
making sure they were all right for example I cut the head out of
the body and moved it about the writing at the top so it stood
out, but I found that part very difficult to get it lined up correctly.
6. WHAT WAS EASY?
I found the masthead easy because I already had practise with it before so I
knew how to do it.
7. WHAT I LEARNT
I learnt –
how to put effects onto a picture.
Use text effectively on a magazine
A lot about the layout of a magazine
Colours that work on a magazine to get attention
Conventions of a magazine
Things that have to be on a magazine
New things on Photoshop
Good idea of what works and what doesn’t for future work.
8. IF I WAS TO DO IT AGAIN I
WOULD…
If I was to do my whole magazine front cover again I would use a picture of a
band with their instruments and make it look very professional.
I would also change my layout slightly so that things were clearer but I would
mostly keep it the same because I am very pleased with it overall and I think
that it looks good and will appeal to the target audience of students
particularly ones with an interest in music.
9. COMPARISON…
I would compare my magazine to a magazine like ‘Q’ because I got my idea
for the masthead from this magazine and it would appeal to the same audience
as my magazine
10. OVERALL…
Overall I am very pleased with my magazine front cover, I think that it is
perfect for the audience that I am appealing to and has a lot of variety from a
musical point of view within it.
