2. Audience research question 1.
What do you look for on a front cover?
I asked 50 people, 25
boys and 25 girls
What do you look for
on a front cover?
The majority of the
people that I asked
said they look for
interesting images
and free items inside
the magazine.
3. Main image selection
This is the photo that I decided to use for my main image on my front cover.
I then took this image into photoshop and cut the image out. This was a new skill
for me because for my preliminary task I had not cut any images out. I used a
number of different tools to cut out my image such as the quick selection and the
lasso tools.
When I asked my audience what they thought of my image the majority of them
stated that they looked like a pop boy band. This was what I was hoping for.
4. How I got to my first draft.
Stages.
To start of with I
made my logo. Once I
had done that I
position all the boxes
and shapes where I
wanted them to go. I
did this so I had a
basic structure of
where I wanted
things to go, I was
able to use my
research that I had
done to help me with
this.
Once I had put the
boxes in place I
then started to fill
in the spaces. I
started by adding
social media logos
in the top left
corner. I then put
my first secondary
image in and added
text besides it to
anchor the image.
5. How I got to my first draft.
Stages.
I then started to add the sublines in and
pictures to go with them. I put them down the
left hand side of the page because I found
that most pop magazines placed their sublines
down the left hand side of the page. So I was
following the conventions of pop magazines
I also add a puff in with promoting a free
album inside because my audience research
told me that people look for free items and
it means they are more likely to buy the
magazine.
6. How I got to my first draft.
Stages.
I then added another puff about
the main cover line, so that the
audience know that the main
article is going to be an interview
with the band.
I then added in my main cover line. I put
this in the middle of the page because it
is the main article in this magazine. I also
placed it over the main image. I did this
because the main cover line is about the
band in the main image.
7. How I got to my first draft.
Stages.
Then I added in a posters area at the
bottom of the page. Again I did this
because people like to get free things
inside magazines, so offering them
posters of bands will again
encourage them to buy the
magazine. Next to each of the
images I put the name of the band
member to anchor the image.
I then added a bar code in the space as
well.
9. Audience Feedback
What could I do to improve my front cover?
“Swap the Mike & Maati subline
with the Connor subline, so that
the puff is by the relevant
picture.”- Mrs Gama
“Turn the poster offer at the
bottom into a strip” –Mrs
Heywood
“Add a white
background to the
bar code”- Tom Bird
10. This is my final copy of my front
cover after I had acted on all my
audience feedback that I received.
Final copy.
