This document discusses key considerations for designing magazine covers, including: - The top line should give readers an understanding of the magazine's content and objective. - The central image, usually a face, is the main visual focus as it naturally draws the eye. - Images and design should cater to the target demographic to elicit a positive response. - Contrasting colors draw attention to important words or headlines. - Font choices can emphasize certain elements and relate to the magazine's subject matter. - Understanding the audience's motivations helps present content they want to see, like happy school images reassuring parents.

1. ASSESSMENT OF
MAGAZINES

2. Top line should be able to give
the reader or consumer an
understanding of the media that
the rest of the magazine entails
for example “a pinch of salt” is
said when someone states a
story and thus creating a
association between the
magazine and the objective its
trying to carry our.
Main image at the centre of
the cover where the I is
naturally drawn to is of a
face that again is something
you are drawn to meaning
that the likelihood of seeing
the magazine is greater.
The image on the front cover has
to cater to its specific
demographic to evoke the largest
response from the audience for
example the magazine is
designed to cater to parents of
the students of this school so in
order to make the reader have a
ecstatic response to children
from their child's film achieving
something
By making this the only
other words on the cover
and by making them
greatly contrast the
background colours it
draws you towards that as
well as the headline.
The strapline is used to add
extra information to the
viewer and inform them of
the magazines title.

3. The use of font is
seen in greatly is
this double page for
example the size of
said font differs
depending on if it
needs to be focused
on by the reader or
not.
Another factor is
font choice,
example the font
choice could be
determined
depending on the
subject matter for
example the font on
the left is related to
ICT due to the 6 bit
When making a magazine it
is important to understand
the audiences motivation for
viewing your work for example
the audience of this magazine
would be parents that would
like to see the condition of the
school their child attends
meaning they will show
images of happy faces and
productivity.

4. Ideas for my magazines (school and music magazines)
• Key features (s)
productivity: In order to make my school magazine like that of others, I have to get into the mind set of a magazine
designer who in turn will try to get in the mind of a audience member so when I began thinking and realised that the audience (although
could be a student) is probably a parent so when she reads the magazine they will assessing the school they have chose for their child
whether they know or not so to successfully make a school magazine I will have to do what any magazine does, cater and give the audience
positive reinforcement to satisfy their biases and the way I can do this is by implying to the viewer that their choice in school for their child
was correct through showing students being productive as it will make the audience assume that their child has a great investment in their
work and because of will be successful, I will also show teachers who are invested in the students work to consolidate the fact that the
school is as professional as possible.
concepts: my first idea is quite simple but effective in evoking the required response I would, concept is that I place a
student with a giant rosy grin in the centre of the shot staring directly at the camera because it where your eyes are naturally drawn to plus
it will give the reader (parents) a reassurance that their child is happy as they will project their child in way of the child on screen.
I will have my character placed behind a white board and on the white board will be positive adjectives written in
bright sporadic colours around the characters head, the white board will further consolidate the school theme as well as giving a clean
feeling to the give the idea that the school is at peak condition which will be applied to all facets of the school also the bright writing means
it will be very easy to spot as well give the impression that the children are in a creative and joyful space.
• Key features (m)
when making a music a magazine its important to understand the cultural and social values that are represented in the
genre of music that is displayed on your cover, for example pop music is usually related to love, relationship and other easily relatable
issues or heavy metal with its angry, loud anti establishment views and its fundamental that when developing the cover or your music
magazine the themes associated with the music are quickly and effectively