The document summarizes the process of creating the front cover of a magazine. It describes receiving feedback on an initial minimalist draft and deciding to add more text. It details the steps taken to design the final cover, including inserting the main image and masthead, adding text above the image, and choosing articles that would appeal to younger readers. It also describes including a price, sample posters, and final feedback that supported making the second draft the final copy.

1. CREATING THE FRONT
COVER

2. This was my first draft, originally I wanted to go for a more
minimalistic style in which the pictures speak for themselves.
However after some feedback I received I decided against this. Not
only would this make the magazine less appealing to my readers but
it also contrasted with magazines I had looked at such as Q and

3. To get feedback on my first draft again I turned to Facebook, two of
the most influential replies are pictured to the right. The
overwhelming response was that I needed to add more text which in
my final draft can be seen.

4. To create my final draft the first stage was to insert the edited image.
This brings out BEX from the background to the foreground.
Furthermore I chose and image of her in a school girl outfit to fit the
theme of a young girl turned popstar, someone so famous not even
out of secondary school.

5. The next stage was to insert my masthead, this is the masthead
which received the most positive feedback and therefore made it to
the final draft of my magazine. It is on a red background which
contrasts to the black of the chalkboard in the picture this brings it to
the readers attention.

6. The next stage was to add text above BEX’s head, I used a simple font
easily read and contrasting to the black background. I used a
different font for the stars name in order to draw the eye directly to
it. The entire magazine revolves around her and therefore her name
should be given the spotlight.

7. In deciding what article’s to feature on the front cover I decided that I
would choose two that would appeal to a young audience. This is why
the first article refers to musically an app dominated by young
teenagers.

8. The second article featured is meant to appeal to a older audience
interested in the growing fame of the younger generation. Another
pull could be a desire to understand who their children look up to
and wish to be.

9. I decided to price my magazine at 4.00 an average price for music
magazines. This of course needed to be inserted on the front cover
along with a barcode.

10. One thing which draws a younger audience is the appeal of posters.
In order to show off the posters within the magazine I first used the
shape tool to insert a white rectangle. Afterwards I inserted an image
from my photo shoot making it smaller to fit the size of the
rectangle. This created the poster effect I wanted.

11. The first image shows the front of the poster, the second image
features the back of the poster. Each have different mise en scene to
increase the appeal.

12. As a finishing touch I used the text tool to insert the phrase: “FREE
Poster” the phrase free was purposefully capitalised in order to draw
the readers eyes. It is human nature to be drawn to anything they can
get for nothing.

13. FINAL DRAFT

14. CONSOLIDATING THE FINAL DRAFT
In order to make sure there were no adjustments to be made to the
final magazine I showed 30 people the final draft. There ages ranged
from 8-42 my predicted target audience for the magazine. The pie
chart below displays the results. The question was “Does this
magazine cover appeal to you?” Due to the overwhelming
support I decided to make the second draft my final copy.
Yes No