This document summarizes the design process for magazine front covers. It discusses conventions like placing the tagline and masthead in certain locations. Images and text are used to highlight features while keeping the cover from being overcrowded. Psychological horror themes and a Roman Polanski film are referenced in text along the sides. Banners and stickers are also typical front cover elements to draw attention to special features. The overall design is centered around a film image and uses different fonts, colors, and text effects like reversed letters to attract readers' eyes while maintaining a cohesive brand identity.

1. Front cover magazine Evaluation
Rebecca Paterson

2. Magazine Front Cover Trial One Magazine Front Cover Trial Two

3. Final Front Cover
Magazine

5. The tagline of the magazine is “The world’s biggest
movie magazine” this is located either above or
underneath the masthead.
I used the same font and colour as the masthead,
another convention is to have the date, and price in
the gap of the top of the M.
Also sometimes there is a comment above or below
the masthead, that gives the theme of the issue, like
horror or action.
The “plus!” lists some of the smaller features
in the issue along the sides of the image so
that the front cover is not over crowded, this is
in yellow so it stand out against the rest of the
colour scheme.
The text down the sides fits in with the
psychological horror theme of this issue ad
Roman Pollanski is a psychological horror
director.
Banners and sticker type features are regular
concepts of front cover’s, they highlight
special features and break up the front cover.
Title of the front cover of the magazine, I chose to use “Empire” because its published
monthly, is a well known publication for mainstream films, and has regular features that I could
use to make my magazine conform to functions and conventions like news, previews,
mainstream films, top 10 or 100 lists.

6. I used a variety of different texts to highlight
different components of the front cover,
using a unique font can attract the readers
eye, as can the colour of the text.
The image is centered and the villain is
looking straight out at the audience. The
black and white image links in with the
colour scheme and this makes the red
stand out.
The text for the main feature is unique and
centered as well so it frames the image. The
caption is witty and creates enigma. The ‘R’s
are reflected so that they appear backwards,
this is the same as on my poster and gives my
product a brand identity.