Detail needed for a good magazine cover.
- Mast Head
- cover lines to give interesting information and to draw the reader in
- A 3 colour palette, less than three looks UN professional , more than three looks tacky.
- Usually a good mid shot for the front cover in the centre of the page, The top third of the page is the most important.
- Mention celebrities to boost sales and interest in the reader's
- A variety of fonts, colours, sizes add visual interest
- The cover lines are called plugs or lures, because they might attract the customer
- Use of direct pro noun creates involvement
- They go across the page
- Reflect the magazines style
- If the mast head is in small it might suggest that its a informal magazine
- It can go over or under the main photograph
- Hyperbole
- Shows Value
- alliteration shows interest
- Lures to make it look like a bargain
- colours and font represent the target audience
- Target audience- students aged 14-19
- Types of features-reflective cover lines
- What language will be used in the title-eg colloquial
- What type of person in the main photograph
- 5-6 photo's taken and one chosen for a mid shot on the front cover, the others will be used in the contents page
- lots of cover shots for variety-needs to match cover line+additional students from a variety of angles.
Rhys. Where you've written 5 to 6 photo's do you mean 5 to 6 photo's on your front cover or 5 to 6 photo's taken and you select 1 for your front cover?
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping its the later as the exam board want you to make the following
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Preliminary exercise: using DTP and an image manipulation program, produce the front page of a new school/college magazine, featuring a photograph of a student in medium close-up plus some appropriately laid-out text and a masthead. Additionally candidates must produce a DTP mock-up of the layout of the contents page to demonstrate their grasp of the program.