Chad: Preliminary Task Front Cover Analysis

For my front cover, I decided to show a very happy student, which goes with the excellent attendance results. I decided to take a simple smiling photo, and change the colour of the background. I changed the background to a pink colour, because I wanted a simple colour scheme – that of red and blue. Pink is a lighter hue of red which complements with the dark navy of the jacket and font, and doesn't  make the cover too 'in your face'. I've made the magazine logo a darker shade of pink, in order for it to stand out. 

My magazine photo uses the rule of thirds, as the subject is towards the right third of the page. I have made sure I kept the frame tight, with no more blank space than I needed to put the cover stories, masthead and logo on. I chose to use the handwritten style font I did, because it goes with the college and makes it seem more decorative. I called my college magazine 6 magazine, because it is takes the 6 out of Brigg 6th Form, and seems modern and simple.


 I have chosen a mix of cover stories. I made sure to include a mock real life story - inspired from the many gossip magazines out there. This real life story is the ‘Attacked By Chipmunks’ Cover story. I also included a heroic story (‘student saves family from  burning car’), which lots of magazines have. ALL of my cover stories, although taking from a different genre, and a range of serious stories and less so; they all relate to the college in some way. I have also included some more serious stories (’99% attendence’; the ‘3 weeks to amazing grades’ guide) Like all the most popular magazines, my magazine also features a freebie, which, in this case is a study diary.


Next time I make a magazine front cover, I will spend some time in making it look a little better. to start with I would spend some time in photoshop getting rid of the 'halo' around the model, wear the crop wasn't quite perfect. Also I would spend some more time in Photoshop bringing out the colours of the model and her clothes more, and sharpening the whole image. I would spend more time trying to find the right font too, because the current one seems unprofessional. Finally I would have a different colour background, so that it seems less 'girly'.