Changes to my final front cover

After adding more articles and things to look at I plan on adding a puff, barcode, price and one more article to keep it interesting so the magazine is eye catching and there is lots to look at.

I have added more things to look at, however before I post my final cover I plan on adding a puff and maybe move a few things around and I feel the left corner article doesn't stand out as much as it could.

My Cover Photos

For my cover I narrowed my decisions down to 4 different images which all had their pros and cons of using.

They're all medium shots and all head on angles. I like the lighting on the first photo; the shaded corners in every corner, however I would need to crop the top quarter off, this will ruin the natural lighting. I like how close my third image is however my model is standing to the left therefore this will ruin my layout as I intended to have my logo to the right of the page. In the 2nd image I think the camera is quite far away from her face, which spoils the eye contact with the audience. I like the 4th image as I feel I could fit it on my cover well and keep the layout. The image is well lit and she's looking directly at the camera, and because of this I have decided to use this image as  my cover.

I have decided to use the 1st image in my contents page as I feel it will fit nicely on the page.

Cover flatpans

This is what I plan my cover to be layed out like. I will use this guide as to where things will go on my cover. 

My Ideas

The inspiration and ideas for my magazine's front cover came from three magazines; one childrens/teenagers magazine, one fashion magazine and a music magazine. As my magazine's main genre isn't just music as I found that in my research, in most Pop magazines they try to mix subjects that appeal to the target audience; music, fashion, celebrities etc. this gains a wider appeal.


Teen mag:                                   Fashion mag:                               Music mag:

 This magazine talks about music, fashion, TV and celebrities - most/all of these appeal to the majority of teenage girls.

POP! development

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I tried and edited my logo for the cover of my magazine many times, I felt they all fit with my genre, also I think the top one may be slightly young and childish for my target audience. I like the teal coloured font with the pink stroke outlining it. However I like how bold the third one looks, and stands out the page.

After taking a questionnaire on my target audience asking them their favourite font and colour.

Here are my results in a pie chart:

Final Contents

This is my final attempt of my magazine, I slightly adjusted my background to keep it neat, as my plan from the beginning was to make sure it didn't get too busy and overly unorganized.

I am happy with my final contents page I feel that it could have slightly more photos however I had planned to keep it simple.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Changes to my contents

Next I tried adding a puff in the left hand corner to fill the gap, and I also added a tagline at the bottom of the page to make the magazine slightly more interesting.

Next I tried adding more colour, but staying with my co-odinated palette to see what it would look like as I felt it looked too plain for a teen magazine. Therefore I put a blue and pink background, to add to the brightness and boldness of my magazine.