Magazine practical production: tasks

 Research

1) Use Google to research potential magazines that you could use as your brand/design for this project. Create a shortlist of three potential magazines and upload an example front cover from each one. We recommend looking at lifestyle magazines or a similar genre as these are more achievable to re-create

SPORT

THE ECONOMIST

FEELGOODFOOD

2) Choose one of the three magazine brands to use for your project e.g GQ, Vogue or The Gentlewoman. Then find three different front covers for your chosen magazine and embed them in your blogpost. Analyse the fonts, colours and typical design. What is the language or writing style? How are the cover lines written? What camera shot is generally used for the cover image? You need to become an expert in the design and construction of this magazine and its branding.

The typical design has an red logo of the economist on the top left and then it has 5 lines next to it which have a writing on it and it talks about the economy and the fonts are quite different in each magazine.The colours are diffrential and sometimes are bright and dark and the language and the writing style is quiet big for the main text and smaller for the longer pieces of writing.The camera shot that is normally used is a shot of the subject that relates to the magazine and the magazine cover has different aspects to it.

Planning

1) In your blogpost, write your main cover line (also called the 'main flash') - this is the main cover story that links to your central image. It must be 100% original - all your own words.

fighting for survival

2) Briefly plan the image you will need for the cover - model, costume, make-up, lighting etc. At this point, simply describe the image you need to capture. the cover image will be in a street in London and it will be empty to show that the economy is struggling 

3) Write the cover lines any additional text you need for your magazine co                                                            ver. the additonal cover lines include where will the economy be.How the economy runs and the growth of it.The amount of money spent,survival rates of 2026 

4) Sketch out your cover on plain A4 paper using your written planning. Take a photo of your sketch and upload it to your blogpost.

Photoshoot       

We will do a photoshoot in class next week with lighting and backdrop. However, if you prefer you can arrange your own photoshoot for the cover image in your own time - you can use your phone or your own camera to take an image. If you don't have a phone or camera that is suitable, you can sign out a camera from Mr Ray.

1)  On your planning document blogpost, state the date, time and location of your photoshoot and the name of the model or photographer you will use (you can choose anyone to be your cover model or you can be the cover model yourself). the date is 29\04\26 in London and it was 2:00pm in London

Publication to blog and evaluation

1) Once you have completed your design you need to save or export a copy as a JPEG image. Then, upload it to your blogpost. 

2) Upload two genuine covers of the magazine you  in your brief to create a new, original edition of an existing magazine? Does your cover stand up alongside used and put them next to your front cover. This is a brilliant way to check how professional your work looks alongside the real thing.

I think my cover is quite similar to the the real magazine covers 
3) Write a short evaluation of your work: have you used the genuine covers of your chosen magazine? How professional is your work alongside those genuine examples?

i think i tried to match the real magazine covers by adding the brand and the cover lines but maybe my cover lacks the professional touch.