Magazine draft 1

For my first draft of the magazine I have used some of the photography i have already taken and added it to the page i have made.

 with what i have already done , I think the colour scheme works well. The mix of the light blue and yellow work well with the green background. The colours are all pale and more of a pastel colour which makes it seem softer or gentle. The colours fit the summer theme and also have some positive connotations which can apply.

The photography needs to be improved as it is the key aspect of the cover, this is the main representation and with the image I have used it doesn't have the best miss-en scene which is a huge factor of the effectiveness of the magazine. So I am planning to take a new photo, which has better costume and a background as the image was taken in the media studio and placed on a grass background so to get a more effective photo i am going to make the actress lay on the grass to get a better photo which will have a better and more effective effect.

To make it better I'm going to take a medium or medium long shot of the main character laying on the grass

Another thing I may change is the colour of the name of the magazine , it matches the colour scheme however i don't know if its bold enough. I have decided to have the main image over lap the title and it will be centred. This draws the readers attention to the main image however also shows of the conventions and key aspects.

I would also like to change some of the fonts as I believe some don't work. On top of that the final draft will be done more precisely. I will make sure all the writing and attributes of the page is lined up correctly after i have retaken the photo i intend to use.

For the first try i did have two main ideas. The first one was to have to two main characters together on the poster however after trying that i decided that i didn't like the space it took up. I wanted more space to fill in tagline and i wanted them to highlight the picture and not over lap it.

The two pictures above was my idea and i want to stick to a similar look however i would like to use a different photo for it. As i think it would work better than what i already have. 

 

This is roughly the colour scheme I plan to stick to

Further more I am planning to do covers , A main normal edition magazine plus a subscribers addition.

Obviously these are both from Total film , however they are very different in design. Subscribers addition has less information, on many copies of the subscribers edition there is the main image and the title plus some small extra information and the title. It doesn't provide as much information as the readers are already subscribed so they don't need secondary stories to draw them in. on top of this subscribed members most likely collect and these simple but effective covers may look better than ones scattered with writing.

The concept of having people subscribed to a magazine highlights the need and demand plus the popularity. It also can give a huge indication of the target and niche audience. One way it does this is the there is probably a fixed rate for the magazine and it suggests the audience are at an age which they can afford this. A subscription also may help get offers , exclusives and perks which keep and audience. Making a magazine cover for both shows the potential and what can be achieved.

Through some research I found what the total film description is described as understanding this helps me develop effective and magazines as i know what the target audience are looking for better. This includes all audience including people who subscribe to a magazine.