Analysing front cover magazine

Final Magazine Cover

After evaluating the second draft of the magazine cover I felt that there was something missing from the cover. I realised that the magazine cover wasn't eye- catching enough and thus i thought I'd do another cover which i would then brighten the main image and darken the background so it looked like the main image was standing out from the magazine. Here is the final magazine cover

evaluation of second draft magazine cover

The magazine followed many of the key convention, such as putting the main character in the middle of the magazine cover. The purpose of this is to grab the reader attention and get the reader interested in the film and thus the primary reason to buy the magazine. Other key conventions have been followed, for example the character covers the title of the magazine which shows significance and the importance. Also the writing on the sides is there to persuade the reader to buy the magazine and to tell them other stories which are featured in the magazine.Furthermore, there is a website on the magazine, which interested reader can browse if they are interested in the film and want to go watch it. the common convention such as date, price and bar code are placed very clearly as this is what consumer look for when buying a magazine.

Analysing second draft magazine cover

Second draft magazine cover

I then looked at the first draft of the magazine, there was many faults which needed to be addressed due to my peer not following the actual plan of the magazine cover and thus I chose the decision to create the final draft of the magazine cover. I used the software Adobe Photoshop to create this:

First draft Magazine cover

This is the first draft of the magazine cover. This was designed by my fellow team member Alex. First impression of this magazine cover is that, it seems that the magazine looks plain the black and white is effective in emphaising the genre, however, this in then takes any impact of colours to attract the consumer to buy the magazine. the magazine does follow common convention such as having the barcode, price. this is what the consumer looks at when buying magazine. Overall i would say this is not a very effective magazine cover to attract the audience and the reason for this is because he did not follow the plan.

Planing the magazine cover

Here is a plan of the film magazine cover. At the stage I had plan out the magazine cover. This stage wasn't as much difficult due to the research I did on existing film magazine covers. I tried to use all the convention of magazine cover to make my magazine look realist as possible.