What we're doing.

We have know been told what we are going to do throughout the year. We are going to be designing the front cover and a contents page for a college magazine, and our second project is going to be designing the front cover and doing a double page for a music magazine. For practise of our first project i am going to look at different front covers and how the general layout is on them. What the usual conventions are on a front cover. I will also try and design my first cover to get a little practise before i actually go on to do the final piece.

First lesson..

In our first lesson we learnt about the different conventions that you usually see on a front cover of a magazine. The most common ones are; the mast head, this is the title which helps people to identify the name of the magazine, this is usually on the top of the cover. Coverlines, these are basically the summary of the most interesting and main articles that are going to be inside the magazine. Cover image, this is the main image on the front of the magazine, this usually helps us to determine what type and genre the magazine is, the picture is usually the picture of the main topic in the magazine. There is always usually a barcode which is used when paying for the magazine, a date, cover price and a issue number. There is also a colour design, this usually depends on the genre, gender and season, to what the colour design will be. We also learnt about the categories of people to define audience groups. These are.... 1.Succeeders- This is a person who wants a product that increases their power and control in life. 2.Aspirers- This is a person who wants to improve their image and they are also fashionable. 3.Carers- A person who wants to be seen as caring for others. 4. Achievers- These are successful work people who enjoy their jobs and family life. 5.Radicals- This is a person who goes against traditions views and values. 6.Traditionalists- This is the opposite of a radical, these people stick to traditions. 7.Underachievers- This is a person who fails to achieve their potential, they don't do as well as they expect.