Drafting

Front cover drafts:

I am happy with the font I have chosen for my first draft as believe it relates well to the pop genre because is fun and bubbly. I am not sure about the placement of the snowflakes as I think it makes the cover look to messy. However I do want to incorporate the snowflakes somewhere on my cover to link to the season of December.

Here I added in a borderline to make the cover look more professional by highlighting the main features of the article and making them stand out. Also I added in a top UK 40 cover-line, although I do think this will be a good feature to involve in my magazine I don't believe it looks right on the page.

I switched the last cover-line to make the front cover look more professional however still link it into music. I deleted some of the snow flakes and only left one because I believe that the snow flakes took attention away from the masthead. In despite of this, I still kept one to reinforce the season that the magazine is issued in. I also added in a puff and plug for a competition. I put it in a blue box to go with the colour theme and also make the text stand out more. I added a drop shadow effect to this puff and plug to make the magazine look more 3D. I also added in a barcode to give the magazine a more authentic feel.

Here i added in my main image of my model and made her centre on my cover so that she is the main focus. I kept my puff and plug however moved it to the stop of the page and shortened the writing in it to make it more memorable and easy to read. In the yellow box's I put in key words to make the readers want to read on. Yellow is a bright colour and attracts well to the eye. On the yellow box's I added a drop shadow to add empathises. I also added in another cover line, which is based on celebrity's because in pop magazines they are usually about gossip and pop stars. I also added in a tag line at the top 'THE UK'S NO1 MAGAZINE FOR CULTURE' to make the magazine look like the best.

In this draft I have changed my cover image because I was able to use my original photo anymore. I also added in another cover line 'This seasons fashion MUSTS' to give the front cover more content. Also I added in a pull quote from the double page spread.

In this draft I have changed a lot. I have changed the mast head font to a more bold text to make it stand out more. I also put a yellow box under most of the content to make it stand out more as yellow on pink makes the words more bold. I deleted the box that went under 'LOOK! its SHAUNA' and changed it to just 'SHAUNA' because then it doesn't block the image behind it and also I believe looks more professional without. I have added in a white circle box for images of clothes to go in there with the cover line 'DRESS LIKE LITTLE MIX!'. I have also added in a picture of the x factor logo by the cover line relating to x factor as gives the front cover more depth and a visual stimulus.


Contents page drafts:





















I have added in the mast head 'contents' in the same font as the masthead on the front page. I have added in pink lips to empathises the fact that its a girls magazine. I also constructed a box with the title "MAKE IT... GOSSIP" which my page numbers and a brief summary of their content will go.

Here I have put in the page numbers with a brief summary of the content next to them. I have also put in a little box with 'Ssh! Secrets' in it to make the reader believe their getting exclusive gossip. In the corner I have put in a circle shape with the cover line 'MAKE IT... FASHION' and I intend to put in pictures of fashionable clothes with boxes saying which famous celebrity wears them.

Here I have added in photographs at the bottom of the celebrity that appears on the front cover. I have also centralised the lips to balance out the page and to stop it blocking important content. I also added in 'MAKE IT...' before contents to reinforce the masthead of the magazine and continue the theme. I added in a screenshot of the front cover with numbers annotated around it to make the pages more simple for the reader to find. Another box has been made 'MAKE IT... COMPETITION' to make the competition stand out more. I have also added in quotes of celebrities around the page to give the reader a sneak peak of is what to come.

I have added in a blue box behind most of the content to add some more colour to my contents page as there was too much white. It also gives the page more of a dimension instead of it looking flat. Here I have played around with using 'INSIDE THIS MAG' instead of 'CONTENTS' but I believe that 'CONTENTS' looks better and goes better with the 'MAKE IT...' theme.

Here I have changed the font of 'MAKE IT... CONTENTS' to make it stand out more and be the first thing the reader sees. Also I have changed the font to link it to the font of the front cover, which will make the magazine look more consistent and therefore professional.

Double page spread drafts:

This is my first draft of my double page spread. I constructed an interview and added in pink circles behind the writing to make it stand out. I wrote 'cover story' as the title which I believe didn't make the text seem interesting. Also I added a picture of Shauna on the other page however it made the page look to plain and also the picture had a yellow wash to it. I believe my first draft looks really flat and needs some dimension to it.

In this draft i have changed a lot. Firstly, I have made the interview smaller so I could have a bigger and more eye catching title. My title is a pull quote which I believe with interest the reader to carry on reading. In the interview I have highlighted key quotes which I believe the audience will be most interested in. I have added in a page number and the magazines website in the corner at the bottom just to make the magazine look more authentic. I have made 'COVER STORY' a lot smaller but kept it so the audience knows that this is the main story of the magazine. I have changed the photograph of Shauna to a one of her pulling a silly face to allow the audience to feel like they are getting a different and more fun side to her. Also I used photoshop to back the background more white instead of having a yellow stint to it, which I believe makes the photograph look more professional.