Final Front Cover Evaluation

I feel that my front cover turned out quite well as i have managed to keep a contrast with white text and the black trees of th main image, i edited the colour on the main image so that the trees would have a better contrast as they were light green in the origional copy.

I feel that the good points to my blog are the methods thatr i saw being used in other magazines that arein production, such as the rule of thirds demonstrated in this cover. I found this used on other magazines like Vouge, Total Film and Lucky. Two of which are Conde Nast, however Total Film is from another producer.

This is the 3 thirds that are demonstrated on my own cover.

This was the rule of thirds research i did during the time i looked at what content and methods i should include in my foundation production. This issue of 'Vouge' uses the rule in a verticle way to highlight Beyonce's face and either side they have included the information that is included in this months issue.

If i was to produce anoth magazine I would change the content nowi have first hand experience, I would change it in ways like, including more information on a page which is demonstrated in 'Vouge' and other magazines. As i used a winter theme of snowboarding after a recent trip i would also study more snowboarding magazines like 'Whitelines' magazine and 'Document Snowboard' magazine for the sort of content that i hav'nt included in my final product. These other improvments would be my title, i feel that the font and visability are okay in my magazine but i also know that by pasteing part of an image over the title or even the banner at the top of my page could have also fitted in at the top nearer the masthead.

This example of image covering part of the masthead is prime as the 'Vibe' edition has Chris Brown's head covering the title, where as my masthead is completely clear and visable, this would suggest the the editors of 'Vibe' are more confident in their magazines popularity as it isnt easy to read for a simple passer by.

Overall i feel that my magazine front cover turned out okay however i also feel that i could have done alot more to boost my grade and quality of the cover if i had done alot more research and if i had noticed enough of the research i did. This would have resulted in a image over the title and also a lot more text around the bottom of the cover as it seems very bare.