Colour Palette Analysis by Riley Mackrory

Click on the red, white and blue palette above to access Riley's blog and his work on colour palettes.

Moodboard Examples

Moodboards created by Laura Sygrove, Megan Kiely & Holly Armitage

Font Research by Billy Raybould

Being the first thing a reader will see when picking up a copy of a magazine, the font used is arguably the most important thing to get right on the cover, as with a font and a professional looking photo, I aim to create a cover even a professional magazine would be proud off.

I am aiming for a very simplistic, clean cut look, that will appeal to people of perhaps a higher class/modesty. I like the typewriter looking fonts, with bold line and striking typography, and feel my cover line or basic text fonts will need to also accompany the text used for the mast head. Above is a selection of fonts I like for my magazine, a particular favourite being Courier and Rockwell, as these portray a typewriter well, whilst still carrying a notable line weight, straight lines, and would be sure to grab a readers attention.

The functionality of the font used on the contents on the double page spread and contents pages should be more practical, with a focus on the ease of reading the text, therefore my chosen font should be functionally as well as aesthetically pleasing, matching the fonts seen on the front cover, and sticking to the overall theme of the magazine, a high end simplistic

I will look for a more decorative font for the front cover to use for my Masthead (the name of my magazine) and a neater, practical font for the contents and double page spreads, for the body of the article and the text body on the contents page so that is easy on the eye, and most importantly readable.

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Analyse a Magazine

Analyse a cover, contents page and double page spread from an existing title within your genre. 

Use the examples below to help with your cover analysis. 

This will help with the contents page. 

This will help with the double page spread.

 

Work To Do

The Brief:

Construct a cover, contents page and double page spread using some original images.

Genre choices are:

• music
• film 
• fashion
• sport
• games

Today's work:

1. Decide on your genre
2. Research magazine titles within that genre. Collect images of as many different covers as you can.

Poster Activity 2

Before you get your feedback on your poster you need to begin planning another film poster. You are making one for the other side of the audience. You are making it for the same film.

 That means:

• if your first poster is aimed at a male audience then your next one is aimed at a female audience for the same film
• if your first poster is aimed at a female audience then your next one is aimed at a male audience for the same film

You would be advised to keep a lot of the same features, just make the poster masculine or feminine as necessary.

Draft Poster Evaluation

1. How have you used the conventions of existing film posters in your draft design? 
2. How does your film poster satisfy the action/ fantasy/ teen genre requirements? 
3. How successful do you think your draft is? Give reasons for your answer. 
4. What do you think you will need to change for your final piece of work?
5. What skills have you learned in the design process?