Magazine cover 1 production process.

Ben Whitehurst

I decided to take a photograph of a friend of mine who I knew from school to go on the front cover of my fashion themed teenage magazine. I used her because she likes fashion and I believe the way she looked would be suitable for the magazine. I decided not to edit the photograph as I believed the lighting and colours worked appropriately alongside the colours in the magazine I would be using.

I decided to use the colours pink and purple as predominant feature on this magazine cover as I felt I would appeal to people who like fashion. I created this back ground on two separate layers on Photoshop so I could use the purple border. Once I had created the layer I used the shape tool to fit alongside the image I had taken.

I next decided to put barcode and issue date onto the magazine cover as they are crucial aspects to ensure people know how much the magazine is going to cost them. I used a barcode of the internet and I created the issue date by using the text tool.

Next I put my cover lines onto the magazine I again used the colours pink and purple within these. The font I used in these cover lines was ‘Niagara engraved’. I used the text tool to create these cover lines.

I then put my masthead on to the magazine cover. The masthead on the magazines is recognisable throughout all of my magazines as I have used the same one. I used the text tool to create this. Finally I put my main cover line onto the magazine to act as a hook to lure the audience to buy the magazine I used the concept of free makeup as it would mainly be female teenagers buying the magazine. I used the shape and text tool to create this.