My Finished soap magazine front cover and inspiration magazine.

This was the layout/format that I stuck to when creating my own front cover. I choose to copy the layout of a existing magazine so that the magazine I created looked realistic. My inspiration magazine was Total TV Guide. Their magazine covers more than 90 channels every week, all in a clear, colour coded and easy- to- follow format. It is spread over 10 pages per day and the detailed programme information has been specially designed to help you get the most enjoyment from your digital TV viewing.

By using the tool at the side of the picture, I was able to flip my image so that the stars swapped sides. This was done so that it was made more suitable for my front cover as I was adding a box over the image for more features and it would of blocked the star ‘Paul.’

My main image after being photoshopped.

DECONSTRUCTIONMASTHEAD•Easy to read from a distance.•Can see in a newspaper stand – brand loyalty. Customers are familiar with the brand•Trusted brand – short and quick to read masthead•Has a shadow behind it – stand out from the page•Bigger than anything else on the page

STRAPLINE•Caters for the change in audience habits•‘Freeview’ and ‘best for’ stand out and catch the eye of a mature reader•Date nestled into the masthead shows when the information inside is valid for

DECONSTRUCTIONFEATURES•All in a negative space of the main image.•All anchored under the relevant images – makes sense to reader

IMAGES•All in one third of page, when readers eye is drawn onto it, focus will stay as there is more than one image to keep the reader interested.•Relates to the text•Main image (below) stars eyes are in rule of thirds – eye contact with reader•Shows the relationship between the characters – who's dominate and their facial expressions•Medium close up

COLOUR SCHEME• 3 main colours (white, red, blue) – simple colours, classy•Reflects the genre of the magazine•Colour of main stars clothes, match the colour scheme – belonging to each other.

DECONSTRUCTION ANCHORING•Main feature ‘ Doctor Stalker’ is anchored onto stars•Hollyoaks is written in bold on main image – instantly we know what soap they are from•Name of programme, channel and time – gives the audience easy access to show

TEXT•All text except from the strapline is lowercase – grammatically correct. Gives the correct mode of address for a mature reader

TEXT•Stars are famous enough to not need their names in big letters.•‘Hollyoaks’ is enough for the readers to understand what soap the stars are from

IMPROVEMENTS•The sub heading under ‘Doctor Stalker’ could be more clear to read – text is not clear enough•In Strapline or masthead, the website could be included for more brand loyalty and ways to access the brand