Magazine practical task research and planning

 Research

1) Use Google to research potential magazines that you could use as your brand/design for this project. Create a shortlist of three potential magazines and embed an example front cover from each one. We recommend looking at lifestyle magazines or a similar genre as these are more achievable to re-create.

 

2) Choose one of the three magazine brands to use for your project e.g GQ, Vogue or The Gentlewoman. Then find three different front covers for your chosen magazine and embed them in your blogpost. Analyse the fonts, colours and typical design. What is the language or writing style? How are the cover lines written? What camera shot is generally used for the cover image? You need to become an expert in the design and construction of this magazine and its branding.

 

For all three of the GQ (Gentleman Quarterly) magazine they all have a sans-serif font for their cover lines on the side and they all have a main central image. Furthermore, the title of GQ is always behind the central main image which can show that the central image is more important than the magazine itself and would want to draw attention to their main star on their front page instead. 

Planning

1) In your blogpost, write your main cover line (also called the 'main flash') - this is the main cover story that links to your central image. It must be 100% original - all your own words.

Dress good, feel good.

2) Briefly plan the image you will need for the cover - model, costume, make-up, lighting etc. At this point, simply describe the image you need to capture.

The image I have chosen is of myself standing upright in a suit and the camera angle of the image will be a medium shot as you will deliberatly be able to see what I am wearing and since my magazine cover will be on GQ wearing a suit fits in well for the magazine.

3) Write the cover lines and any additional text you need for your magazine cover.

*MUHAMMED BUTT: How to fix your style and be respected 

*Ways to look elegant

*Immaculate dress sense ways to improve  the quality of your life 

Photoshoot

We will do a photoshoot in class next week with lighting and backdrop. However, if you prefer you can arrange your own photoshoot for the cover image in your own time - you can use your phone or your own camera to take an image. If you don't have a phone or camera that is suitable, you can sign out a camera from Mr Harrison.

1) On your planning document, write the date, time and location of your photoshoot and the name of the model or photographer you will use (you can choose anyone to be your cover model or you can be the cover model yourself).

Date: 18 February

Location: Greenford Street

2) Upload two genuine covers of the magazine you have chosen and put them next to your front cover. This is a brilliant way to check how professional your work looks alongside the real thing.

3) Write a short evaluation of your work: have you succeeded in your brief to create a new, original edition of an existing magazine? Does your cover stand up alongside the genuine covers of your chosen magazine? How professional is your work alongside those genuine examples?

I feel like I have succeeded my brief to create a magazine cover for GQ and I feel like I dressed the part appropriately and professionally for it with adding the correct cover lines for applying for GQ. 

4) Finally, what would you do differently if you completed this assignment again?

If I could do this assignment again I would definitively make sure my 'GQ' title is on the left and not the right side as GQ majority of the time is on the left hand side.