Magazine Cover

Masthead

This is my masthead, I haven't changed it from my original draft.

I decided to name my magazine 'Recess' because it's another term

for what we call "break". By having this masthead I feel it is an easy to remember masthead as it is quite simple. My masthead is the colour red with a black stroke/outline which is a good colour scheme.

Pugs

My pugs use the same colour scheme as my masthead, it is red with a black stroke/outline and has black text on the inside. My pugs relate to an aspect of the school. Both of my pugs are used to try to attain the reader's attention so that they buy the magazine.

Front Cover Final Design

The final design of my front cover came together quite well and I think that considering it was my first attempt, and my first time ever using InDesign and making a magazine cover that it went decently well.  The colour scheme of my magazine front cover is mostly red and black as I feel they work well together as a colour scheme. My main image was a Sixth Form student who is also studying Media this year, I decided to use him for the image because I felt he suited the image of a school magazine as he is higher up in the school and works as an example for the younger pupils. My masthead is the same as it was on my original draft, but the font was different to my original draft. I haven't got a logo because I was stuck as to what to use for a logo on my magazine cover. I used a gradient for the background to try to make it look more professional as originally it was just plain white which I wasn't a very big fan of so I added a gradient which faded between white, grey and black this helps to make my magazine look a lot more attractive to the eye. Overall my design is a pretty simple design but maintains the grid layout through the way I have placed my subsidiary images, sell lines and pugs around the main image that is placed in the middle. I am quite pleased with the outcome of my first attempt at a magazine front cover.