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.

I am looking to recreate this poster by FOREVER SPORTS on boxer , Floyd Mayweather.

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.


The writing style is in sans serif and is done so to display modern themes. The cover lines are written in the bottom left in a black sans serif font on a white box. The camera shit varies from mid to long range. 

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.

OBAIDA KHAN . THE MAN , THE EGO , THE BANK BALANCE.

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.

An image of me wearing hand wraps doing a boxing pose.

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

FOREVER SPORTS . BUILD MUSCLE IN THE PARK. £2.

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).

The model is myself and the location was a gym.

The recreation is :

2) Write an evaluation of your work: have you succeeded in your brief to create a new, original edition of an existing magazine?

The magazine I created is in my opinion a valid copy of the existing magazine and I may have slightly succeeded in recreating however it is not up to a professional standard.

3) Put your cover alongside a couple of genuine covers of your chosen magazine. How professional is your work alongside genuine examples?

4) What is the strongest aspect of your work?

The cover lines are close representations and the title is similar to the actual magazine.

5) What is the weakest aspect of your Photoshop magazine cover? 

The background is unclear and not the same colour that it was meant to be and the image has some cut out parts.

6) What would you do differently if you completed this assignment again?

I would take a better image and cut it out more professionally as well as selecting a correct background.