Here is an idea of the first mock up of my magazine:
For the first design of my mock up for my magazine, I have placed the masthead at the top of the page. I found that this was a norm of the typical magazine and so decided to include this on my first mock up. This occurs on another of my mock ups also. The design of this magazine front cover page is very simple with small amounts of text, one large image and a strapline. Although I haven't included it on my design I do also aim to include flashers on the front page to advertise things within the magazine. The large image is also a norm of the typical magazine and so this is why I have chosen to use this on the front page of the magazine. Although there are only three spaces of text on the mock up, I also aim to include more text, I just felt it was unnecessary to include lots of boxes on the page explaining where the text is going to be.
Here is the second design for my mock up 2:
For my second design for my mock ups, likewise with the masthead on design 1 I have placed the masthead at the top of the page but this time slightly to the left of the page. I got this idea from my format research and from looking at Q magazine especially as the masthead/brand was placed in the top left hand corner of the page and stood out clearly. Although this defied convention, I really liked the idea of this and placing it in the top left hand corner as I felt that it caught the readers eye easily and it was very effective as it was different to other types of magazine and so therefore stood out more as it was obviously defying convention and catching the readers eye. The use of large image is once again following the norms of the typical magazine with it standing out well and drawing attention immediately as the reader has no other images to distract their eyes from. There is a large amount of space for text and these are placed around the edges of the page, keeping them away from the image but being easily read as there will be nothing to distracting in the background of the text. The use of flasher is to advertise products or interesting things within the magazine. The flasher idea helps to attract the reader more and draw them into information that probably isn't so important but makes it look more important and also adds dramatic effect to the aspect that they are advertising. The design of this mock up is also very simple, it just has a few more ideas and is set out differently.
Mock up design 3:
The design of this magazine is slightly different to the other two designs with the masthead being in a slightly different place, defying convention, and also the amount of images defies convention also. The masthead being down the left third of the page helps to fix up the design of the magazine and it can be effective as it gives more space for the image at the top of the page, and in this case makes room for other images to be included on the page. The logo being at the top of the page is also effective as this shows that the magazine has some sort of branding that they are trying to get across to the reader and they try to get the logo recognized with it being in bold and at the top of the page, so easily readable. The large amount of space for text on the page on the right hand third is effective as this allows lots of headlines to be featured on the front cover page, advertising the articles in the magazine straight away. The two smaller images at the top of the page are effective as with the masthead being placed in a different area of the page, this allows space for these images and so having more than one image on the page can be effective as there are lots of things to look at and many eye catching features. The footer at the bottom of the page is effective as it helps to include any other information that needs to be included on the front cover of the magazine and is an area for extra information.
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