Digital Mock-up of Front Cover

First Digital Mock up

This is my first digital mock up of my front cover. The red square will include my skyline, 'Secret to success inside today's copy'. I chose this because it is very short and simple and directly tells the reader what my magazine will include. When I come to do my final magazine cover I am going to do the back colour in red, as this will match the colour of my cover lines. I will then do the text in white as this will stand out more against the red background. The dark blue box will include my magazines masthead, 'Wyke College Lifestyle'. I choose this title because it was also simple and clearly states what the magazine is going to be about. due to the magazine being targeted at 16-18, if the magazine covers name is short and simple there more likely to read ahead. I know this from previous experiences. Also by looking at previous magazine covers, they all appear to have short titles. The green box will include the main story line, 'Remember Check Your Emails'. I chose this because it is very important to the school at the moment. I thought to include this because its important to include actual concerns in the magazine to make my magazine professional. The light blue box will include my main cover story. This will be the revision technique story and will include a small brief of what will be included in the magazine. In the orange box I will include a cover story to my magazine. This will be related to time management and will include a brief information about managing students time efficiently. This will be brief and inform the readers of what will be inside the magazine. In the purple box I will include my medium close up of my model. I positioned the photograph to the left side to allow text at to the right side. Lastly I will include a splash at the bottom off the page. This will use up the space at the bottom of the page and include another dimension to my magazine. in the bottom right corner I will put my bar code. I will position it here because its not a very important aspect of the magazine so placing it here, it is out of the way and allows more space for cover lines ect.

This digital mock up if of my first draft above, I have included more information onto the magazine so that I can get an idea of what my final cover may look like. I added the title of my magazine with the text that I decided I wanted to use. By doing so I can see if I need to change the positioning or increase the size. I also added an medium close up that i found of the Internet to also see if I need to change anything. By adding extras to the magazine I can then get a more visual interpretation to what it may look like. Looking at the mock up, I have come to the conclusion that I may change the layout. By having to the left than the right, our eyes immediately look from left to right. If we put the image to the right, it will be the first thing they see and draw there attention to the magazine. I may also make the title bigger, or adjust its location to make it stand out more from the magazine.