Preliminary Project - Evaluation Of Final Front Cover

 

 

Overall I think I created an okay looking front cover, however there are lots of areas I am not happy with and wish to improve on. My design idea behind the cover was a cool relaxed theme that focused on the positive energy and thinking needed for sixth form.

 

One of my main problems was actually coming up with headlines to put on the cover. To improve this I could've asked my target audience directly what they would want to see in a sixth form magazine and then based my headlines on their feedback. I also had trouble fitting the colour scheme to the background of the photo, so in future I would plan my photoshoot more carefully, rather than taking lots of different photos in the hopes of getting something good.

 

I also need to work on sticking to and actually using a plan. This would then help with my time management, as I would know exactly what I am aiming to achieve with the final project. In the future I would also plan to use more conventions, as my cover is lacking quite a bit in features that could help to promote the magazine. The conventions I used already in my magazine cover were; Main image relating to the theme, bold eye-catching logo, other article headlines, date of the issue and, the barcode and price.