Planning for Print option

 

NEA Year 2:              Planning for print option

Magazine:    Front covers and contents pages

A good place to start is to find a front cover and a contents page that you like the look of in terms of design and layout. (It does not have to be a lifestyle magazine) Copy and paste the front cover(s) and contents page into this document as you can then use them later to create drafts.

Cover 1

 

Cover 2

Contents Page

 

 

Front Cover:            Now you need to consider your own product. What will be the main coverline, remember in term of conventions the main coverline will be connected to the main image. How many smaller coverlines do you plan to have. What about the fonts and the colour scheme? You could create a font and colour scheme palette to help you decide what works well together. These are things that can be uploaded to your blog in the planning label.  You may well use similar fonts for each cover, especially for the ‘Masthead’ but you will need to consider a second colour scheme for issue 2.

Ideas for Front Cover 1:

Bold font – Dark font. This is because the main image within the cover will be bright and vibrant.

Colours such as Black, Gold and Bronze will appear in the magazine they will appear more clearly with a Blue and Green background. Photos such as lakes and mountains will appear in the front cover.

Image -The main image will be representing the main topic that will appear in the first couple of pages.  The image will also be related to the main coverline. The smaller coverlines will relate to other lifestyle topics that will appear in the magazine.

Topics Some of these could be entertainment, sports and Fashion.

 

 

Ideas for Front Cover 2:

Bold font – Brighter font This is because Photos covering Fashion will be presented Clothing style will likely to be Bright and interesting.

Colours such as Blue and bright Green will be presented. This should stand out with brighter clothing and any accessories that are involved. This is because Photos covering Fashion will be presented Clothing style will likely to be Bright and interesting.

Image- The main image will be based on the Fashion topic . Clothing Brands won’t be presented as the stylised clothes will provide a variety of Patterns provided with the clothing’s. This will relate for the coverline. Images relating to the smaller coverlines will be topics such as Entertainment, Food and Technology.

Topics – Fashion, Food, entertainment and technology will be topics mentioned on the front cover.

 

Contents Pages:      Within the industry, ‘contents pages’ tend to keep the same layout for each issue, it is just the content itself that is different. Are you planning to have different sections on the contents page, if so, what will they be and how many will there be? How many images are you going to have on each contents page? It will make sense to use similar fonts and colour scheme as on the front cover of each issue. Contents pages can be tricky as, as the name suggests, they do require a lot of content.

Ideas for Contents Page 1

4 or 5 contents will be presented a Brief explanation of the Content will be presented. 

An image will be presented for each topic presented on the content page. So, 5 images overall will be presented

Fonts that were used for the Title and the smaller coverlines. The Background of the contents page may be White or Grey as the contents page may be Darker and the images maybe darker

Colours presented will be a mixture of brighter and Darker. this depends on the images presented for the chosen topics.  If darker images are presented the background will likely have brighter colours

Ideas for Contents Page 2

4 or 5 contents will be presented. The topics will be different to the topics presented in contents page 1

 

An image will be presented for each topic presented on the content page. So, 5 images overall will be presented. Again, the images will be different, but the colour scheme might change compared to the contents page 1

 

Fonts will the same as the ones in cover 2. The fonts used for the title will be used for the title Displaying “Contents”. The fonts used for the smaller coverlines will also be used

Colours presented mostly have a bright colour scheme to suit the colours used on the front cover of the second magazine. Other colours will depend on the images that taken. The colours used on the contents page will be based on the images for the contents. Overall bright and dark colours will be displayed on the contents page.

 

Once you reach this stage you can now use the cheat method in ‘Photoshop’ and the front covers and contents pages you selected earlier to create some drafts. Where possible try and incorporate your own coverlines and content as well as the font and colours you plan to use. For drafts you can use images from the internet. Just remember that these will be going on your blog.

Website:      Homepage & Linked Page

If it helps, as you did with the magazine aspect of the brief, find a website that appeals to you in terms of design and layout. Again, with your own layout, what sections will you have on the menu bar. (similar sections to the ones on your contents page would make sense, but you may choose to have a few extra) Also begin to think about how you will create an active audience across the website. You also need to consider fonts and colour scheme and most important, the number of images you will need. Remember most homepages scroll down, so you may well need a good selection of images.       

Which page is going to be your linked page? What content will you need to put on it, will it be more of a written article or again will it need more images. Can you gauge how many images you are going to need to fulfil the whole brief.

Homepage Ideas

The 2 front covers will appear on the homepage along with information about the magazine. Multiple topics will appear on the website on a bar on the top.

All the different topics will appear on the front will differently images of the topics. A caption will be explaining how the topic will be involved within the magazine.

 

Linked page ideas

A subscription page with prices for different formats of a magazine.   Details of the magazine will appear on the page. Prices of the magazine will also appear on the page

Tips on lifestyle and a explanation of the lifestyle genre. tips from different categories which will appear in different magazine covers

 

 

 

 

Lastly you now need to give some consideration to the actual photoshoots. These are very important as both used images across the brief and a selection of unused images will go in your planning labels. We will create contact sheets in photoshop. This is also summer homework (where possible) to try and get as many images as you can. The more images you can take the more choice you have. Remember they do not all need to be people, they can be locations for a travel section or items of clothing for a fashion section or photographs outside a cinema or a club for an entertainment section.  It will depend on your plans and own ideas

 

Photoshoot planning 1

Location:

Date:

Props / Costume:

Transport:

Model(s):

 

Photoshoot planning 2

Location:

Date:

Props / Costume:

Transport:

Model(s):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keep a record of your photoshoots as they will also go on the blogs.

 

Additional summer homework: have a mess about with WIX, the website builder platform. It will help you to work out some of the logistics in terms of images and layout you plan to use.