This is the first draft of the front cover for my College Magazine. I have used the red, black, blue and white colour scheme consistently throughout to create a sense of continuity. These colours are also the colours used in the school logo, so the colour scheme relates back to the school colours. I then seperated the mastheads and feature stories into seperate blocks to create an easy-to-read layout. The image of Charlotte Williamson releates to the feature story "DEYES GOES GREEN" (I have provided a caption with the students name underneath this picture).
I have also included a pug (or 'earpiece') in the bottom right-hand corner to entice readers into reading the college magazine so they can find out about 'Deyes High's New Building'. Another pursuasive device used in this cover is the puff reading "READ FULL AMAZING STORY INSIDE!" This will purusade my audience to pick it up and finish reading the whole magazine, instead of just glancing at the front cover.
Parts of this cover does compare to my first initial mock-up. I have placed the masthead with the slogan "Specialist Science College" at the top of the page alongside the logo, which is in the same place as it was on my mock-up. The headline with the catchy slogan "DEYES GOES GREEN!" is also in the same place as well, but everything else after that differs to my mock-up. I did not stretch the image across the whole page like I did in my mock-up and instead placed the start of my feature story alongside it, as I believe that this set-up is neater and corresponds more to a professional newspaper layout. I then put the enticing puff in the bottom-centre of the page, as I felt that it would stand out more if it is in the centre. I put the pug (showing the 'Deyes High's New Building!" story) next to this puff instead of it overlapping the image as showed in my initial mock-up, because I felt that the pug would distract from the main story if it overlapped it and would make the page seem more disorganised. I then created a box for the date in the bottom left-hand corner instead of making a dateline at the top of the page, because I wanted the date to stand out so the reader would immidately know what issue this magazine was. Lastly, I added a caption underneath the picture which I didn't do in my mock-up, as the caption would establish who is in the picture and would relate it to the featured article.
I have also included a pug (or 'earpiece') in the bottom right-hand corner to entice readers into reading the college magazine so they can find out about 'Deyes High's New Building'. Another pursuasive device used in this cover is the puff reading "READ FULL AMAZING STORY INSIDE!" This will purusade my audience to pick it up and finish reading the whole magazine, instead of just glancing at the front cover.
Parts of this cover does compare to my first initial mock-up. I have placed the masthead with the slogan "Specialist Science College" at the top of the page alongside the logo, which is in the same place as it was on my mock-up. The headline with the catchy slogan "DEYES GOES GREEN!" is also in the same place as well, but everything else after that differs to my mock-up. I did not stretch the image across the whole page like I did in my mock-up and instead placed the start of my feature story alongside it, as I believe that this set-up is neater and corresponds more to a professional newspaper layout. I then put the enticing puff in the bottom-centre of the page, as I felt that it would stand out more if it is in the centre. I put the pug (showing the 'Deyes High's New Building!" story) next to this puff instead of it overlapping the image as showed in my initial mock-up, because I felt that the pug would distract from the main story if it overlapped it and would make the page seem more disorganised. I then created a box for the date in the bottom left-hand corner instead of making a dateline at the top of the page, because I wanted the date to stand out so the reader would immidately know what issue this magazine was. Lastly, I added a caption underneath the picture which I didn't do in my mock-up, as the caption would establish who is in the picture and would relate it to the featured article.
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