Photo editing

I thought the original image was very dark, I would like it to be brighter so that the coverlines and puffs contrast better with the background.

Rough layout of front cover

Here is another layout idea I had which I quickly made in Serif Drawplus. This is an
earlier design as I initially wanted lucas to be on the front cover also, his name is different.
I really liked he layout I did and I think it will help with the final design.

photoshoot

rough front cover

 



I will not be using this actual image for the front cover

Maslow's theory of needs

Maslow believed that the needs of human beings must have an order of importance, a hierarchy. The bottom of the triangle are things that humans literally need to survive like water and food. the further up the triangle you go, the less you actually need them but the more you want them. You may already have the things at the top like creativity but they are less of a need so you could live without them. This can be associated with media, for example, seeing a posh car in a magazine would encourage self esteem because you might want that, you might set a goal to maybe get that car but you don't need it. it can be used for advertisement.  

Billboard Coverspread analysis

I would say I prefer this cover spread to mixmags, there's more going on in this it looks less plain. I like the idea of including the masthead at the top again to remind the target audience what they're reading. the quotes are seen again, this shows ada theory that people will read the quotes first and look at the images first which is why I would include more images and quotes to give an overall summary to the article.

Billboard Contents Analysis

I like how well laid out this content page is however to me its slightly complex, I don't know where to look first. the colour scheme works well with contrasting colours; white and blue. I have noticed some synergy between the two magazines I have analysed and they both have a few photos to look at in the contents page. This includes page numbers on the images. this will be included in my magazine. I think after looking at this id rather base my contents around the idea of mixmag's contents page. I will have at least three images on my contents page not forgetting the contents page and I will include a list of the pages each including subheadings which will be an alternative colour.