LIIAR Analysis of your Front Cover Page and How you Achieved it.

Language:

The masthead on my magazine is over the top of the main photograph. This is showing that this is a new magazine and that it isn't established as well as something like 'Vogue' or 'Elle'. The main photograph is really punchy and powerful, this is shown through the use of the model's arms being crossed. The look on his face makes him look like he is  powerful and determine, which makes the issue of the magazine look powerful too. The blue theme of the magazine connotates Wyke and masculinity, but the sketchiness of the splash makes the magazine more feminine and magazines are associated with females anyway so this is a very unisex magazine. I made the colours blue especially so that the magazine would be very college orientated. The coverlines are slanted so that the magazine is edgy and new. This will give the magazine a more modern and fresh feel to it and bring a new kind of feel to reading a magazine. The model is front facing and his body language is very engaging to the reader which will make then feel involved and included.

Ideology:

The photograph I have chosen is very engaging and powerful. It is a sportsman who is quite buff and big. He has hair that is very in style and a lot of boys are very sport orientated. This gives the feel of a perfect boy. This is symbolic on the front of the magazine because it gives the audience of the magazine someone to look up to and idolise. I think the fact that this issue is about sport makes the magazine feel more including and equalising with the people that are more academic and with the people that are more sporty. Because of the confidence and power in the facial expression of the model I think this gives the viewer more determination to put more confidence and power into their life and work because of the inspiration of this magazine.

Institution:

This magazine was created and published by me.

Audience:

I think this magazine front cover is going to be read by predominantly a male magazine. I think this because sport and blue are usually associated with boys and masculinity. I did this because I don't think many boys would read a magazine as they are seen to be feminine. Because this is about sport and it is blue and quite square, I think this is more aimed at men which would make them more included in the craze of magazines. I think this magazine is still aimed at females too though. I think the script type style is feminine and also the model is a boy which would also draw in female attention I think.

Representation:

The front cover has been presented in a very different and unique way, this is shown by the slanted cover lines. I think that this gives the magazine a more modern feel to it. I also think the generations now are getting more and more modern and things like magazines aren't following in this trend. I think that magazines have to keep up to date and get more modern to keep up with the new generations I think this magazine does that. The slanted cover lines and the way there is writing inside the masthead makes this magazine seem so much more modern. I think it stands for equality and the inclusion of all people male, female, academic, sporty all of them, I think this magazine includes all. I think the magazine is represented as a very friendly and welcoming magazine. I think this because of the sans-serif text. It is more laid back and comfortable with the audience. This represents college life I think because it is a lot more laid back then school, it is more mature and more responsibility I think is shown in the front cover.

How I achieved it:

At first I looked at different magazine front covers and saw what the different conventions are of a magazine such as the masthead, the splash, the main cover lines, the cover lines, the main photography etc. I learnt that the magazine photograph is usually a medium close up and I analysed 3 different front covers. This gave me an idea of what I could put on my front cover. I then looked at what I could base my magazine cover on and what the subject of the magazine should be. I decided on what I should do then I thought of different names and different type styles that I could use to achieve the feel that I wanted. After that I started taking some pictures. I thought of the costume, the setting, the positioning of the model and what I would like the model to represent and stand for in the picture. I then got it onto photoshop and twerked it, making it the right size, and tried different colours and different orientations of the text. I had two final front covers to choose from one with straight cover lines and one with slanted ones. I chose the slanted one because of how modern it looks and I liked it more.