Product Style Profile

In this post i will design multiple front covers and websites and gain feedback on each one to help me come to a final design for each. These sketches will influence my stylistic decisions.

For the first front cover design i will have two puffs to show exclusives and prizes/competitions, i will have a section at the bottom called 'Plus' to highlight what else is inside the magazine, ill have in bold well known names in the film industry to attract people more, i'm putting "how can you get involved?" at the top because it grabs the audiences attention as they feel like they're being directed making them want to get involved and i will also have a section called "first look!" which would make the audience feel like they're finding out information before other people.For the second front cover design i will have the main character taller and leaning on the male because it shows the comedy behind the stereotypical gender roles being swapped, i'm also going to have boxes with exclusive information in them and other stories being featured inside the magazine. This front cover will only have one puff on it and have the title above the main image.
For the first contents page will have a small image of all the previous magazines in the bottom right hand corner, it will have a vertical main image with a caption under it and the features to the left. It will only have one puff at the top next to the title and issue date.

For the second contents page i will have the main image on the left and the pages on the right of it with the contents title to the left rather than in the middle and the issue date underneath it.

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