IPC Case Study

Contents flat plan

This is the flat plan of my college contents page. I have continued the use of a modern font with a young college student.

The final product

 This is my final magazine cover. I decided to change the main colour palette to green as it stood out against the background more. The masthead is more eye catching as well in the lime green shade. The tagline includes "the" making it appear to be the only option! The purple tagline contrasts well with the masthead. I researched into other magazine and i found that the barcode is most oftenly located at the bottom of the cover page. Next to this I included the price. By using the word only, emphasizes on the cheapness of the issue. I believe the image works well as the main cover image. It is relative to the target audience and sets the tone for the magazine- informal. The final product is altered to my flat plans, but as I was creating the cover I noticed that some features didn't work how I originally wanted.  I think it met the requirements of the proposal, therefore I am pleased with the outcome.  

Now that I am familiar with the production stages, design formats and the back ground information needed, I believe I can develop this knowledge further in later assignments. 

My front cover

This is my front cover so far.

The bright green works well, as it stands out against the black background. However the diary dates in a dark purple is unreadable, so i will change this to the green used for the other coverlines. The different fonts work well as they are all informal and modern. I made the "Stress" stand out as i thought it was an important key word, so i chose a font that described the meaning of the word stessed. the font is messy giving the manic appeal. 
I will include the speech marks for the main cover line as i forgot to include this.
The tagline, barcode and price also need to be placed on the cover. 
The magazine is still in the production stage so i need to include more features for make it look interesting

Other cover features

Now that i have produced by cover image, i now have to create the other elements that will appear onte cover, these include:
The cover stories - Diary Dates, Beat exam stress and Enrichment news. I also have to design the caption for the main cover image (How i beated stage fright.) This will be in Headline font, as they are short captions they will be readable.

As well as this, i will include the barcode, date, price ( which will just be for covering printing cost- of 50p) and tag line for the magazine.This will be a Rhetorical Question as it will be used as a selling device.

The cover image

I captured an image of a female student in a posed stance. This adds appeal to the target audience- typography.I took it in the college studio as i thought it showed a professional effect. No props were used as i wanted to focus on the main target. The students. The background was black so it didn't look to 'busy.' 

Here is the image i decided on:

Her body language demonstrates the informal and relaxed feel of the magazine. She isn't wearing anything too bright so it allows me to be creative with the colour scheme. The image will relate to the cover story focusing on her singing involvement in the music department and how she "beated stage fright."

Title Colour

I used 5 different colours for the title to see what colour combined with the font well. Something i has to keep in mind was the target audience was both sexes. So I had to choose colours that aren't specifically used for a particular sex for example, pink as its recognized as girly. 
As a result, the students decided on purple as the colour scheme. 

Title Fonts