School Magazine Cover Mock Ups

In preparation for producing the final school magazine I created three front cover designs or mock ups to show the possible designs my front cover will follow.

This my first design for the front cover for the school magazine. The logo is on the left because the 'Left Third' rule so that the magazine can be noticed by the audience easily and the stories will also go on the left side to follow this rule. The main image will go in the centre and be underneath the stories to attract the reader's attention and make the magazine far more entertaining to the reader so I find it important to centre the image on the page.

This design is mostly the same to the first one however there is no logo because I thought that as it is a school magazine that there is no 'Left Third' rule as this rule comes from how magazines are displayed on a shop shelf. The stories will still be on the left side as I do want to alienate my target audience so I think that it is important to keep the stories on the left. Price if there is to be one will be put on the left below the stories so that it will be easily seen.

This design uses the third rule to the same extent as the second design does accept the price tag will be below the master head if there will be a price so that it will easy to see by the reader. The main image will once again be in the centre so that it is entertaining to the reader as well as the stories being on the left to avoid alienating the target audience. There will be a few 'less interesting' stories on the side to give more of a hint on what the reader should expect further in the magazine.

Overall I think the first design is the best to follow when designing the final product because of how it follows the 'Left Third' rule and keeps everything in a suitable position that does not alienate the target audience. The other designs I think are suitable to a degree but some elements such as the bar code position alienates the audience so that is why I believe the first design is the best design to follow.