Research and planning: Front cover for college magazine complete

Evaluation
To create this magazine cover, I have used Photoshop software. Considering the video logged interviews, I have subverted the audience suggestion of using a male. This is because I couldn't find a male student that wanted to be on the cover of a college magazine. My model Syeda was also beneficial to my house style because her dress fits the color scheme which consists of the colors pink, black and yellow. The color pink also has connotations to femininity so by having a female as my main image creates a synergy. The coverlines also has a consistency with yellow enlarged typography followed by pink or black smaller typography. The yellow typography is to attract my intended target audience and the smaller typography provides additional information. I have also included a header which has featured articles. I believe the header is relevant because they help progress sales. This is because if my intended target audience is in a rush, they would be able to know what type of articles my magazine offers. This would help improve purchase. What also helps improve purchase is the magazines pug feature. This is because they allow the intended target audience to act because of the valid information e.g price. I have also added a pull quote near the main image. My interviewers told me that the main image is what first attracts them. This is why I have enforced the main image by adding a pull quote. Unfortunately, I didn't realise, during my limited production period, that I miss typed the word enrichment. If I had more time, I would have proof read the pull quote but the pull quotes color adheres to my house style. The main image also was a problematic situation because I had to switch from magic wand tool to the background selection tool to the lasso tool and finally the rubber. This is because I had to delete the background and also smooth the edges. This was to give my main image a more professional outcome.
I have also included a strap line so that this helps sell my magazine. This would be the only language that will be a formal register. By saying it's a limited edition increases the value of the magazine and makes the intended target audience intrigued in it's cover line context. The coverlines adheres to the house style but if I had more time, I would change the typography. This being so that it was more target audience friendly. This is because of the informal register. The coverline context language is also conventional to the teenager target audience. Finally, you have my puff. The puff adheres to the Hyde Clarendon conventional colors and my magazines chosen house style. The puff has also been enlarged and is conventionally used in magazines as a selling line to win prizes. This is commonly used instead of a freebie attached to the magazine due to magazine's like mine being targeted at an older audience.
The reason why I overlapped layors was to present the puffs but I didn't want it to overwhelm my main image. I placed it over the masthead because the masthead is still legible. If I had more time, I would have used the drop down option of edit, step back on the rubber tool because it wasn't completed neat enough.