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Next on the preliminary task blog series is the explanation to how I created my cover page. It will cover basics such as why I chose a certain color, why I chose a certain photo, why I chose that certain format. This will allow you to further understand my process on creating a four page magazine.
Now, I will follow up on the topic. I ran into a few road blocks when thinking about what topic I should choose. I always tend to write about things that mean something to me and about something I think others should find meaningful as well. So, obviously, my family’s biggest obstacle came to mind. I come from an immigrant family and my parents have went through many sacrifices to get my family to where it is today. I am very grateful for everything they went through for us so I first decided to base my magazine on their “journey to freedom”, is what I titled the cover page. That’s when I encountered my first roadblock. The picture I wanted to use was the most aesthetically pleasing picture I could find of my parents, but that was only because it was of when they were younger. I had made the cover with all the elements necessary when I noticed the one rule I had to strictly abide to— all pictures need to be original. I quickly scraped that idea and when back to the drawing board. The one thing I knew I couldn’t change was the main idea because I had felt so passionate about it, immigration status family-wise, I just had to find my main subject. While thinking, the answer literally walked past me. My cousin came to visit from Ecuador. She has a different schooling system then I do so she came to visit on her vacation while I was in school. At first look she looks like a normal teenage girl, however, the longer she has stayed with me, the more I noticed. I noticed the way she acted, spoke, and thought was very different then a girl who grew up in Florida. These mannerisms did not come from her own personality, it was molded to the kind of place she grew up in. This was absolutely mind blowing to me so I had to write about this because I thought many people, especially the young demographic, was not aware of it. The cultural differences and normalities of this country and in places like Ecuador have to be noticed and seen to make a change. This is why the pull quote is “ THE FACE OF CHANGE”.
Now that the mouth-full-of-a-topic is discussed. I will talk about the technical elements and my practical decisions used to pull this cover page together.
The masthead is titled “ THE PLACES SHE’LL GO”. This is to foreshadow the impact she will make in the places her story will be told and the awareness she would be bringing to this certain topic.
I chose the main image based solely off of the colors she is wearing. Dark, floral tones compliment her skin tone and general style, along with the color I chose for the cover page, it seemed like fate.
The pull quote seems small but that is why the subheading is titled “ A GIRLS JOURNEY TO ANOTHER WORLD”. The subheading is large in a finer print compared to the masthead to attract enough attention to pull people from the masthead. Then, when they read the subheading and find out that it’s about a girls journey, that will lead them to the main image. Once they see the main image, they will want to know who this girl is. That will lead them to “the subjects name”. This is where they will find the pull quote, right under the girls name. This process sounds rigorous and maybe a tad obnoxious but notice that this would happen in the span of 30 seconds so in reality, it would be pretty effective. The reason why I didn’t want the pull quote to be in a large print was because the focus is her journey, which is said in the subheading. Her journey is what will lead to change.
Now for the magazine template, I kept the original colors and font. I really love the retro aesthetic, as previously mentioned in my last blog, and the color green matched with my subjects skin tone and style.
I chose the following topics for my magazine kicker, “A New Experience”, “Realization”, and “Back to the Past”. These specific titles were chosen to not only chronologically create a storyline consistent with the journey concept but to also bring the reader on an organized journey as well. These topics are in the order of the subjects “Life in a New World”. I added 3 banners to the template to showcase my magazine kickers and make them easy to identify.
This shot was taken candidly in a normal standard angle. The focus used was a standard focus where you can still see the background but it is not clear and the main subject is in clear focus. This image would be considered a mid-shot intertwined with a close-up shot to pull the focus more on the subject herself. Rule-of-thirds was considered however I figured it would take took much space on the cover page and too much attention from the main subject.
The issue date was added for the effect of realism.
This magazine cover was composed of the following:
- Cover page elements such as the masthead, main image, quote, subheading, issue date, and the magazine kicker.
- Background elements : background color, text, font, etc.
- Photo: shots and angles; Camera Composition and Movement: framing and depth
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