Different Layout for Front Cover
- 1. Different Front Cover Layouts
- 2. Front Cover Layout 1 Target Audience Feedback Title “The layout would let the main headline stand out so it fills a Another whole page, but the page is unbalanced as the sell lines are only Image on one side” Sell Lines all “I like that the title take up the whole page and the barcode positioned doesn’t take up too much space” to the left Main Image “It is good that the main image is one of the largest things on the page “ “I don’t think all the sell lines should be on one side of the page, it would look better if they are either side of the image” “I think the main headline should be closer to the top of the page Main Headline as it would catch my attention better” Barcode
- 3. Front Cover Layout 2 Target Audience Feedback Title “Because the main headline is on the top it would catch my Main Headline attention best” “I think the layout of the sell lines should be changed, they are at the top of the page on the left and the bottom of the page on the Sell Line right. I don’t think it will look good” Main Image “It’s good that there is another image on the front cover as it Sell Line Sell Line would make the magazine look like it has more content” “ I think the headline and title will merge together they are both on the top of the page and are as big as one another” Sell Line with image Barcode
- 4. Front Cover Layout 3 Title Target Audience Feedback Main Headline Barcode “I don’t like that the title doesn’t take up the whole of the page and the headline would take up less space than the main headline. I would prefer to know the title, so that should be larger than the sell line” “I like that the main image is central and the sell line are positioned around the image. This keep the balance of the page Sell Lines Sell Lines similar doesn’t look weird” positioned positioned around Main Image around “I think that there should be another image on the front cover of the image the image the magazine, it may look quite bare without another image” “ I don’t think the headline should be at the top of the page in line with the title. It looks unusual.”
- 5. Front Cover Layout 4 Target Audience Feedback Title “ I like that the title takes up the whole page, unlike layout 3.” Main Headline “ It’s good that the main image is central as it seems like that’s Positioned around the what other magazines do” image Sell Lines “I think that the positioning of the main headline is quite good as around it does not take up the whole page and distract from the title but the image looks like it will be bigger than the other sell lines.” on the Main Image left hand “I don’t know if the main headline might be a little bit too small side because if it was too big it would cover the main image” Sell Line and Image Barcode
- 6. Conclusion I am going to take into consideration all of the comments people of my target audience have said and when I am designing my front cover I will experiment with the different things. I think it shows that two images on the front cover are a good idea as the target audience seem to like that. Obviously it is conventional that the main headline is the biggest sell line on the page and the main image should be the largest thing on the page. Also the barcode should probably be quite hidden on the page, as I personally dislike how layout 3 has the barcode right under the title. This is because it draws more attention to the barcode than necessary.