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1) Use your lesson notes on magazine genres and conventions to view a range of potential magazine covers. Create a shortlist of three potential magazines and embed an example front cover from each one.

2) Select your chosen magazine to create a new edition for and explain the thinking behind your choice.

3) Find three different front covers for your chosen magazine and embed them in your blogpost. Analyse the fonts, colours and typical design. What is the language or writing style? How are the cover lines presented? You need to become an expert in the design and construction of this magazine and its branding.

Planning
Create a separate blogpost called 'Magazine practical task planning' and complete the following tasks:

1) Plan your main flash - this is the main cover story that links to your central image.

2) Plan the image you will need for the cover - model, costume, make-up, lighting etc. At this point, simply describe the image you need to capture.

3) Write the cover lines and any additional text you need for your magazine cover.

4) Sketch out your cover on plain A4 paper using your written planning. Take a photo of your sketch and embed it in your blogpost.

Photoshoot
The photoshoot will take place on Monday 23 April. Make sure you have everything you need for the lesson - model, costume, make-up etc.

Photoshop design
You will have the photoshoot lesson and one additional single lesson to design the front cover on Photoshop. Use YouTube tutorials to help introduce Photoshop if you haven't used it before - this one is a complete guide to creating a magazine cover.

Publication to blog and analysis
Create a blogpost called 'Magazine practical task evaluation' and complete the following tasks:

1) Save your finished Photoshop magazine cover as a JPEG image and upload it to your evaluation blogpost.

2) Write an evaluation of your work: have you succeeded in your brief to create a new, original edition of an existing magazine?
i think i succeeded with the urban viewpoint the magazine gives off and how the cover is layed out the problem i did face however was finding the right text font to write with so some of the writing had to be cropped and pasted and by using the magic wand tool i was able to make these aspects fit in and not stick out.

3) Put your cover alongside a couple of genuine covers of your chosen magazine. How professional is your work alongside genuine examples?

4) What is the strongest aspect of your work?
I think the strongest aspect was the way i used Photoshop to add the writing on both sides and  how i had to cut out the photo of myself and make it look realistic

5) What is the weakest aspect of your Photoshop magazine cover? 
I think i could've added more to my photo and i will still try to improve it 

6) What would you do differently if you completed this assignment again?
i would choose a different magazine cover with even more features as i really enjoyed the editing aspect of this project and i went from knowing very little about Photoshop to being able top create a whole poster.