Magazines: Front cover practical project

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​RESEARCH

1.) National Geographic (specifically one with a bird): Focuses on life as a whole- ranging from plants to animals to politics to geography and history etc, could really do anything. 



Nature (the nature magazine): Similar to National Geographic. Focuses on nature (..in the name), ranging from plants to animals. Could use this to present a collection of plants or a natural environment like a forest or perhaps animals living within that natural habitat. 



The Architectural Review: mainly focuses on different architecture and the urban setting of society. Good for buildings and potentially smaller products/furniture?  



2.) 

Vogue UK Jan 2025: Urban background contrasted against high class dress, the red buses behind the actor tell audiences that the picture was taken in London. Positioned within the centre- forced to be the audiences key focus within its busy background. Overall quite a maximalist cover due to all the movement and detail within the actual actor and her clothing but also within its moving background. Title always presented with the same font at the top in the same location/size, Models name at the bottom of the cover to introduce to audiences. Date of publishing is within the top left.

Vogue China 2023 September: Typography and layout same throughout entire magazine manufacture regardless of it being international however an additional writing in country of selling. Magazine cover features an athlete instead of the regular actor of a model- perhaps intertextuality since referring the Olympics that was taking place within china, displaying a lady archer who would be taking place within the Olympics. Plain and simple background emphasis on audiences attention towards the model and her actions- her clothing itself hold a lot of movement as the background remains still, creating contrast. 

Vogue Arabia 2020 January: Features a woman caught in movement and flow whilst her background remains still and plain, creating contrast. Contrast emphasises by her clothing being detailed and precise whilst her background stays plain. Seemingly warm and natural lighting as if shot outside, blue background symbolising the sky. Typography and layout remain the same as all other vogue magazines since they all have the same style including international ones. 


PLANNING

1.) “Field Guide To The Birds of Mountainous Regions”

2.) The main cover image is a portrait of a bird, posing in its natural state, the lighting will be focusing on the front portrait of the bird whilst the backlight focuses on the silhouette of its form.

3.) “Learn Fascinating Bird facts” … “Discover Their Amazing Migrations”.. "Explore the Beauty of Their World Up Close"

4.)  (I have no plain paper at home - I do have printer paper but my mum refused to let me use it for anything but printing, and the only scrap paper I could find without having to rip a notebook apart was this)


PHOTOSHOOT

1.) The picture will be taken within a bird enclosure of Yerevan Zoom on the 6th of April, the bird will be a white bearded vulture.

PUBLICATION TO BLOG EVALUATION

1.) Completed design:


2.) Two genuine covers that I had taken inspiration from:



3.) I do believe that the layout I replicated is accurate however I was unable to find and exact same font that The National Geographic within their magazines so I had to use one I’m found as close as possible to the one they used. I do think that my picture and phrasing and actual layout and background was of good quality and good standard and accurate since I used adobe photoshop in order to replicate the layout and background boarders etc.

4.) If I could improve the magazine cover, I’d work on a better font and try to find an available exact same font that The National Geographic uses, the font is called “geographic”. 

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