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Magazine Cover

Assignment Description

Your assignment is to create a magazine cover using either Photoshop or InDesign.

Look at the examples of magazine covers below and notice the difference in styles among different magazines. •
  • Time Magazine uses a very simple and clean magazine cover style o It features a picture and usually only discusses one main story of the magazine •
  • Sports Illustrated always utilizes a picture of an athlete on their cover (Except the swimsuit editions) o Features one picture with a main story but also discusses other stories that might draw a reader in •
  • GQ is a men’s’ lifestyle and fashion magazine o Usually the cover features a picture of a well-dressed man that people would be interested in reading about •
  • Seventeen is the one of the busiest magazine covers o Seventeen is geared toward teenage girls so they are trying to grab their attention o Notice there are many different colors and font styles and the articles are geared toward teenaged girls •
Notice some similarities between all of the magazine
  • Features one main picture, mostly closeups of a person. 
  • All text is placed on the sides top or bottom leaving the middle open to focus in on the picture
  • All text is readable and colors of text is appropriate to the magazine
  • All covers use boxes, lines, frames, circles or other design elements to enhance look.

This cover will eventually be used as a cover for your YOURbook project, so it should act both as a functional magazine cover, but also represent you and your time in school this year. 
  • Make sure that everything is laid out neat and organized on your magazine cover.
  • Make sure everything on your magazine cover is appropriate for school
  • You can use either Photoshop or InDesign for this project

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Assignment Rubric

  • Photography: Image and placement follows strong design principles and tremendously aids to the ad's effectiveness.
  • Typography: Typography is used effectively, and greatly enhances the stylistic aspect of the overall layout as well as the readability of the layout. The Headline speaks directly to the target audience.
  • Design: Clear Hierarchy of text (at least 3 levels present). Use of other graphic elements (lines, frames, boxes, etc.) to add color and interest to the page.

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  • Classroom Blog
  • Eng III - Spring Units
    • 1 Academic Skills
    • 2 Research Projects >
      • Choosing a topic
      • Research Resources
    • 3 ACT Prep
    • 4 I Am Where I Come From
    • 5 Catcher in the Rye
  • Journalism
    • Newspaper >
      • Blogging about news
      • Senior Podcast Project
      • Person Profile Article
      • Classroom Spotlight
      • In-Depth Journalism
      • Experiential Journalism
      • Gardiner Special
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      • YOURbook
      • Weekly Photo Hunt
      • Photojournalism
      • Magazine Cover
      • Yearbook Open Disclosure
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    • Journalistic Writing Unit
    • Design Module
    • Writing Module
    • Photography Module
    • Magazine Feature Assignment
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