Blog #1 - Magazine tips
After you shoot your portrait, you will use it as the central element of a mock magazine cover design that will occupy a page of an InDesign document.
To get this process started, you need to learn a little about magazine cover design.
Go to the link below:
http://www.pubexec.com/article/32-tips-tales-techniques-evaluating-appeal-your-next-magazine-cover-84611/1
Read the 2 page article about magazine cover design. The second page is much more important than the first page. On your blog tell me 5 things you should be thinking about when you design your magazine cover.
Blog #2 - Best magazine covers 2013
Next, go here and look at some great designs:
http://www.magazine.org/asme/magazine-cover-contest/past-winners-finalists/2014-winners-finalists
Look at and read about ALL 32 designs, please stop when you get to the section called Cover of the Year. Make a new post titled : "Best Covers"
17 of them involve a portrait. Number a blog post from 1-17. Figure out which ones are portraits (these will be the ones with people in them), start your count with the Section called News, Politics and Business. The first portrait is from the New Yorker and it has Michael Douglas on it.
Next to each number, write "Formal, Informal, or Environmental"
If you do not understand the difference between formal, informal and environmental - please ask but you should know the difference.
Blog #3 -- My Favorite Cover
Choose your favorite cover (with a portrait). Label it as "favorite."
Copy and paste the description from the web.
Write a 100-150 word critique of the portrait on the cover.
Mention what is communicated about the people in the portrait and how this is communicated.
You may consider composition, lighting, exposure etc.
Blog #4 - Magazines Part II
You also need to know a little more information about the types of magazine covers that have been used through the years. Here are the most common types:
Cover types
1. Image Based
2. Illustration Based
3. Type Based
4. Concept Based
Here is the description and some examples of these types of magazine covers:
http://www.magazinedesigning.com/introduction-to-magazine-cover-pages/
On your blog, write a short (50-150 word) explanation of what the main attributes of each of the four types are. Use your own words, and DO NOT copy and paste.
Finally, what is the relationship between words and photos on magazine covers and why is this important?
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