When making my own magazine cover I need to think about the many different components that can help represent my specific genre and portray a narrative. This includes :

  • Framing – midshot, highshot, long shot
  • Camera angles and distance – midshot, highshot, long shot  
  • Functions – Shutter Speed, ISO, Aperture 
  • Type of shot – tracking, panning, craine, aerial shot
  • Depth of field – Wide angle shot – point of view – rule of thirds
  • Mise-en-scene – costume, lighting, acting, make-up, props, setting 
  • Body Language, Proxemics, Class and Status
  • Master Shot, Framing Shot, Two-Shot
  • Psychographics – Cultural meaning

Also I will have to focus on : 

  • Typeface – easily understandable, what it suggests to the reader
  • Colour symbolism and emotional response
  • The page layout – the cover star and typefaces 
  • Pugs, call-outs, captions, slogans
  • Audience demographics and psychographics – the tone being presented to them.

Focusing forward I need to focus on the ‘AIDA’. My magazine should :

  • Attract the audience
  • Engage their interest
  • Create desire 
  • Call the action
  • I will also take into account Blumler and Katz concept of the Uses and Gratification Theory (1987) which explored Entertainment, Social Interaction, Information and Personal Identity and how audiences are attracted to different social platforms.