For crit

-No screen printing, these are full colour items and would cost to much in screens and the fact screen print have other students and I would need around about 10 screens for one print.

I will be heat transferring the items for a fast cost effective outcome which will then be documented digitally and physically in promotions once the photography has been taken of the finished items of clothing.

My five questions are:

1) Do the illustrations look visually interesting?

2) Should I go into even more detail with the illustrations (I am not interested in simplifying)?

3) What other outcomes for distribution could/ should I look into?

4) For Front magazine I am producing three double page spreads in a halloween theme, I am considering carrying out illustrations featuring a top ten in relation to 'If you could meet a famous person who was dead who would it be?' any ideas on something else I could do?

5) What other methods could I use for distribution in front mag other than the cover and DPS's????

FRONT

BRIEF TITLE - Front – DPSX3+FC

The Brief

We want you to create two double page spreads to feature in our magazine ‘Front’ as well as a front cover featuring details on the magazine, due to it coming out on Halloween we want this edition to be related to all hallows eve.

The magazine reaches out to a lot of young people and it is important to keep them interested, the double page spread needs a good theme that we haven’t done before, but is in the same style as our previous magazines.

Concept/Proposition

It has to be exciting and fun and in a way... spooky/ MYSTERIOUS.

Background

Front was first published by Cabal Communications in 1998, it was created to rival IPC's publication Loaded, catering to a demographic of 16-25 year-old males. It began as part of the British "lads' mag" genre of magazines though the covers rejects this description with the statement "Front is no lads' mag".Whilst a major selling point is the photo-shoots of models, the magazine also focuses heavily on music, films, gadgets and games, plus sections on fashion and sport. Glamour shoots within the magazine usually involve well-known models rather than celebrities.

The magazine has also been responsible for a number of high profile stunts, most notably smuggling an Eric Cantona lookalike into the Manchester United team photo during a Champions League game. Today it is edited by Joe Barnes and published by The Kane Corporation who are based in Soho, London.

The Kane Corporation is led by 24 year old self made millionaire entrepreneur Dominic McVey and managing director of talent agency Money, Francis Ridley.

(www.wikipedia.com/frontmagazine)


Target Audience

16 – 25 rockers, male and female, who are interested in a laugh, students are a big inspiration


Tone of Voice

Funny, sexy, laid back, slang

Considerations

Literature isn’t a strong point in front, they do swear a lot and talk in lingo, don’t let this fool you and do not get carried away, the magazine still needs to make sense.

Think about what is new, what is coming in to fashion, who is coming to fashion, what is the rage

Pick a topic which will fill up 6 whole pages of the magazine and still be interesting and new, without losing any of the design qualities in previous issues.

Make it modern and new, do not repeat what has all ready been done.

Check out some back issues for inspiration.

Whats hot, whats not, whats in, whats out

Mandatory requirements

Front cover needs a woman with grabbing points of what is in the issue with an interesting colour scheme, it wants to be eye catching and inspiring, the DPS’s must all relate to one another and work as a set.

Deliverables

A front cover for this month’s issue

3 double page spreads to feature in the magazine

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