Faking It Assignment: Rough Designs

Rough Designs:

The first of my designs is based on the idea of how models look and are portrayed in the media. The design is of a magazine cover for Elle which shows a skinny looking, catwalk model with the headlining title of the magazine saying "Get Into Shape For Summer 2010". This is a contradiction of the headline of the magazine and the model used on the front. The model is in fact "too skinny" but being labelled as needing to go on a diet for the summer. The sub titles around the edge all link in with the main centre image of the model. Real life stories including, "Turned away for being too fat" and "Told to get surgery or lose my job". These are all issues which affect models currently and i chose to have this type of design to show the reality of this sort of attitude towards the way people look. The sub titles to the right of the cover are spoofs of the content magazines usually involve for example, "100 Must Have Cosmetics To Make You Look Skinny". The research i have gathered above is evidence to back up my idea and that is is a real issue in the media. These are the typical headlining titles on magazine which i have spoofed to link in with the theme of the model and magazine. The text i have used is a tall skinny font which ties in with the whole convention of the magazine, ELLE, the model and the font.

The second of my designs was based on the way people behave on nights out. The front cover image is of 2 women who have been on a night out and one of them is led on the floor while the other tries to lift her up. The headlining title is "How To Make The Most Of The Festive Season" on the front of the Decemeber issue of Vogue magazine. The front title is suggestive towards the way people act while out and especially with Christmas soon that it is the party season. Magazines usually publisise the fact that christmas is a time to celebrate but they never show the reality of some nights out which is why i am spoofing a high gloss fashion magazine such as  Vogue. This is a magazine which is used highly in the fashion industry just like ELLE and which young teeneagers will read and aspire to.