Portfolio Project Planning

Beginning the planning of the portfolio project, I will need to focus on the specific genre of the magazine I have chosen. Genre is more distinct with in print especially in magazines. There is a heavy focus on illustrating genre characteristics to engage the target audience. Health and fitness genre is demonstrated through the specific technique and stylistic decisions that are made. For the cover page, bold and simple fonts will be used to display the headlines, sub headlines, and title of the magazine. The color choices for the letters will be black, white, and red to implement the importance of powerful articles in the magazine. Furthermore, the headlines on the cover page will be along the borders in the edges, surrounding the main figure on the page. This will be a specific celebrity/person that we choose we want to represent our magazines.

For the layout of the article, it will be very visual because the target audience gear is more towards images rather than print. For example, if the article discusses techniques on how to lose weight, images will be the main resource of the article rather than the actual description of what the story is trying to tell. The same font and colors would be displayed in the article to continue creating the brand of the magazine and reinforcing the idea of strength and power to the audience and readers.