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Magazine Cover

Create a magazine cover that looks like a real magazine. Choose the title of the publication. Then, be sure you include a title, your personal photo(s), headline articles, dateline and follow a monthly theme. Be creative and make the finished product look as professional as possible. Be aware of the marketability and audience appeal of your magazine. Follow all your desktop publishing guidelines using Photoshop. The final project must be a PDF document.

Rubric Code: KX9363B

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Subject: Arts and Design

Type: Project

Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Magazine Cover
	Excellent 10 pts	Good 8 pts	Fair 6 pts	Poor 3 pts
Cover Background	Excellent Cover background/color is appropriate to the magazine. It is not too busy and does not distract from the over all look of the magazine	Good Image background/color goes with the theme but not best choice for readability.	Fair Background/color is distracting from the overall piece	Poor No attempt was made in thinking about background/color for the magazine.
Central Image	Excellent Photo is in focus and utilizes the composition elements. Photo is compelling and brings the reader into the magazine.	Good Photo is not in focus, it lacks clarity, and/ or the subject matter is not in line with magazine. Photo does not bring reader to the cover.	Fair Photo is of poor quality and does not add to the overall quality of the magazine cover. The photo detracts from the magazine.	Poor Photo is missing. Photo is self portrait. Photo was taken by someone else.
Issue date, and barcode	Excellent Issue, date, and barcode are conveniently located on publication.	Good Issue and date are located on the front of the publication. Barcode are missing.	Fair did not follow issue and date expectations.	Poor no Issue, date, price or barcode present.
Masthead / Articles	Excellent Choose a magazine that can reflect the audience you are trying to reach. It must be school appropriate. Masthead looks like the real magazine.4-5 Article headlines are interesting bringing the audience into the cover.	Good Title does not reflect the targeted audience. It is still creative. Masthead looks similar to the real.4-5 Headlines are not interesting and do not pertain to the magazine.	Fair Does not follow expectations. Is not creative. Images and masthead to not apply to one another.Lack of interesting article titles. 2-3	Poor The title does not meet any of the criteria.No titles
Alignment / Spacing	Excellent Elements are spaced very well. Articles are justified left and right.	Good Elements are spaced well. One or two elements could have been organized better. Articles are justified left and right.	Fair Elements are spaced fairly. Some articles are justified left and right.	Poor Elements were not spaced well. No organization evident.
Graphics/Color	Excellent Colors/graphics are used to add interest to the cover. color is used to effectively bring in reader.	Good Colors/graphics used does not bring in the viewer. The use of colors/graphics are ineffective.	Fair color/graphic used is plain. It shows no research.	Poor colors or graphics are used ineffectively.
Letter Font Grammar/spelling	Excellent Letter font shows extensive research and decision making skills. The letter fonts are targeting the audience. 0 errors	Good Letter font shows some research and decision making skill. 1 error	Fair Letter font shows little research and decision making skills. 2 errors	Poor Letter font shows no research. more than two errors
Masking	Excellent Masking is perfect.	Good Masking has one to two imperfections.	Fair Masking has 3-4 imperfections	Poor Masking needs a lot of reworking.
Overall Appearance
	Excellent 20 pts	Good 20 pts	Fair 10 pts	Poor 5 pts
Overall Appearance	Excellent The magazine cover has a professional appearance and follows a monthly theme that is easily grasped by the reader.	Good The magazine cover has a semi-professional appearance. It has some audience appeal.	Fair The magazine cover has an unprofessional appearance, but some interesting points.	Poor The magazine cover has an unprofessional appearance.

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