I choose to use the Grimm Brothers fairytale Cinderella as my subject to create the magazine cover. I wanted to focus on a concept of the story instead of an image of Cinderella because since it is such an old story that has been re-done over and over again there are so many different remakes, from books, to musicals, to operas, to movies and tv shows. With each of these versions there are some basic concepts that are consistently used throughout each version. The concept I decided to focus on is the "Rags to Riches" concept. Cinderella is the ultimate "Rags to Riches" story and this concept has gone on to be used throughout many different media. In my magazine I used Pretty Woman and Pursuit of Happiness and the Harry Potter series as movie reference, Chris Gardiner, Kelly Clarkson and J.K. Rowling as real life examples and also the Harry Potter series as a book reference. I felt these works and stories were best connected to the kind of "Rags to Riches" story that I believe relates to where the classic concept came from with Cinderella.
I really like how you chose to use frames as boarders for the images on the left side. That, the font, and the font color are all very effective!
ReplyDeleteI think the idea works well with intertextuality, since as you point out, it's a story that has been used throughout human history and appears in many forms.
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