Music Magazine Front Cover 2nd Draft

For the second draft of my magazine I took the feedback I received from my first draf and made the changes that were suggested. I changed the font for my main feature story as I was told that the font I had used was hard to read and I needed to find a font that differed from the font I used for my masthead. I reduced the size of my masthead and moved the plug higher up on my magazine to fit the conventions seen on a magazine. Also reducing the size of my masthead gave me a larger amount of space for my other feature stories. I changed the shape my plug is in to make it more interesting than that of just a circle and also to make it stand out more on the black background provided from the leather jacket. I changed the feature stories from one that was just restating the man feature story to a verity of stories that were all different from the main feature story in order to make the audience of my magazine more likely to buy it because of the verity of stories. I reduced the size of the barcode so it does not stand out as much as before and also so there is more space on the front cover. I continued to use the same picture as my previous draft as I believe it is the best picture I had taken for my front cover and I also believe it fits the genre of my magazine. I also continued with the colour scheme of black, white and red but I added a yellow backing for a couple of the feature stories to add more verity and also because the black text is easier to read on a yellow background than it would have been on a red background. I also continued to use the skyline and footer as I believe it gives a balance to the page and also allows for more information to be placed on the page. I changed the information in the skyline so that there was more featured.

Music Magazine Front Cover 1st Draft

This is the first draft for my music magazine front cover. I have followed many of the conventions expected from a magazine cover. I decided to go with the magazine name 'Smashed' as I believe it fits with the rock genre of my magazine as does the colour scheme I have chosen. I decided to go with a white background after looking at some existing magazine covers. By looking at other magazine covers I decided a white background appeared more simple and let the feature stories stick out more. I chose the photo I did because I believe it is the best photo I took and also because it fits with the genre of my magazine from the costume to the pose, which I based of another magazine cover I had seen. I chose the colour scheme black, white and red because I believe those colours go well together and also because they fit with the genre of rock as they are all dark colours, something that is associated with rock. I chose the font because of the smashed effect that it has which fits with the name of my magazine and also because of the rocky feel I get from it. I used a skyline and footer format as I believed they created a good balance on the page. I also placed the barcode and price in the lower right-hand corner so that it is not in the way too much, allowing for more to be put on the magazine cover. I decided to go with the price of £2.50 as I believed that was a reasonable price and I will reflect this when deciding on the amount of pages that will be featured in the magazine. My main feature story was created because of the photo's I have taken which features my cover model holding a clapper board, something that is a associated with the film business. In the future I believe I will need to change my other feature story and add some others because as of now it is just a repeat of my main feature story. I also may need to reduce the size of the barcode because I believe it may be too big.