Music Magazine Front Cover Draft 1

This is my first front cover draft for my music magazine. I decided to go with the name 'RIOT!' because I thought it was short and easy to remember, also it fits in with the rock genre. The colour scheme I have chosen is black, red and white because I thought they were simple but bold so they stood out to the audience. The masthead font is from dafont.com and it is called 'Immortal', I chose this font because I thought it was quite 'rocky' and it fit in with the genre. I had my model wearing a leather jacket because it conotates the rock genre which makes it realistic. I have included a plug to make the magazine look more interesting to the audience and I used this shape so it stood out. In the skyline, I have used some bands name which I know are very popular so they would be good to appeal to the audience. I have used a barcode near the footer, which advertises the things inside, and I have put the price,date and issue number near the masthead so it is easy to find. I made the price £2.20 because I thought it was suitable for my target audience. I thought the gradient background was effective and made it look more interesting and appealing rather than having a plain white background. Having a plain white background would make my image, which has been cut out on Photoshop, unrealistic and messy. I used the Leeds and Reading 2014 announcements as one of my feature stories because I know existing rock magazines do this and the event is very popular. If I were to do this again and change things, I think I would add more feature stories and also experiment with different fonts for my masthead. Although I am happy with this finished draft, I still feel more needs to be done to it.

Music Magazine Front Cover Draft Images

These are the images I took for my front cover draft of my magazine. I took these images using a Fujifilm bridge camera. The facilities I have used aren't really suitable for my pictures but I would edit the background out. My model, Will, has worn a leather jacket, black skinny jeans and a camouflage top. I asked my model to wear these clothes because I thought they fit in with the rock genre. I tried to restrict my model from doing a lot of different poses because from research of existing magazines, rock magazines don't have a lot of poses going on, they are usually quite serious. I didn't want over the top poses because my magazine is rock and I want it to be following conventions of existing products to make it as realistic as possible. Overall, the images I took I am happy with. Although, in the first image, the lighting is a bit too dark and it needs more exposure but the rest of the images are ok. In some of the images, the lighting is a bit too bright but this can be altered in Photoshop if I were to use one of the highly exposed images. If I were to do these photos again, for my final product, I would use the correct facilities and make sure the lighting is sufficient to use. 

Things I could include in my magazine