Cover line

 

A cover line is used to let the audience know what articles will be featuring in the magazine. This is my main cover line, as it is the main one I have added a photo of the artist aswell to intice the audience further. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plus Sign

Whilst composing my magazine I wanted to add a pug in the corner of the magazine to catch the readers eye and encourage them to buy it. It needs to stand out however it still needs to tie in with my colour scheme so I made a few attempts of pug to see which colours looked best with the rest of my magazine. 

 

 

 

After trying out all three designs I have decided to use the last one as it blends in with the other colours used on the cover but it still stands out ebough to gain the audiences attention. The other designs did suit the rest of the magazine and they also look a bit ceap and un-profesional especially the red one.

Possible cover lines for front cover

Cover lines are used to let the reader know what extra content will be in the magazine and encourage them to buy it, these are the ones I might use:

All nighters, Strippers
& Hotel Rooms
with...
ASH RIDER!

Ella Jett
Reveals all!

Cyndi Tyler
She’s back and she’s edgier than ever!

TICKET GIVE AWAY TO THE BEST ROCK FESTIVALS!

Front cover plan

This is the plan of my front cover

Contents page plan

CD image to use on double page spread

To make my music magazine appear more professional I have created an album cover that will be put on my contents page to feature some of the work by the artist I am covering.

 

 

I chose this photo as it is a long shot and it has interesting scenery, these factors are important when creating an album cover as they have to be visually pleasing and eyecatching at the same time.

 

 

 

To edit this photo I lowered the exposure so it had more of a dark gritty appearance, I also added the Vignette filter which darkened the edges of the image.

 

I used the font "DOWN COME" for the artist name and the font "Typewriter" for the name of the artist as they were both edgy and suited the genre of my magazine. The fonts used on my album cover match the mise-en-scene of the other photos in my magazine and suit the rocky theme of my magazine.

 

I added the "Parental Advisory Explicit Content" sticker on the corner of the magazine as I have seen it on lots of album covers and I have found that it appears very often on lots of rock themed album covers specifically.

Second photo shoot

This time for my photo shoot I went out early in the morning so that there was better light, I went to the same woods but this time I went to an area where there are crumbling remains of old buildings. I chose this location as it looks rocky and edgy and suited the theme of my magazine. It also made the photos more interesting and looked like they were more suitable for a front page picture. I went for a slightly different styling approach this time I used much darker colours and focused more on the "emo" theme rather than just the edgy look that I used in my first photo shoot.

In this image the reader can see more of the model as a long shot is used therefore this image would be good for either the contents page or smaller photos that feature on the double page spread as the reader gets to see and understand a bit more of the act.

These two images are both similar and they could both be used as cover photos as they are engaging and interesting for the audience therefore they will be encouraged to buy it over othe music magazines.

This landscape mid shot photo would be good to use as a sub focus image on the double page spread.

This image may be used as a front cover image as it is a mid shot and the model is making eye contact however I think there are images that would look better.

I think that this photo would be more suitable to use as a frontpage image as it is a close up shot therefore the model has engaging eye contact with the audience, which would catch the readers eye and encourage them to buy the magazine.

This photo is different to all of my others so I think it is interesting enough to use as the main feature image on my double page spread, it is a long shot so the reader gets to see more of the artist and the scenery and composition makes for an attractive and interesting image.


To continue with the rocky theme my model was wearing black leather trousers, a brown leather jacket, statement necklace, gold studded grey top and brown leather military styled boots.This created a rocky feel to the pictures that you would expect to see in a rock magazine therefor the audience/reader will be aware of what type of magazine it is.