Second Draft Of Music Front Cover

During me second session on Adobe Indesign I edited my main image to get rid of the bacground and then inserted this into my front cover. During this session I also changed a few design details such as the outline of my slogan, the outline of my band names and the colour of my main banner line. I also included a bar code and created a background using the gradient to create a more girly look to the magazine.

First Draft Of Music Magazine Front Cover

To the left is my first draft of my music magazine front cover. To start with I fouced on getting the basic outlines of the things I needed to include on my front cover including my subsidary image, masthead, banner line, pull quote, sloagan and extra advertisements. Once I had got the basic outline I then started to add colour that represented my genre and also used the options from my questionaire.

My Final Main Image

The image above is the one ive chosen for my main image on my music magazine front cover. I chose this image as I think that it represents a 'pop teen queen' effectively. The posse that my model is doing is really girlie and really shows off her facial expression. The fact that she is wearing bright make-up emphasises a 'pop teen queen' even more. This image would work really well with my layout and would fit in well with my genre.

Main Images

Image One;
 The first image i took was of my model in quite a girly posse, i think that this image would look reaaly good on my front cover although I would have to get rid of the background so that we are able to see what the focus of the picture is. Although this picture may look good on my front cover I will have to consider whether it fits in with the layout of my front cover.




Image Two;
This image is really effective as it allows the reader to see what type of style the magazine is. Although this image may be effective I think that the posse doesnt really show that its a music magazine, and it doesnt really emphasise that its girlie. I dont think that I would use this as my main image.




 Image Three;
I really like this image as its girlie, it shows off a girly posse and the clothing works really well on my model. Because my model is leaning agaisnt the walls her hands are kind of hidden which spoils the picture a bit, i dont think that this picture would work as effectively on my front cover although it may work well on my full page spread. 


Image Four;
 The posse that my model did in this picture works really well to emphasise the genre of my magazine, i really like the angle that she is looking at the camera and the way that she stands. The only downside to the photo is the background and the darkness of the picture. Although I could get rid of the background my modle would still look quite dark.

Subsidary Images

To the right is a picture I took at the clothes show of a band that was performing. I think that this iamge would be perfect as one of my subsidary images as its bold, it tells the reader what is available in my magazine and it wont overtake my main image.

Front Cover Ideas

Main Image Ideas

Main Image

For my main image the results of my questionaire showed that most people would rather a female solo artist. I think that this was a great choice as this is more of a girly magazine which will then be given off in the image.

Costume;

Alike the images of katy Perry I chose, I want my main image to be girly but trendy. I dont want anyhting to over the top but something that will make a statement. I think that Katy Perry does this really well as she adds in her own unique style which gives it more of an edge.

Posse;

The reason I chose these two images is because they are two completely different posses but both work effectively. Although when coming to take images I am going to have a plain white background with more of statement posse.

Model;

The main image taken is all about the model and although I like these images of Katy Perry it may be quite difficult for to find someone similar. Although his may be a problem I think that I will be able to find the perfect person to show off my magazine cover effectively.

Layout Ideas For My Magazine Front Cover

Layout;

When deciding on what type of layout I would want to use on my magazine I came across these two basic ideas. I think that they are both very effective as they show the main parts of what makes up a music magazine. Although I like these ideas I will have to add a few of my own ideas and  change bits of the layout such as; adding in subsidary images, creating my own main image and using different colour schemes.

Both front covers give an insight into what to expect inside the magazine which is what I hope to achieve on my own magazine. 

Although these front covers are interesting I think that 

with the use of brighter backgrounds and more girly colours I think that I will be able to make my magazine unique.