Evaluation of music magazine front cover

Masthead for music magazine

This is the masthead I will be using for my magazine front cover, using format research I identified that a lot of Punk/Rock magazines have a grunge related theme for the font so I made sure to edit the surroundings of the text so that it looks worn.

Practise photoshoot for front cover

These are a few photo's I took for a practice photoshoot before I took images that I am actually going to use for the front cover of my magazine. The particular time of day that I decided to take them was a little bit late as it was after school which meant that there was not much lighting in the room. When I take a few more I will ensure that it is an early enough time so that there will be light coming through the windows and the image will not seem as dark.

Photo manipulation of practice photoshoot

This is an example that I have manipulated a photo, I cut the background away from the original image, made sure to remove blemishes and added a filter on top of what I had done. When I edit a photo for my front cover I will not use such a warm filter and will make sure that the room I am in has a lot of natural light. The filter I have used looks unnatural and the pose isn't conventional as we are looking down at the model.

Plan for photoshoot

Model - Amy Denne.
Genre - Rock.
Location - Inside house beside a large white wall.
Make up - Dark red lipstick, black eyeliner and grey eye shadow.
Hair - Short blue straightened hair.
Outfit - Alternative clothing, possibilities including: Black corset, Ripped skinny jeans, a Gothic dress, striped red shirt.
Facial expression - A confident smile

Mockup for double page spread and contents page

Contents page

This design follows the conventions of a regular contents page for a rock Magazine, I am planning to have a large main image with a few surrounding images that include different articles. I feel like this will be an appropriate layout as it is not crowded and gives me enough space to include the quantity of information needed.

Double page spread

As well as the previous mockup, this also follows conventions of a regular rock magazine, usually the main image is either on the right side or left although in certain cases it can actually be used as a background for the entire thing. To avoid the page looking far too busy I have decided to just include my main image on the left hand side of the page so there is a point of focus and my text will be easy to read as it is in a separate box.

Double page spread - Format research