Magazine cover edits - 2

This is my final cover for now, as I'm not keen on the image or background colour of pink. I have decided to take some more adventurous pictures for my contents page and double page spread. I am also considering retaking the cover photos as they did not come out as planed. Thus causing my magazine cover not looking professional or very good. 

I do however like the master head as its bold and eye catching. Also the layout of the text makes the magazine look professional as they are aligned, also with the different size writing, it helps highlight key words or important information for the reader. Making it easier to find out key points and also eye catching as the important text is big drawing the audiences attention.   

Magazine Adjustments and Evidence 1

I decided to change the cover image as the photo was quite dull in colour and i image looked boring. Due to this i decided to change the image to the one bellow. I cut the image and added effects to the photo, i felt that this gave off a pop art looking model. I got most of my inspiration from the covers of 'White Lies'.

I then decided to change the background from black to bright pink. As all the R&B and Hip-Hop covers included lots of bright colours with bold sell lines. I tried to mimic this in my own work, i added white bold text to my work so it looks like this:

Although i haven't yet added the barcode, price, issue number date and QR code. I feel like this magazine stands out more then my previous attempt. 

Also i think even though i haven't followed my initial ideas, my target market will still be enticed in buying this magazine. 

Evidence of my work on the new magazine idea:

Creation Of Music Magazine Cover 1

To begin I had to choose one of the many photos I took to be the main image. I chose this one due to it being set on a red brick wall which I thought gave the authenticity of a road lifestyle. Also his costume connected well with the background also. 

I then added the master head which I changed due it diverting the attention away from the main image, as it was quite difficult to read. After i added the sell lines which i had already planned out in my previous posts. These i had to make black rather then gold due to it clashing with my background.  This then meant that my colour scheme changed slightly as it is no longer Black, White and Gold on the cover. 

I then had to align my text to make it look professional, as most music magazines have aligned text. I changed some of the text fonts and boldness to draw attention to key words that are the main focus/highlight of the magazine. 

I also added a barcode, QR code, price, issue number and date. This was due to the fact that it I necessary for magazines to have them. The QR code however I placed on the front cover to make it more appealing to my target market as they uses technology everyday so being able to access the magazine on their phones is an added bonus and may make them more interested.

Photos for front cover analysis

Front cover images

Photo Shoot 1

Juwanne: Front Cover Model 

Ryan: Double Page Spread

Clint: Double Page Spread 

Sara: Double Page Spread

Sara, Clint and Ryan: Double Page Spread/Contents Page

Costume and Make-Up ideas

Juwanne (Front Cover Artists):
Clothes - Black Trousers, Black Top, Gold Ring, Big Black Puffa Jacket
Hair -  Cornrows

Dila (Contents Page):
Clothes - Crop Top (any Colour), High Waist Jeans,
Jewellery - Chains, Body rings
Make-Up - dark make up heavy eyes
Hair - Straight and Out

Sabrina (contents Page/Front Cover):
Clothes - Crop Top, Midi Skirt (Loose to prove women don't have to be sexualised in Hip-Hop and R&B music)
Hair - Cornrowed one side, the other side out and curly.
Make-Up - Bright lipstick, foundation, medium eye make-up

Ryan (Double Page Spread):
Clothes - Black Top, Blue Jeans, Black and other coloured Trainers, Black Jacket
Jewellery - Earing, New Era Hat

Clint (Double Page Spread):
Clothes - Black Top, Black Jeans, Black Jacket, Black Timberlands
Jewellery - Grills on one tooth, Chain, New Era Hat

Sara (Double Page Spread):
Clothes - Black Jeans, Black Top, Black Leather Jacket, White and Black Air Max 90's
Jewellery - Big Hooped earings, Chain, Watch Ring, Bracelet Chain
Make-Up - Heavy Eye Make-Up,  Nude Lipstick

Plan for front cover of my music magazine

My Cover will have the colour scheme black white and gold. Although I have not added colour to my sketch, My model is will be wearing all black, with a gold ring on. The Master head will be either black or gold. The background will be black, with white sell lines and for the sell line about the double page spread and feature artist will be in gold. A lot of the text that will be on my cover will use simplistic language and slang, as this will appeal to my target market. To show that it relates to them and links to their lives.

My Cover Sketch

The reason for this is that in majority of the R&B and Hip-Hop magazines i have researched had the colour scheme gold black and white or Red black and white. Or red black white and gold. Due to this cyclical theme, I chose to use the scheme that my target market liked:

As shown by the graph my target market chose black, gold and white. This is why I will be using these colours in my magazine. As it is what my audience want. 

My model will be looking into the camera, to break down the 4th wall and entice my audience. My model will be posing with his hand on his face to show his a thinker and that he has confidence in himself. 

As you can see his hair makes him look thuggish and relatable to the target market of adolescence, as he looks like his from a working class background, which majority of my target market will likely be. He looks youngish and looks as if he is from 'the ends' such as hackney, Tottenham and so on. This may help my audience connect with the magazine more. Compared to me placing a 30 year old man, who is dressed in a suit, who looks like he is from a middle class background with a high class job. 

The name of my cover artist will be 'J-Quik' this is because J resembles his name and 'Quik' means fast, witty man. Which will link to the fact his a rap artist, so raps fast and is witty with his raps. The album name he which will be promoted on the cover will be 'Imperial' this is due to most rap artist feeling that they are part of a secluded empire, that is apart from the rest of the world. As many youths grow up they can also feel this way, that only youths understand youths. So creating an album based an empire may make them feel apart of the rap empire, thus relating to my target market on a level. 

The name for my double page spread artists will be 'Subliminal' as it is defined as: (of a stimulus or mental process) below the threshold of sensation or consciousness; perceived by or affecting someone's mind without them being aware of it. This again link to the type of power their music will have on the listeners. 

As my sketch shows the barcode, price, date and the issue number will be clearly shown. As most magazines try to hide this feature. But i feel that making it clear will be beneficial to the consumer as they don't have to go all the way to the till to find out the price of the magazine.

The title of my magazine will also be bold as i want the customers to clearly see the magazine name, as that can be advertisement in itself and also once people see the name more frequently they will be able to make links and hopefully become more interested in the magazine as they see online adverts of the website and also social media sites, such as youtube, Vimeo, Snapchat, Facebook, twitter etc.

Pitching My Magazine Idea

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My Font ideas - drawing

Trends Research

Choosing a Name for Music Magazine

Choosing a name for my magazine was harder than i throught as i had to think about the genre of music I was using and the target market, how it would appeal to them. As my target market is 16-28 year olds, who are mainly from Hackney or South London. I came up with three different names:

Thinking about my Target Market I thought that, "The Realist" was a good music magazine name. As most of the Rap, Hip-Hop and R&B artist make music based on things real to them. By calling my magazine "The Realist" I would be imitating the music genres my magazine will be promoting/based on. 

I also found different fonts I may use for the title of my magazine. Such as those found above and bellow.