Below is a number of screen shots showing the developments to the final edition of my music magazine front cover. I previously blogged the picture I was going to use as the main image and why. I will explain with each image what I have changed, edited and included. This was all done using three software programmes which were Photoshop, InDesign and Picmonkey so that I had a variety of tools to use and play around with. Additionally, to broaden my knowledge of using these programmes and constructing a magazine front cover.
Above is the first stage in creating my magazine front cover. As you can see I have taken the main image and used it for the background of the cover, I positioned the artist so that when it came to adding the conventions she was still clearly seen by the target audience. Furthermore, I added the title 'RIFF' to the masterhead using a font called 'Bleeding Cowboys', I thought this font was effective as it is unique to my magazine and looks visually appealing to the audience. Continuing with construction, I re sized and shaped geometric shapes, rectangle and circles seen above, for the overlay of my anchorage text, sell lines, skyline and puffs. I choose black as I wanted the text to be in white and felt this was the best colour to make the text stand out, also I chose a light red/pink colour for the puffs as I wanted them to catch the eye of the audience.
Above is the second stage in constructing my magazine front cover. As you can see I have now added the barcode at the bottom of the cover, this is so checkout tills in shops will be able to scan the magazine for purchase. Reviewing my magazine I noticed that the rectangle overlay I placed for the background of the sell line text was not joined the the bottom sell line overlay making the magazine look messy and unprofessional therefore when it comes to my next editing stage I will make sure this is corrected.
Above is the third stage of creating my magazine front cover. As you can see I have now corrected the faults that I noticed in the previous screen shot therefore improving the neatness of the cover. Furthermore, I have also added anchorage text which explains the main image and gives the audience an idea of what the main feature is to entice them, as stated previously the text is white so it stands out against the black overlay and is clear for the audience to see and read. Additionally, I have also added the sell line text, this gives the audience information about other articles that are inside the magazine. Again using white text but chose to use read as the subheading of 'Latest!' and bullet dashes to draw the audiences attention across the cover.
Above is the fourth construction of my magazine front cover. I have now added the skyline text which states 'Look inside! For Pete Doherty's meltdown' this is more information for the audience about a feature that occurs inside the magazine, using a story involving a meltdown will more than likely grab their attention. I am keeping in with the colour scheme of the magazine as I continued to use the white text but again to catch the attention of the audience I used red for the exclamation mark. Alongside this is the date and issue printed in the top right hand corner presenting another convention of existing magazines. Furthermore, I then included the bottom sell line text which states 'The Vaccines new album given four stars', this tells the audience that other indie artists/bands are also featured inside and that my magazine has given them a review for their latest music, I used star symbols to represent the rating as this makes the cover authentic and interesting for the reader.
Above is the final additions to my music magazine front cover. Lastly, I added the text for the puffs. I chose the colour yellow as I wanted it to stand out against the colour of the puff itself and also to stand out to the audience making sure that they did not miss the information. Both puffs are advertising pages within the magazine whether it be 'Get your festival tickets here' which indie music is prone to playing at therefore would interest my audience or '20 greatest indie tracks' again promoting the genre and audience my magazine is appealing to.
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