Front Cover Feedback

These are responses I received from my target audience about my magazine front cover, and whether or not it met the their expectations. 

Response 1: The magazine front cover is fairly attractive, due to the use of the colour red, which makes the magazine stand out as a whole. As there is not too much text on the front cover, the main image catches the eye the most, from the whole magazine. 

Response 2: The banner at the bottom of the magazine acts as an incentive for readers like me, to buy the magazine. Also, the font used for the artists' name is very effective, as it makes it obvious that she is the main focus of the magazine. 

Response 3: The way the model is posing is attractive because it makes the magazine fun and entertaining to read. The masthead font is also very effective, mainly because of the heart incorporated into the text, making the magazine stand out. 

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Front Cover Features

Cover Layout Decisions

Cover layout decisions from Maleeha17

Example of Photograph Manipulation

This is an example of a photograph manipulation in which I have adjusted the colours of my main image. When I had initially taken the picture, the colours were not too bold and did not stand out. I then adjusted the colours of the image, which resulted in the picture becoming quite vibrant and popping out. I am also thinking of brightening my model's lipstick colour, as I would like to follow conventions and make my magazine look as realistic as possible. 

Final Test Shot

I decided to choose this image as my final shot for my magazine front cover, as I feel that this image suits the pop music genre very well. Many pop magazines include images like the one above, as their models are posing in very fun ways. I asked my model to imitate some of the models we saw on pop magazines, and finally, thought that this image was the best captured one, as compared to the rest.  I chose this image to be taken as a mid-shot, as I wanted to  follow conversions of real pop magazines, in order to make my own magazine look of a good quality. I asked my model to ensure that she wears bright lipstick and fairly girly clothes, as pop magazines are mostly targeted towards young, teenage girls. My final image is different to my test shots, because in those images, my model was not wearing clothes which were suitable for the front cover of my magazine, as the colour of it was quite dull. 

Masthead

I initially decided to call my magazine, 'Rave' as I thought it fitted in well with the music theme of the magazine. However, this name did not appeal too much to not only my target audience, but also to the teachers, as it did not sound like a pop magazine. I then reconsidered the name, by looking for words related to music in general. This is when I came across the word 'Encore' and decided to finalise this as the name for my pop music magazine. 

This is the initial font I decided to choose as my masthead, from 'Dafont.com', in 'Sans Serif, Lemon milk'. I liked this font because it stood out to me the most, due to its boldness however, as my chosen genre for my magazine is pop, the font looked quite formal and plain. I then looked for more styles of fonts, and came across the font below, from 'Dafont.com' in 'Love Song'. According to me, I thought this font fitted quite well with my chosen genre, as many pop music magazines these styles of fonts. By including this font as my masthead, I thought it would make my magazine seem more professional.