Main task - Front Page.

For the main task, I have to create the front cover, contents page and double page spread for a music magazine. I chose to do a rock/metal magazine as this is my favourite genre of music. My main audience will be in their mid-late teens i.e 16-19 years of age, but I will try to market to those older as well.
Drafts for masthead:

 

After choosing my masthead [I chose 'PureScream' in the end] I had to place a tag line [bursting eardrums since 1982] and also decide on what colour background I wanted:

 

I then had to think about placement of banners, pictures,etc. so I added pictures of the free bees that would be in the magazine - posters. Including free things will help entice my target audience to buy the magazine.

I chose the model on my front cover to be the lead singer of a band I like singing into his microphone. [Taken at their Roundhouse gig in London - good times] To have the image of him on his own with no background, I edited the picture by erasing everything around him and flipping the image horizontally:
Before:

After:

I then placed the image onto my front page:

My next step was adding the coverlines' text, along with the banner's and puff's. I made sure that the main double page spread story cover line was bigger than all the rest and made sure it stood out more. I used a simple, bold text and involved different colours to highlight key words. For the others, I kept them the same to give the magazine a professional look. I included exclamations in the cover lines, banner and puffs to show urgency and importance:
Coverlines
"EXCLUSIVE! Stuart Cole gets up close and personal on tour"
"DEE STONE  back in the studio"
"THE USED announce new tour"
"PLUS! win BIG prizes when you enter our competitions"
Banner
I've included a list of bands that will be in this week's issue.
Puff
I have exclamated the price to show how cheap it is. Here is the final product:
 

Positive feedback: Good use of bright colours, professional layout, effective advertising of the posters and interviews.
Negative feedback: Could come across as too busy, writing above the posters is hard to read from a distance.
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