Music Magazine: Front Cover Rough Cut

For my front cover I decided there should be a header at the top of the page with a tagline which would distinguish this magazine from it's competitors, hence the slogan  'The UK's No.1 Alternative/Indie/Electronic Music Magazine.'

After developing up to 5 designs for my logo I eventually settled on the design you see above, with the title of the magazine in lower case at the bottom of a dark red box. The placement of this logo on the page is similar across all three pages, in the top left of the page, where after analysis of other magazines, I concluded the human eye is most likely to start viewing the page from. 

The placement of the logo on this particular page is also important, as it is important that is does not obstruct the view of the artists in the photograph, which is why I framed the image accordingly and molded the text around it. The colours present in the image also take into account the colour scheme. I used Photoshop to exaggerate certain colours to compliment the colours of the colour scheme. For example, the walls of the underpass have a slightly greenish tint to them, which compliment the red present in the logo. I adjusted the levels to bring out the black in my subject's coat as well, so that it complimented the bold white text.

Information regarding the content of the magazine, i.e the titles, is presented in bold white capitals, as they stand out against the darker background. They also fit with the magazine's red, white and black colour scheme, a colour scheme which is prominent in many music magazines. The main title is the largest and boldest on the page. The words 'Electric Triangle' appear the largest and boldest to draw the reader's attention. The 'A' in the word 'Electric Triangle' is replaced with a symbol which is accomplished on a Mac by pressing the keys 'alt-j' which I cannot show you, as I am writing this on a school PC. The symbol is a triangle, which fits in with the title 'Exclusive Interview With The Pioneer of the Electric Triangle.'

The title also has a subheading describing the article more in depth, which is in a smaller, narrower font, so that the reader can distinguish when the title ends and the subheading begins.

At the bottom of the page are a selection of smaller titles with short subheadings designed to tease other features in the magazine. Beside them, a barcode.

Teacher Feedback:

• Good text style and font variations.
• Good image concept but there needs to be more going on in the background.
• Need to improve the barcode.
• Issue needs more features.
• Logo 'needs work.'
• No Issue number.
• More colour in the background.