Mock up Music Magazine Front Cover

My mock up magazine front cover is the initial plan i have in my head for my ideal magazine. I hav tried to create a front cover which is both enticing to the reader and also fits into the Drum & Bass genre.

As the front cover eye-flow is a 'Z' shape, i have tried to put all the main things within this eye-flow to make it pleasing and stick to the codes and conventions. I have made sure that there is a masthead, kicker, selling line and a bar code so it's as realistic as possible. The button is another factor used on magazines to ighlight an article or quick information about something inside the magazine in order to draw in readers.

Music Magazine Image

This is the image i will be using for my magazine front cover. If you scroll up you ill see the various changes i have made to this picture to make it appropriate and clear for a front cover image.

Firstly i had to clone out the cigarette in his hand using the cloning tool on Photoshop. I had to do this because the magazine cannot be promoting bad things such as alcohol, cigarettes or drugs. Secondly i removed a few obvious brown moles on his face to make his skin look flawless. To add to the flawless look i did a gaussian blur over the picture and then erased it out on the detail to the t-shirt in order to decieve the eye and make it look like his skin is naturally that smooth.

Existing Magazine Analysis

Photoshoot Plan for front Cover

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This is my photoshoot plan for my music magazine front cover image. It is important that i put in as much detail into this as possible so when it comes to shooting the picture i kinow exactly what the layout should be so it won't take too much time. The photoshoot plan consists of where the models' picture will be taken and the lighting. These are all important elements to consider when creating your 'perfect' image as you need to make sure that the picture is going to match the genre of your magazine and also draws in the readers. the main image is the key which makes people pick up the magazine and without an interesting picture then the target audience will not want to read the magazine as it looks like it's not their kind of thing they want to spend money on.

Music Magazine Question 1 Re-Done

Drum And Bass Pwrpnt

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I have changed my genre to Drum & Bass so now i had to re-do one of my questions from my questionnaire in order to fit with this genre. I believe that the other questions broader therefore i will not need to make a whole new questionnaire. this question asks my chosen participants who is they favourite in the Drum & Bass industry therefore i will know who to put as a main kicker on my front cover. I will also include various details on this Drum & Bass icon becuase i know that is what my audience would like.

Drum & Bass Moodboard

Genre Change!

After thinking long and hard about my project i have decided to change my genre to Drum and Bass. I have made this decision because the Funky House genre was not well known so it was tricky trying to create the perfect picture in order to match with this genre. I also have a wider knowledge of the Drum and Bass genre compared to Funky House therefore will be able to make my magazine the best possible.

Music Magazine Questionnaire Answers Analysis

Questionnaire Answers Analysis for Music Magazine

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Mock-Up Contents Page.

Media Contents Mockup

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This is my rough plan of my contents page. I created the plan on Publisher and Word. To do so, using Publisher, i created a variety of boxes and placed them in the places where i wanted my pictures and information to be. After doing so, i imported the file to Word and used a variety of text boxes to insert any necessary information that i may have to remember whilst creating the contents page such as what information will be in the contents page and colour schemes.

Mock Up Front Cover

Mock Up Of Magazine Front Cover

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This is my plan of my magazine front cover. I have included all the information such as colours and wording so when i come to making my front cover, i can follow this mock up and get it done as quick as possible. I created the mock up on publisher nd then added the text boxes on a word document.

Magazine Front Cover Analysis

Analysis Of Magazine Front Cover

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This is a powerpoint presentation which analyses my magazine front cover. I have also included a slide with positive and negative feedback so i can show that i have taken the negative feedback on board and decided to change my front cover slightly to please my target audience.

Magazine Front Cover

This is my magazine front cover. As you can tell, i have stuck to the mock-up front cover. To create the front cover I had to use Adobe Photoshop. I them included all the techniques i had previously learnt such as cloning and spot healing brushes.

Magazine Comparison

School Magazine Comparison

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This is my school magazine comparison. there is not much detail because it was hard to compare the magazines as they were not the best magazine covers i have seen. Both magazine covers stick to the rules of magazine covers by having mastheads, cover lines and a main image. Also, both magazine covers stick to their target audience. After reviewing both front covers, i not have a rough idea of how i want my magazine cover to look.

As you can see by these two pictures i have been learning the basics about photoshop and tried to take an original picture that i took myself and transformed it into an advert for topman. By doing so, i erased the background so all the attention is on the model. Following this, i added some of my own brushes to make the green effects emerging from the top corners. this gives the advert some colour and interests the audience. I have made sure the glows point towards thje model so he stays center of attention at all times. Finally, i added the brand name 'TOPMAN' so everyone that looks at this advert will know where the clothes the model is wearing are from. I believe that this advert sticks to the simple codes and conventions of every advertisement as it has the main image and the brand name, simple.

Model Make-Up

With these two images, i was retouching the models face so she has clear skin and the colour of her eyes and hair are different. The tools i used are gaussien blur to smooth the skin; a spot healing tool to remove any minor blemishes and the light filter and soft light tools to change any hair and eye colours.

Cloning Practise

As you can see, i have been learning how to use the cloning tool in Adobe Photoshop and have sucessfully cloned out the writing 'The St.Maryl' and the CCTV camera on the brick wall.