Proof for First Draft Cover Page

The first thing I had to do to create my music magazine cover was to place my chosen picture where I think the most appropriate place for it is. I looked at my research and decided that the best place to put my picture is the right side of the page and for it to cover half of the page.

I then noticed that all magazine covers tent to have barcodes on the front. I knew this be going back to my cover research and evaluating it.

I then placed my title that I had previously made before in the place that i thought would be most appropriate. I then thought, looking at the title that it some how did not seem to match the magazine I am trying to portray and so I played around with the settings and decided to thicken out the letters and make the ‘V’ bigger than the rest of the letters.

I then looked back on my research and noticed that most magazines have a circle or a shape similar to it somewhere on the page in a different colour to the rest on the page. so I decided to do it in a star shape in yellow to stand out and put some information on it. I then put it in the bottom left corner because using the method of the rule of thirds I noticed that there is too much in the top right corner and I added it to the bottom left to even it out.

I then noticed on my research that one magazine that I was basing my magazine on included a banner somewhere on the magazine so I then thought I would personalise a banner to put on my magazine using colours that would go with my magazine that would also stand out and would not be the same colour as the title. I also used the same font as the title so it would not clash.

I noticed that there was a lot of empty space on my magazine and also looked back on my research and noticed that all music magazines somehow included writing on it in different sizes and colours showing how important they are and also eye catching. I used titles and stories that I thought would interest my target audience as it contains celebrity gossip as well as music.

I then found that using my research, most music magazines had the name of the singer or artist on the front next to them and so I did the same thing and used colours already on my magazine and also lined it with the star I had previously placed there.

FINAL FIRST DRAFT OF MUSIC MAGAZINE COVER