front cover of music rock magazine

This is my front cover for my rock music magazine. I have used a basic masthead with an edge to it so its simple and the main image of the cover star stands out better/more. The colour of my models wardrobe is the same colour I have tried to make my masthead and strapline.
I have used white cover lines as they stand out on the black background. my pull quote is associated with what the journalism on the dps is about. using their band name small and next to the quote to portray who they are. My image is also wearing something similar to velvet which is a rock aspect as most people would velvet to be worn by rock fanatics or singers. I have used the lead singer in my front cover instead of the whole group because in my case studies of kerrang they did the same thing with paramour and it was very effective as it leaves the reader thinking why.  To improve this next time I would use a better image and make my masthead more complex.

Contact sheet

These are the strong images I took that i would consider to use on my music magazine. I would use these images because they relate to rock and are angled effectively. I have group images of the band and single images of every band member that i would expect to use on my contents page. To improve this next time i would make the wardrobe better and the shots using more portrait shots.

I used the images of the girl in velvet because she gave the magazine a more professional look as shes wearing velvet it contrasts with the theme of the magazine. I used the other images in the contents page as additional singers. As i developed them from being a group band to a solo artist as those pictures struck out to me more than the others. To improve this next time i would change the clothing of the other models and take pictures of them from a low angle to make them look superior and mighty.

Dps on illustrator

These are the pull quotes i will put in my magazine in my dps. I would use pull quotes because it draws the readers in because they are the actual words of the artists showing that the Q+A isn't made up. I had done this on illustrator to stretch the letters creating the outlines to do so. To improve this next time i would use better fonts that are readable and related to the genre of my music magazines. These designs are not final i might change the design in the making of my magazine but i would probably still use these quotes from the artists.

Research of images

This is my research of images. These are the types of shots i will be taking for music magazine. This helps me decide what is effective for my music magazine and what isnt as effective for my genre of my music magazine. To improve this next time i would put my images next to these images to see how they are similar and the difference it would make in a rock theme. This is also the shots that i researched in order for me to get better camera shots for my photoshoot as i wanted it to look professional. I used a medium shot, long, close up shot and extreme close ups. As these shots work best for the genre of my magazine and the target audience of velvet magazine.

contents on illustrator

Doing this I learnt how to vary my ideas on what the contents page will look like and the main design of the simple "contents" title. Because my masthead is red I decided to keep the same style going, however I did try out white and black just to see what it would look like and how its different from the red. To improve this next time I would use images in the background or make it look the texture of actual velvet referring to the company of the music magazine.

plan of images

This is my plan of images in this I learnt what my images and text will look like where they will be placed and what the effect will be. however some people may disagree it is an arguable mind map of decisions of what I could do instead of minimising  myself to just one option. To improve this I would use other images of the rock magazines to show where I got my references from.

Analysis of indesign

I analysed in design because it is one of the media software I used to produce this article. This helps me in case I need to use in design in the future for my music magazine. I used a variety of tools and learnt a lot like how to layer the article as mentioned above and how to use text and chage font style and colour which is also mentioned above.