Final Music Magazine Cover

Music Magazine Cover Draft

Cover Feedback

Cover Feedback

Music Magazine Front Cover Analysis

Analysis

In my opinion my front cover clearly represents what genre of music it is about as it has bold and eye-catching colours that manage to draw readers in and clearly shows what bands/artists are being featured. The cover lines are readable though I may have to brighten them up as they aren't very bright and as eye-catching as I would have hoped. The main positive from the photograph I used was that you can clearly see all of her though she isn't looking directly at the camera so there isn't a connection between the model and the audience. The front cover does contain a bar code and a price though it doesn't contain an issue number and this will be something I will have to edit for my final piece. Overall the magazine front cover is appropriate for my target audience and would appeal to them. However the front clearly represents that the magazine is mainly focussed on music even though in the photograph the model isn't carrying any musical objects e.g. instruments but it gives off a music magazine vibe. My front cover does need a few tweaks to become my fully realised music front cover but so far I would say that this is a good start.

Potential Colour Schemes For My Mast Head

Potential Colour Schemes For My Mast Head

Press Release

The name of the music magazine will be The magazine that will be made will be a music magazine focusing on indie and metal genres.  This will be a mainstream magazine rather than a niche magazine as it will appeal to a wide demographic of people.  There isn’t a gap in the market for an indie or metal magazine but those two genres combined mean that there is a more a gap for this magazine.  The publisher that this is aimed for is IPC as they only have one magazine that focuses in that kind of music where as their rival, Bauer Media, publishes three magazines which focus on the similar genre of music as my one.  This is aimed at IPC over Bauer Media because they world want to compete with their competitor and Bauer Media wouldn’t want to publish it as they already have enough magazines which focus on this specific genre of music.  This magazine will be £1.50 and will be released every two weeks.

Secondary Research - Design Inspiration

Music Magazine Mood Board