Final front cover

This is my final magazine front cover. It was created using Photoshop and I included things that would normally appear on a R&B genre music magazines. I have included a pull quotes, masthead, banner, subheadings, and bar-code and sell lines. Looking back at the steps it took me to my magazine, front cover came together really well; matching most of what I put on my final flat plan. Changing the colour scheme and text font was a decision that helped improve my magazine.

Taking away unnecessary features and adding appropriate ones helped my magazine front cover stand out more to my target audience. The purple/pink, black and white colour scheme is clearly noticeable and it is easy to see the link between the colour scheme and the lipstick.

I think that my cover links to my research in different ways, for example my main image and masthead stand out the most because that was the feedback I got from the audience. Although I didn't go with the colour scheme of red, white and black as I had intended, the purple/pink, white and black colour scheme stands out better. I found it fairly easy to find magazines that I could gain influence from. I mainly referred back to Vibe magazine front covers because they are usually really bold and eye catching; they also hold lots of conventions for an R&B magazine that I could use.

On my questionnaire I asked "what attracts you most when buying a music magazine?" - from my results it showed that my target audience focused more on the artist on the front cover; so when making my front cover I made sure that my model was centralised, took up all the space and was the main focus of the magazine. I also made sure that my model held direct angle of gaze to interact and draw the reader in. Getting my colour scheme from my model was important, so the props I chose made her stand out and were easy to make work against a background. They still kept the black and white colours which were popular in my questionnaire, so I have reached out to my target audience.

 I also asked "How much would you normally spend on a music magazine?” The majority response for this question was £0.99-£2.00, from this I made my magazine £1.50; but after looking at more music magazines I have realised that it is too low of a price. I am likely to change the price to £3.00 because it’s not too pricey, but shows that the magazine is of quality.

I am happy with my front cover and with what I have done; I am going to put pieces from it onto my contents page. I will keep the colours and font consistent.