First Front Cover Draft

This is my first draft for my front cover. I got some feedback on my cover from my target auidence, some good aspects were brought up and some improvement were also brought up. It was helpful as it means I get lots of other peoples opinions rather than just my own.
The strengths of my cover were:
-it is very bright and colourful
-a variety of fonts have been used
-very clear masthead
-it is symmetrical, with coverlines like wrapped round the image
-the bottom half, with the star and box stands out alot
The weaknesses were:
-doesn't immediately connote the genre of pop
-the image is more drum and bass type music
-need a barcode and price
-could add a light coloured background possibly


So, in order to improve on my cover, I plan on going out and taking more images. I need to make the model on my front cover image fit the genre of pop better. I may have to change the clothing to make it more like what guys in boybands would wear. I could also consider altering my masthead slightly, to again make it fit my genre better and to make it more 'girly'. I want viewers to easily recognise my magazine as being a pop magazine, so hopefully after the changes it would work better and immediately connote the genre of pop without any confusion.

1st video...

Here is my 1st video blog entry. I have spoken a bit about the progress of my magazine so far, the problems I have encounted and what I am planning to do next.

Best images from concerts.

Here are my best images of some of the music artists I have seen at concerts. I have edited the images making them all have white background, so it is similar to my front cover images. I am thinking of using some of these pictures on my contents page. My favourites are probably the ones of olly murs and the one of tom from the wanted.

Best Images from 1st photo shoot.

Here are my favourite 3 images that I took on my first photoshoot. I edited them all making them have a clear white background.

I like the positioning in this image, and think it could work well with cover lines running down either side. However, I don't think he is looking directly at the camera, his eyes are looking up slightly. This may not be the best one to use as I want my cover to draw people into reading my magazine, so because he is not looking directly at the camera I will not use this image for my front cover. Also, there is a bit of a shadow on his jumper which looks a bit strange so if used I would have to edit this out.

I like the matching colour of gold/ yellow in this image, with the chinos, band around headphones, and the writing on the hoody all slightly matching. Again, I like the positioning and think this could work well with cover lines running down either side. I like the clothing and think it could work well as a front cover image possibly. If I were to use this image, I would probably brighten it up more and make the hoody more of a brighter blue than a navy blue(like the image on the right). I think this one is my favourite, and will experiment to see if it looks right on my front cover.

I like the bright blue clothing in this image and it could link well, as i am planning to have a blue/pink/white colour scheme. This image is a slightly closer shot than the other two. I do think however, If I were to use this image I would go back to the original and edit it again, as I haven't cut round it smooth enough I don't think.

My images from concerts

Above are some of my images that I have taken from the concerts I have been to. I have decided to include these in my blog as I may consider using some of these images on my contents page. I am going to choose my favourites and edit them, to see which ones look best.

1st photo shoot

Here are some of the images I took on my photo shoot. I was unable to find a white wall, so will have to edit my pictures to make the background white. After taking these photos, I have decided that i prefer it when he is wearing headphones to when he is not. I think that by including headphones it helps to connote that it is a music magazine, whereas if they aren't included it may be difficult for viewers to work out the type of magazine just by looking at the picture. I am going to edit my favourite images from this photoshoot and then see which one I prefer as my front cover image.

Filming Schedule

Location	Date and time	Shot type
White Walls	Sat 07 Jan (1st model)
	14:00-15:00	Medium – close-up
	15:00-16:00	Long-medium
White Walls	Sun 08 Jan (2nd model if needed)
	19:00-20:00	Medium – close-up
	20:00-21:00	Long-medium
Beach	Some other point if necessary

Above is my filming schedule, I have roughly planned out the date and times I am going to carry out my shots. I have also added the shot types that I may experiment with at particular times. Although my photoshoot may not go exactly to time, I have planned it out to ensure that I am organised and am able to get my images done.