Front Page

Original Image












Image in Greyscale














Image in Black and White








The image in this front cover draft is in black and white adding a dramatic effect to my front cover. The string on the guitar are defined and standout.






However there are a few problems with these versions of my front cover. The right hand on my
artist is crooked and looks strange when there isn't the background of the original photo. The main headline is also bigger than the masthead and doesn't balance the page. The masthead is also too low. There will be more headlines and sub headlines in the final drafts.







Second Draft











This is the draft that I am going to continue to work on. The image is centred on the front page which will allow me to add subheadings and headings around the image. The background colour is lighter which makes the image standout. The guitar is a clear representation of the magazines genre.





The image is in grey scale which makes it stand out from the masthead.

Draft #3

The main conventions of a front cover are shown in this draft. The bar code, masthead, main image and headings and subheadings.




The colour scheme used is black, grey, white and red.



Draft #4








Final Draft



In the final draft I have gotten rid of some of the headings and subheadings as I believed they took too much focus off the main image.
I have moved the bar code and adjusted the text included with the "Exclusives" headline.
Technical conventions that are discovered in my research have been included in my front page. As said in the the Origina Photos post I have used a series of different shots and angles to experiment with. The final product above contains one of the photos which has been manipulated and adjusted with the use of Photoshop.
The textual conventions of magazines that have been included in my final front cover are; font style, colour and size, amount of text and where it is placed and overall layout of other conventions such as masthead, headlines, subheadlines, bar codes, date of issue and tag line.
Symbolic conventions such as colours and images are used in my front cover. The colour red was chosen because it's bold and stands out from the background colour. The white was also chosen because of the same reason. I wanted my text to stand out but not be too colourful and jolly.