Evaluation of Final Front Cover

Final Evaluation for Front Cover
When I started thinking of idea’s for my magazine cover I researched into other rock/indie magazines. The reason I did this was to ensure that I had the right layout and theme to my magazine so that the same type of audience would appeal to my magazine.
The image I used on the front cover is an image which I took myself of my friend who modeled for me. I liked this image the most because I think it represented the rock/indie genre of my magazine the best. Danielle looks edgy and because she is looking straight at the camera it makes the reader feel as if she’s looking at them. This could be appealing to the female audience because it shows that she’s confident in who she is, and also appealing to the male audience because they may find this attractive.
The mise en scene in this photo helps give the overall theme of edginess and rock. The costume I picked myself to ensure that I got the look I wanted for this shoot. The clothes she’s wearing is fashionable but doesn’t look expensive. This makes her seem more relatable to the audience because it makes them think that she wears normal clothes like everyone else.
The Masterhead even though I placed it in the right corner it dominates this front cover by a large proportion of the magazine cover. Its bold and black which makes it seem like it fits in with the rock/indie genre. The slogan which is right next to it is also black however I edited it to make sure that each word represents what the word means. For the word ‘loud’, I edited it so that it was bold and thick so represent it being loud. For the word ‘Amplified’ I made it seem longer in length than width so it looks amplified compared to the other words. I edited the word ‘Rebellious’ so that it was in italics, I did this to make it so it look different to the other words. This makes it seem as if it’s being rebellious being different to the other words.
For the other titles featured on the page I wanted to make sure that they also represented what they were on. I edited the title ‘First Issue Only 99p! Don’t Miss Out’ so that it stood out to the audience. I edited it so that it was red, the colour red made it seem as if it was an urgent deal that would go away. This would encourage the audience to buy this issue. I used a dirt, dark green colour for the title ‘The Complete Festival Guide 2011 inside’ the reason why I chose this color was because when you think of festivals you think of fields and mud. At the bottom of the page I decided to feature a competition on my front cover because this would encourage the reader to but this magazine. I used the colour yellow for that title because the colour yellow is a happy colour and also when you think of winning you think of gold/yellow for a first place gold medal. The colour yellow also stood out against the purple band background on the bottom of the page. The reason I put that purple band was to give the cover a more structured feel.
For the title which represents Dani’s interview I used different colours to highlight different words. I used the colour purple for the quote because that’s the colour of her dress in the shoot, therefore represents her. For the explicit word I used a different outline colour which highlighted it to the audience. The reason I highlighted it is because it shows that she is rebellious and doesn’t care about what people think of her. In the second part of the title representing the interview I used the colour blue and then the colour red for the word ‘hard’. The reason I did this to represent the word hard and the colours blue and red are contrasting.

Overall I think that my front cover is the element that I’m least proud of. Even though I spent a long time editing it to represent certain elements, I think if I had more time I would improve it. By doing this front cover it made me see how magazine look at every tiny element of a magazine and try to make it represent what they want it to.