Initial Draft Cover

Initial Drafts

These are my initial ideas for the creation of my magazine. I attempted to use all of the successful codes and conventions from the pages which I analysed to influence my creations for inspiration. Once I produced these rough cuts, I received feedback from my classmates and teacher to allow me to develop my pages further in order to make them better and, overall, more successful while still appealing to my target market.

This is the initial draft for the cover of my magazine.

I will use a close-up image of the prominent artist who is the subject of the mainarticle. I chose Adele; however, this could change as I develop my ideas further. The photograph will be positioned in the centre of the page to further suggest it is the prominent feature. It will be superimposed over the masthead as my magazine will be recognisable to the audience. In terms of mise en scene, she will be photographed on a beach allowing her to appear pure and natural which will be further emphasised by minimal make-up to appeal to the younger audience. However, I may change this as the magazines I analysed incorporated photographs with a one colour background. The subject of the photograph will be looking directly towards the camera to act as a personal pronoun as it appears like they are looking directly at the reader.

I named the magazine ‘Replay’ although this could also change as I continue developing my ideas because the results from my survey could prove my audience prefer another name. I will write the masthead in an iconic style which I would use on each  magazine for recognition. It is monolithic as it is just one word so it is simple and memorable. It will also be written in pink to allow it to stand out in contrast to the background colour along with being the largest and boldest piece of text on the page to emphasise its importance.

The colour scheme may consist of white gold and pink and, perhaps black. These are stereotypically feminine colours and should appeal to my intended audience. Yellow and pink are bright colours which stand out on the page and I will, therefore, use them to present more important and intriguing pieces of text.

A smaller image will be included of another famous artist. I used ‘Rita Ora’ although I may construct an original artist for my magazine cover. This will link to the plug feature which presents a quote from the artist herself. Adding smaller images allows a wider audience to be generated as they will have a fan base.

All of the writing on my cover will be a simple sans serif font. This won’t appear too formal and will, therefore, appeal to the younger target market. Moreover, the more vital information will be in a large, bold font allowing it to stand out on the page. In terms of language features, I will include a couple of quotes which are stated directly from the artists themselves to allow the reader to believe that all the information they are reading is accurate and reliable as they are reading exact quotes from the icons personally.

The plugs will present intriguing pieces of text to engage the attention of the reader. Also, the names of the artists will be presented in bold, noticeable fonts to stand out to members of their fan base. I will also include an exclusive quality stating it is a ‘Special Edition’ to intrigue the audience to discover more. A tagline will be included at the bottom of the page stating it is the ‘nation’s favourite’. This is not only memorable but enticing because it suggests it is the best music magazine in the nation making the target audience wish to buy it to discover what makes it so good. It is also written in a banner to make it noticeable to the reader.