Front cover | Final draft and feedback

 

My front cover is effective as it follows conventions of a music magazine; for example, the masthead, sell line, date line, main image, bar-code and headline are all in conventional places. However, my cover lines are not in the conventional places as they would not work with my image.

 

By using the word "pop-punk" the front cover conveys what the genre is which makes it effective as fans of pop-punk will buy it.

Contents page | Final draft

Double page spread | Final draft

Evaluation - Question 6

Evaluation - Question 2

Evaluation - Question 1 | Part 2

Evaluation - Question 4

Evaluation - Question 7

Evaluation - Question 1 | Step 1

 

 

Throughout my magazine I created a house style by using continuity; by using the same colour scheme (black, white, red and yellow) and using the same band on the front cover, contents page and double page spread. The double page spread and contents page link together as they have the correct page numbers to link them. Most of my features are in the conventional places for example the masthead is in the correct place. One thing that is not conventional is the cover lines on the front cover; this is because they could not fit in the conventional places.

Evaluation - Question 5

Evaluation - Question 3

Double page spread conventions/LIIAR analysis

L: Completed in image.

I: The institution is Kerrang!. Kerrang! paid for My Chemical Romance, who are a large and successful band, to be on their front cover which shows they are a big magazine and can afford to pay for big bands/artist to feature in their magazine.

I: This issue of Kerrang! is focusing on the 'emo' scene; this can be seen through the use of colours, which are dark. We can also see this through the chosen images as they all look serious and emotional.

A: The target audience for this issue of Kerrang! would be fans of My Chemical Romance and/or just fans of rock/metal music.

R: The band are represented as emotional and committed; we can see this through the mise-en-scene as in all of the images they look very serious and are contributing to the music.

Double page spread | first draft

Contents page draft one

Front cover feedback

From my feedback I learnt:

• Need readable font
• Need new puff
• Need more images 
• Need to fill space