Front Page Construction. 3.

Next I got to work on including more red to fit with my colour scheme of RED, BLACK, BLUE. I inserted my tag line which I created using the glowing tool, under logos, it creates a warm look to the words and also fits with my colour scheme. 'TURN IT UP' I placed it underneath my mast head following the ideas of my flat plan, I edited on this slightly putting it at a slant making it interesting and also bringing this layer right to the front placing it slightly over my title. I also bought my title layers forward so the sparks are seen exiting the page over the black band at the top of the page.

In my sweet spot I included a competition. Because I want my magazine to be southern based (including small upcoming local bands) I thought of an event close to home which is widely popular for a mix of audiences. 'Isle of Wight Festival' - Which its self supplies us with an eclectic mix of acts and attracts all genders, ages and ethnicity's. I took the idea of placing it in a circle from an NME magazine featuring Lilly Allen I researched into looking for ways to place information on the cover page.

 


As you can see I adapted on this idea sticking with my colour scheme "Red". Like the circles from the NME magazine I thought it worked well to try out diffident fonts and colours for the text. I did this to keep the cover interesting and also once again more reason to stick with my colour scheme.

Next I inserted images of another artist in the bottom right hand corner, these images are ones I took during a photo shoot down the seafront and also some from a gig i went to watch of his about a month ago. I placed them in slanted positioning again and thought it best to to include one of him playing. This supports my genre of "Indie Rock". So far looking at my magazine it gives of the impression of a Rock magazine with the aggressive Central image and the sharp excitable masthead. However my double spread feature is going to be on Alex Mountford who brings the magazine more into the "Indie" side of things. As you can see for his acoustic guitar, this instrument is seen more as an "Indie" style. However what I like about this image is that the expression on his face is so powerful and engaging it brings us back into that strong "Rock" aspect. Mixing the two acts on the page together combines the genres how i intended and hits my target audience appropriately.

Next I added in my cover mount - a free poster. I added this text underneath my Central image text to imply that, that image is the one the audience will be receiving in poster form. I chose bold fonts once again sticking to my colour scheme of red and black to make this eye catching. I also chose a different font, colour and size for the word "FREE!" This is becasue it's an obvious buzz word for the cover. The idea of gaining something 'free' is appealing to my target audience as I have gathered from the results of my questionnaire. Making my magazine that tiny bit more appealing.