This is my description of the process during which i made and finalised the front cover of my music magazine.

1. Screen Shots
The process of making my
Front Cover

2. I chose to use this I originally wanted to
photo because I think go with a black and
this is the most bold masthead, but as
striking photo I took you can see it
and would catch the blended in with the
audiences eye. I think main image making it
her hair links nicely hard to read,
with the masthead therefore, it wouldn’t
‘SoundWave’. This is stand out.
because her hair is
spread out in a wavy
1 manor. 2
I thought to make the I have added a bar
masthead stand out code in the bottom
more I would use a left hand corner. This
bright and bold colour. is the conventional
I chose to use a dark place as to where a
pink, as this is the bar code would
colour of the model’s usually be.
lips. This made the
masthead look more
unique which is the
effect that I want to
3 give off for my 4
magazine.

3. In my draft mock ups I have placed the cover
for my FC the feedback line in the bottom right
showed me that my hand corner of the
audience would prefer magazine. This is quite
the mock with the unconventional which
cover line in the centre. should hopefully appeal
However, I do not think to my target audience as
that it looks good in the this is different and
centre as, again, it would hopefully make
blends in with the the magazine stand out
background too much. from the rest on the
1 2 shelf.
I have added a pull I have made a slight
out quote beneath movement of the
the cover line to masthead into the
entice the audience in centre. Its not an obvious
reading the article. I movement but the
used the word masthead wasn’t in the
‘Alternative’ in the centre and I wanted it to
pull out to make it be.
clear to the audience
that it is a alternative
genre magazine.
3 4

4. I have added the first I added the second plug,
plug in a white font as however, I swapped the
it links in with the plugs over as I thought
background and also the Brits was more
stands out against the important than the other
model’s dark hair. plug and the audience
would be more interested
in reading this article. I
also made the font for
‘SUMMER FESTIVES’
larger as I didn’t feel it
1 2 stood out before.
I swapped the plugs
I have moved the plugs
around again. I changed
the font of ‘SUMMER
up to be closer to the
FESTIVES’ back to the masthead as I thought
original size as it looked this looked better and it
better in a smaller font would allow me to keep
with the other plug. I both plugs white as this
changed the colour of meant that most of the
the Brits because it font wouldn’t cover the
became hard to read as models face. This makes
the face of the model is it easier to read the
very fair making the second plug.
white font blend in with
3 her skin. 4

5. 1 2
I have swapped the plugs around again because I added the date and the price of the magazine
the first plug (Brits) I think would be more beneath the masthead on the right and left side
appealing to my target audience. I have also of the magazine. This is the conventional place to
made the textbox for the second plug smaller on find the date and price, so if my audience
the small description below so it is mostly on the wanted to find out the price of the magazine
models hair making it easy to read the text. they wouldn’t have to look hard for it.

6. This is my final Front Cover
I moved the date and I have brought in the
price of the magazine image so there will be
closer to the edge a bold white outline.
because they were Tis will give it a
too close to the unique look appealing
centre and too far to my target
away from the edge audience.
of the main image.
I moved the plugs
closer to the edge
of the min image I moved the cover
because they were line more off the face
to close to the of the main image.
centre and too far This makes the image
from the edge. stand out more.
I moved the pull
I moved the bar code quote more to the
more into the corner, centre as it was too
as it looked to close close to the edge of
into the centre. the main image.