The document discusses the design process for the front cover of an indie/rock magazine. Key elements include: - Choosing a black, white and grey color scheme to create contrast and make the magazine stand out. - Selecting a bold masthead and unique puffs in varying styles both horizontally and vertically to attract attention. - Using an image of a musician playing guitar as the main cover photo to represent the genre and target young adult audience. - Arranging the elements like puffs, photo and masthead to create a distinctive yet familiar magazine cover layout.

2. Iv chosen to look at very basic colours, the contrast of black and white creates a very symbolic difference which I have seen in many magazines in ways they have used to portray texts. By using these as my base colours throughout the magazine creates a significant blend between black, grey and white so not only the colours blend but the pages then blend together setting the scene of this rock/indie magazine by using contrasting colours for attention.

3. I looked at a number of different fonts for the front of my magazine. They are all in the style of rock and indie and I will be choose the ones that are simple and clear to read but also much be very bold and stylish to create eye catching attention towards the cover of the magazine making it original.

4. Looking at these two potential mastheads they are very similar in what they achieve, boldness, and the theme of magazine and its genre blend perfectly with their style. But I’ve decided to use the first one. The first masthead is a clear masthead and the letters all being in capitals makes a much bolder and symbolic statement, I also love the effect each letter has with a shadow of ‘paint splatter’ giving the masthead a simple but stylish look.

5. These are my final chosen puff’s for the magazine. They are all unique and different from each other they all demonstrate different effects for the different puff’s being shown on the front cover which is the effect I wanted them to give.

7. These were my final chosen images for the magazine. I edited each image to minimum of deciding which one I wanted for the front cover. I decided to choose number two. By using the second image the boy in the picture if facing full view of the magazine and has the right composition of showing an instrument and his front body and face to the reader, unlike the others which are either to the side or looking in another direction. By having one single person in the picture and enlarging him creates a larger much more bolder effective statement to the front cover and I feel draws much more attention it also advertises the themed cover story of the magazine of the band ‘chemical wake’. This image with future editing and cutting around the image will create a very symbolic effect for the front cover of the magazine.

8. These are my mock up’s for my front cover I have chosen the second one as I feel its less crowded and makes a bolder statement.MASTHEADMASTHEADDate +priceDate +pricePuff with imageMain imagepuffMain imagepufftitletitleimagepuffpuffimageimagepuffpuffpuffimagepuffimageimagePuff with imagebarcodebarcode

9. This is my final front cover of the magazine. I used the picture and the same puff's for the front cover. I also used the pictures I didn’t use for the front cover as the images that show what’s inside the rest of the ‘chemical wake’ exclusive interview which will draw in the target audience. By editing the image by cutting around the person and making a blurred grey and white background makes the masthead stand out and by bringing the image forward in front of the masthead creates a 3d effect which most magazine do, so I have followed this trend. I presented the puff’s in a variety of different ways, horizontally and vertically, the effect of variation creates a unique image to the magazine and much more interesting effect. The date and price are in white a different colour from the rest of the puff’s and masthead this is to draw attention to the date of the issue and the price making them separate from the magazine but also demonstrating the cheap price and showing the date issue, which is very important as well.

10. Through creating my front cover, I decided that I wanted my front cover to be very unique to other front covers but also by following the similar trends to attract the general target audience. By making my front cover completely black, grey and white I wanted to create a contrasting symbolic effect which turned out the way I had planned it makes the magazine stand out from other brands which are usually congealed with colours, by making mine in a black and white setting separates my magazine from the rest. The magazine front cover continues with the target audience I planned, indie and rock, I feel the image I chose fully portrays this by using a picture of a young adult singing and playing the guitar immediately indicates that the magazine is not only a music magazine but its also for young adults, making this front cover hit my target audience straight away. The puff’s I also chose and the masthead also create a unique effect to the magazine, by using significantly different styles of puff’s creates a unique style to the magazine and attracts the readers attention, they are very symbolic and bold puff’s which jump off the front cover providing the effect I intended. Over all I’m glad the way my front cover has turned out I feel it created the right impression by hitting the target audience and the puff's and masthead and photo I chose all blended perfectly well. But if I was to do things differently I would maybe have made the background black or darker with white text instead of black to make the contrast of black against white much more effective but overall I think it all went as planned and made the impression intended.