Finished Front Cover for my Music Magazine

This is the end product for my Front Cover and overall I am very happy with how it looks. Through the production of this Front Cover I researched many magazine to help me figure out what I needed to make it appeal to my audience.

The title I went for was 'Unsigned' because I believe most of the amazing music these days is not heard of and a lot of unsigned bands or singers aren't getting the breakthrough they deserve. For the title I went for a white title on black background to make it stand out and also to catch the audiences eye. The font I used for the title was Chiller, I decided to use this font because I believe it looks very modern and also it looks like a kind of font which suit the audience of magazine. The magazines I researched didn't really have the same effect I used for my title and I like this because it is unique and makes it different to other magazines. I used a few different fonts on my front cover because I didn't want to use the same old boring font which wouldn't be effective at all for the readers. On the left hand side under 'Unsigned Presents' I have used several singers names and used an unusual font I did this because it looks very modern and a lot of magazines these days are using different and unique fonts to add effect to their magazines so I thought I would use this technique for mine. I decided to put the issue date and issue number on the right hand side of the title because it fills up a bit of space instead of leaving it blank. I also changed the positioning of the bar code from my original draft from the right hand side to the left because I had more space there and I also put the price above this in a white coloured font which stands out on the blue background.

The photograph I used is of a young girl. She represents the age group of my magazine as a young age group. For the front cover picture i didn't want to represent her as fully musical with an instrument because I want to represent music as a talent and show that anybody like this girl can be unique with or without a talent. When I researched NME magazine I saw that the photo's they use on their front cover always overlap the title so I wanted to use this effect as I think it has a big impact, so I used this technique with my front cover.

The colours I used for my text were white and yellow with background of black and blue. I decided to use these because I think it makes the whole front cover stand out and catches the eye of the readers instantly. I also think the colours give the front cover a modern edge. I believe my magazine is very eye catching and modern which suits the age range I wanted it to.