Magazine Front Cover Progression

This is my first unfinalised attempt at making my music magazine cover, I like the layout of the text and the fonts used, however I have decided I dont like the picture I have used so when I next edit it, I will change the image as I think it is to dark and looks unproffesional. Also I an thinking of changing the name as I think it will look better and sound better as 'OVERTONE' as it flows more.

This coverline is bigger and bolder to the others to stand out, as it is the story which relates to the person on the cover as she is in the band called 'The Red Stripes'. I have also put it on a slant so you notice it first aswell as using different colours compared to the other coverlines.

I have put this 'speech/editiors box my cover as I saw something similar on one of my magazine covers I was studying and thought it looked professional and feels like its getting the reader involved as its asking a rhetorical question.

As you can see I have changed the image to a clearer, sleeker and one with a plain background as it is what I originally wanted to have and relates to my Covers I have been looking at and got inspiration from, also I think it looks more professional and modern. I used photoshop to put my masthead behind my image, this makes it look much more professional and realistic. My model used is wearing more better and fashionable clothes which will attract the females in my target audience as they will like what she is wearing. I have also changed the Masthead name to Overtone, as I think it looks better as wells as flows more when saying it. I have placed the main cover line over the top of the model as it I want it to clearly show that the cover line is related to the image. I have also changed the name of the name of the band to The Rebels because i think it sounds better as well as relates to young adults more as they like to think of themselves as being slightly rebellious.

I have started to add more cover lines, which relate to my genre, chosen target audience and social group...'UP COMING GIGS AND FESTIVALS' relates to my chosen target audience and social group as they are the main audience which go to festivals and gigs, so they will want to know which gigs and festivals are coming up as well as the dates and line up.

I have re-added the speech/editors box, but I have unboxed it and just added black partition lines underneath every cover line to separate and breakdown the cover lines and cover. I also added the barcode in the conventional place, the bottom right corner so it is clear and easy to see however not in the way or takes away any focus from the image or cover lines. More cover lines have been added which shows more of the featured stories inside, which will interest my target audience as they are articles which are related to the genre of the magazine and feature big artists and social events.

Here is the Final and completed magazine cover, I have left no large white space, so the cover doesn't look blank and unfinished. I have added more instresting Cover lines to attract my target audience, such as 'win tickets to reading festival!' which in my research interveiw one questions was `What do you look for when you look/buy a music magazine?' and an answer was ' I look for intresting articles and interveiws about bands and artist like, I also like it if there is a chance to win something, such as a festival ticket'. So I have listened and used my reasearch to come up with coverlines which will attract my target audience and my target audience will be interested in. I have a blue, white, red and black colour scheme, which I found out were good colours to use when I did my interveiw with people who are with in my target audience. I also chose these colours as they are suitable for both males and females and look modern and professional.