MAKING FRONT COVER #2

 

 

In continuation, the pictures above show the process in which it took to make the magazine title/featuring artists. To begin with, I copied and pasted the preview of the font, which I got from 'Dafont.com', into Photoshop and used the colour select tool to extract the font from the print screen. Then after I got the gold texture above from google images and merged it together  'UNDERGROUND' to creat a text that has a texture with in it. After I created a horizontal textbox and put the additional featuring along the top in a 'spaced out' sytle and made that font navy blue. 

MAKING FRONT COVER #1

The following pictures are a series of printscreens of the making of my front cover.

 

To begin with, this is my back ground and i make it by downloading a variation of paint splatter brushes and placing them symetrically around the page. I chose the background colour scheme to be dark grey contrasting with light grey so that both the splatters blendin well.

Double page spread - Photoshoot

 

The pioctures above were taken in the drama studio and there are a number of visual aspects (mis-en-scene) which were purposely added to suit the target market, genre and corparate identity of the magazine.

 

To begin with, my attempt was to make the double spread completely different to the front cover by making it more personal towards the artsit and what she stands for. Which is why I decided to run with a majority black theme because, although black is associated with evil, death and depressing, it can also stand for classy, straight forward and simple and thats the way i wished to portray the artists image. In addition, the gold chain and 'old school' radio was used to appeal to the target auduence because traditionally, in hip-hop, artist are known for wearing expensive jewellery etc... Also, the sweatshirt that shes wearing is another representation for the hip-hop culture/fashion therfore it'll apeal to the target audience.

 

The first 3 images are a variation of longshots which feature jess doing different poses. Initially my favourite is the first image because shes looking at the radio as a sign of music being important.

 

 The other images are a variation of medium shots, low angle shots and high angle shots however I didnt think they were suitable for a double page spread.

 

 

 

Front Cover analysis #3

This is an analysis of the front cover of Complex Magazine

Optional Photographs

These are are a variety of photographs which have the possibility of being my Front cover.
Clearly, I've used the same model to portray different poses. Each photo is taken in shots between Close-Up, Medium Close-Up and Big Close-Up. This is because those shots are used very frequently on Hip-Hip magazines so that we can see the detail/emotion/expression of the main featured artist.

Also, by making my model do a variety of poses, im able to broaden my horizon when selecting the appropriate caption under the artist name. This also gives me a chance to possible put a comic spin on the front cover by having her funny facsial expression along side a 'play-on word' caption.

Content Page Analysis

This is my analysis of the content page of Vibe Magazine. As well as my other analysis', I've chosen to do Vibe magazine because I'm able to see a goid example of a well structured/proffesional layout to help me achieve my similar targets

Front Page analysis #1 & #2

This is my form of market research. By doing so, I am able to see the types of features that a magazine. of the genre I've chosen, would have. Therefore enabling me to base my structure and content around similar ideas.

The first analysis is of hip-hop magazine called 'The Source' and the second one is from another hip-hop magazine called 'Vibe'