Main Task- Cover Draft 1.

This is my final front cover. I found it quite difficult to get it all together and look professional but I overcame this by having quite a organised formal layout. I decided to use quite a relaxed font and change it for each section so it was clear which part was the masthead and it seperated it from everything else. By having quite a large section without text in the middle it makes the image a lot easier to focus on and this is what my research for my Preliminary task said was necessary. The only thing I would consider changing is dressing my model in red clothing so the colour scheme is more fluent throughout but due to the weather this was not possible.

Feedback:

'The red stands out too much against the background'

'I feel that the name should be spread across the top of the magazine rather than in a box to the left. The sell lines should be scattered around the front page and not clumped together in one box. The photo is a really good however though it may of suited the double page spread more and I love the name, tag line, the font style, the background behind the writing looks cool and makes the writing stand out a lot more.'

This feedback is very helpful because it shows me what people think of my front cover. I did try the masthead across the top but I personally did not like this as it looked quite messy and whilst making my cover I was looking at current magazine's and I liked the idea of layers. If the sell lines were not in the box on the bottom they would of looked messy in my eyes and the red needed to be that bright to show against the background. I also decided to use quite a complex idea for my front cover because the normal close up's are quite often used on the front and this is my USP. I also looked at the Slash interview in the Observer and really liked the idea of having a studio shot for my double page spread.

'Nice use of the title and the font, it mixes well with the whole theme for the front cover of the magazine. I like the way the whole front is a big picture, captures your eyes and with the several positions of the person creates depth and a nice twist. Good use of the small notes about what you can see in the magazine, precise and you know what you are going to read about. Yet the colours you use for the top banner with the artists needs to be another colour, or the banner another colour as reading it is fairly hard. And the red font for the 'Inside' part doesnt follow the theme for the rest of the front cover, looks just placed there with little thought. Also maybe have the white boxes slightly darker. Apart from that, i like the way it is set out and you get a good feel for what you may read; few minor changes and thats it'

This feedback has been the most useful for me as I can now see clearly exactly what needs to be changed. I will play around with the colours and layout of boxes slightly and try to improve the bits that need to be done. I may also have a rounded edge to the boxes so it doesn't look as harsh though I am not sure yet. I will also have to consider getting rid of the red text and changing it to black because the red looking out of place has been mentioned more than once and even though this was in my research, it may need to be changed. Additionally, I need to add a price to the cover as I have not yet done this.