Music Magazine Front Cover Evaluation

By Lucy Clarke

Pictures I Didn’t Use

My Structure

Front Cover Picture

Colour Palette My main colours are purple, pink and white. I also used turquoise as it complimented and stood out against the pink. The turquoise colour made it so the magazine didn’t look too plain and too girly. It is also bright which draws the audience in. the colours should appeal to my target audience as I checked their favourite colours from the people who took part in my questionnaires. My model also wore pink lipstick, which I also enhanced on photo shop to tie in with the colour palette. Her nails are also painted white/silver to compliment the pink tones throughout. I think that the colours work well and compliment each other and I am happy with the colour scheme.

Fonts I’d say I used bold fonts throughout my front cover and they stand out. The header is the biggest font on the cover as it is the most important as this is what the audience tend to look for when reading a magazine. I made the “V” in Vibe Iconic as it is bigger than the other letters. I also used an italic font for the name Ariana just to vary the fonts used, this may be an inkling as to “Ariana's” personality. Then I used a stretched, big and bold font for Esther's name as it was important to feature her as she was the model for my double page spread. It was also important that the audience knew she would be interviewed in the magazine.

End Result (Comparison)

I slightly changed my front cover from the first sketch up as Kayyah is holding the guitar in the plan, but I used Esther to look like Taylor Swift as she is notorious for having a guitar and singing with it. I used Kayyah as a model to represent a celebrity like Rhianna. Rhianna is a singer of a pop genre who isn’t notorious for acoustic songs but with songs with a beat. I thought it would give Esther's character personality and because she is holding a guitar, the reader can see that the magazine is more music based instead of reality magazine based. I also added more plugs into the magazine and fonts. I kept to the colour scheme and layout . The colour scheme signifies my target audience as they would be their colour preferences and colours we would associate with youth. However because of the use of only two images, it keeps it simple and sophisticated. I also used a slogan to give the magazine more detail.