This is my draft front cover. I wanted to make it as effective as i could and also i wanted it to look professional overall. I started by inserting the logo i made at the top of the Page; i did this because it has the name of the magazine on it and that's what it commonly on every magazine front cover therefore i thought i should do exactly what they do to avoid confusion. Also we wanted to make sure everyone new what magazine there reading therefore again we put it at the top for that reason. Within the logo there is the issue number we did this to suit the needs for every reader; due to collects to make it easier arrange there collection of magazine etc and made it overall more effective for a wider audience. I made sure the artists name stood out as well so it attracts the audience with his name; i did this as i seen a magazine which had lil wayne on it; it had lil waynes name which stood out and i new they did this for a reason of bringing the target audience over due to his reputation therefore i did this. I wanted to fill the page up with information therefore i put that little'tag' which lend on to the title; it was effective due to how it was a different story within the magazine it still was joint onto the main picture which i loved. This made it look more professional in my view. I new in most magazine there gave free gifts away and this attracts some customers to buy it due to the gift; this made me want to include this on my front cover. I wanted it to be different and made it in a diamond shape this allowed the audience to be attracted to look at it and if they are in mix emotions to buy it this could be the winner point which makes them buy it; i also did not put what the gift was as it was the whole surprise of the magazine therefore making them want to buy it to see what the whole surprise is. Under the title 'Grim' i made it have 'exclusive' this again attracts them to it as no other magazine will have this interview in; i wanted to use a powerful but effective word therefore i used 'exclusive'. I love the picture of 'Grim' on this as it made the whole magazine look so much different to how a normal hip-hop magazine is done; the way he has a lot of emotion in this shows that he is not the whole 'hard' man which he makes out and shows a side to him which the target audience are not use to seeing. This was key to my whole magazine as you don't normally get a hip-hop artist being emotion therefore i wanted to bu unique and stand out from any other hip-hop magazine. The background i put as blue as i thought it could stand out and catch the eye of the audience; but when i reviewed it i did not like the background as i thought it did not give the full effective of the picture which i wanted. The writing on the page was yellow (for the main title/text/numbers) and black (for the information) i wanted this again to stand out; but again when i reviewed it i did not like these colours at all due to they were hard to read on the background and over the picture which i could not have on the front page as i needed to to be the most effective page, no faults would be accepted on this page. I had key titles with key artists 'jat-z and Kanya tour' on the right of the page and i had 'best of 2011 t.i behind bars';i loved the titles of these as there effective and straight down to the point; the only issue i did not like was the placement which they were therefore when i make the final i will change them around to make it more effective overall. As you see the bar code is on the bottom right which i made myself it also had the logo on the magazine in; when i reflected back on this i did not like it as it should just be as simple as possible due to that has no relevant to the magazine information therefore when i make the final 1 i will keep it simple.
Overall I'm very happy with the draft made for my front cover. I know what i did wrong and i new what i liked about therefore i know what my final changes would be. I did this to a high standard and am very happy with what i produced.
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