Final Front Cover

Most the writing explaining why i have done this page is the same as the draft as i have not changed much from the draft to the final therefore if you think your reading over the same thing again it is due to the fact it is the same reasons :)

This is my final 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 changed from the blue eye catching background to something plain so the image has the whole affection of emotion which i wanted to create and have on the front cover. The writing on the page i changed from the yellow and black text on the page to red and black; i did this to keep the theme of the magazine overall making it more professional due to it keeping the house theme. Also i corrected the issue of the writing not being able to be able to be read to a easy standard therefore i am very happy with the change in the writing and titles which made the magazine overall better. I changed the 2 titles round 'jay-z and Kanya tour' and put it on the left instead of the right and i put the 'best of 2011 t.i' on the right as i believed it made it look overall much better and fitted in with the whole layout of the magazine. I inserted the bar code on the bottom right and made it a normal bar code as i thought the bar code on the draft took up to much room and was not valid to be on the magazine cover that big. I also filled the bottom right corner with more information as it was quite empty in that section and you don't see many magazines which have left space therefore i filled it to make it look more more professional. Finally i believed there was not enough key information titles on the right side of the magazine therefore i put some key artist names which again would make the magazine look more effective and overall draw the audience in as more famous artists involved in the magazine.

Overall I'm a very happy with my final front cover; it is effective and very professionally done. It was done to a high standard and reflex a professional magazine look. :)