front cover: Image

Final chose for front cover:
 

CROPPED IMAGE FOR THE FRONT COVER.

I have cropped this image to make it a reasonable size for the front cover page, as I wanted a mid-shot for the front cover. As you can see below, this is how I have cropped the image and it worked successfully.

Furthermore, I used the Polygonal Lasso tool on photoshop to crop the brick background out, I've done this because I want a contrasted grey colour for my background as this is my colour scheme. As you can see below this is how it turned out to look once I have cropped the model out of the background and into a grey contrasted background. Also, I cropped a bit of the models hair with the tool 'polygonal lasso' as it was in the way of some of the sky lines.

Also, as you can see in this image the model's eyes are sparkling, this is because I used a flash which made her eyes look all flashy and sparkly. Therefore, to make this image look more professional and presentable I will use the 'Burn tool' and darken the brightness/flashiness of the eyes a little so it doesn't look fake.

Looking at this image on the right, I used the burn tool to make her eyes look natural but not fake. Because the image above shows the eye's as being too bright and 'flashy' I then used the burn tool to make it less bright and flashy and make it look more natural and real.








Original chose for my front cover


The reason why I chose this image to be my front cover in the beginning was that it gave an R&B feel by the model's props and the models facial expression. However, when I tried designing the front cover I should work with this image effectively because; I should of took the picture showing the whole model beanie as the title would of gone behind her. Even though I asked my potential readers what they thought of this image for the front cover and most people said that this image gives a more 'Rihanna' look so it would be good for the magazine front cover. On the other hand it didn't personally work for me. I couldn't apply it properly so, I took more pictures and I took one amazingly right photo of the same model but in different clothes and lipstick so it fitted the colour scheming. Therefore, this picture is not going to be used for my front cover but the one above & I might use it for my dps.

front cover: Props

 

As you can see here my model Samira is wearing leather trousers, this gives out the R&B feel as many music artists wear these types of clothing, like for example; Rihanna, Beyonce, Nicki minaj ect. Also, the top she is wearing goes with the colour scheming of the front cover as the writing is white, similarly the part of the top matches the box that shapes the issue date just below the barcode which is black and the leather trousers as well.

Here the models hair is dyed half orangey-red colour to compliment some of the cover-lines which are red. Also, her hair is black from the top as this is one of the colour schemes I will be going with for my magazine.

The lipstick my model is wearing is purple, I chose this colour as one of my cover line will be purple, this will work effectively as it works with the front cover and creates this 'sexy' look. Also, I made my model smile in my front cover image as I want the whiteness of her teeth to shine through (example of that shown in the image above), as most of the cover-lines are white it matches the colour scheming of the page.
Furthermore, I included some jewellery like the neckless and the earrings, props like these are often used in many music R&B magazines that star a female as the front cover. Also, the earrings are black which go with the cover-lines of the front cover. The colour 'gold' of the neckless and the outlier of the earrings are used because, I wanted to create a sense of royalty, as the colour gold represents royalty and higher status which can further connote that this particular music magazine is of high standards, which will encourage people to be interested in the magazine and draw in more potential audiences.

Overall colour sheme:

Front cover:

The Background colour of the front cover:

As you can see here, there are two different shades of grey, above and to the right . The background colour for the front cover is going to be a contrast of the two shades of grey, it is going to be darker at the top and as you go down the page it gets lighter, this will work very efficiently, as the dark grey colour on the top will work with the sky line which will be the colour white.

Black: Most of the cover-lines in the front cover will be black.
White: Some of the cover-lines in the front cover will be white also, the title will be white. Also, the font colour for the contents page will be in white as it goes well with a dark shade grey for the background.

Contents & DPS: 

In the contents page; white and black will be used as a font colour for the contents and the page numbers beside it. It will be organised so that it is attractive and eye catching. Also for the double page spread as well.

THE OVERALL MAGAZINE COLOUR SCHEME FOR MY MAGAZINE ISSUE

LIGHT GREY, DARK GREY, BLACK AND WHITE.

These are the overall colours I will be using in my magazine, for my front page, double-paged-article and contents page. Also, a bit of red and yellow here and there in the front cover, this is so that the readers get grabbed into the important and eye-catching parts of the front cover whether it be a cover-line or a splash.

Model Profile:

MAIN Character Profile (FRONT COVER, CONTENTS&DPS):

Samira is one of my friends that I have known throughout high school and we have remained friends. I chose Samira to be my model for my main music magazine project because; I know she is reliable and consistent and as she does other coursework subjects. Furthermore, she knows how important this is to me. I have decided to make her ‘star name’ or artist name; ‘Jada Louis’ as this sounds more like an R&B artist star name.

Jada Louis is a female with a passion for pop and r&b music. As a songwriter herself she can appreciate the passion that is put into R&B music, her IPod alone is stocked with hundreds of r&b and rap music. She enjoys listening to a variety of artists such as; Chris brown, Lil Wayne, Eminem, Beyoncé, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Pitbull, Akon, drake, ect.

Also, as she is an African-American teenaged girl, she conforms the stereotype as the huge majority of people who are R&B artists are African-American. Also, to get a youthful, young face will attract the right sort of readers that this magazine is looking for. Furthermore, for the front cover she will have something purple to create this 'sexy' look, this will be for the front cover. Also, she will be wearing chains to create this R&B look / feel.

DPS clothing ideas:

As you can see from this picture; Rhianna a R&B artist is wearing a beanie bat with a gold chain. These props are more likely to be in the front cover or the double paged spread. Therefore, I made this image of the chain, beanie hat and the sporty baggy top for the double page spread as it is more of a R&B look. Also, I'm going to make the model of the double page spread have her hair medium length and strong as shown in this image, this looks nice as the beanie hat goes with the medium hair as you can see in this photograph of Rhianna. 

Plan: Potential DPS layout

ROUGH TEMPLATE OF DPS:

Many music magazines have the image on the double paged article on the left, by having my main image for the double page spread on the left it conforms the principle of a R&B music magazine double page article. Also, I will include a quotation by the character I have created 'Jada Louis', this quotation will include Jada Louis talking about some music related things.

Furthermore, I have the name of the music artist in big so that is the main focus and also, the image as well as Jada Louis will be doing a powerful pose. Similarly, by having the image in a slightly large font, it makes all the readers attention focuses on her, with a pose like she's higher than everyone. Also, I have included a putt-out quote in the near middle of the text on the double-page spread as this is mainly used in many magazines whether it be fashion, lifestyle, music ect, they all include a pull-out quote, because; this attracts the reader in more as it is a direct quote from the music artist 'Jada Louis'. 

Contents title idea:

The reason why I chose the colour 'white’ font for the contents is because, it compliments the title on the left side of the contents page and, I want the front cover's scheme colours to be the same as the contents because, I'm going to add the masthead on the side top corner of the contents page because, the title of the magazine is in white, the 'contents' font colour is also in white to compliment to title on the left. Therefore, by using the same colour scheme in the front cover, contents page and double-page spread it makes sense and goes very well together.