My Front Cover Evaluation

Ø  My magazine is called College Of Rock, I chose this idea as I felt there was a gap in the market of college magazines that music/rock related, it will be issued monthly and will cost £2 per issue, an affordable price for teenagers to pay.

Ø  The colour scheme is a dark black with white/grey text, similar to rock which is quite dark yet with a bright/vibrant side. I chose this colour scheme because it matched the models guitar used which was black and white

Ø  The quality of the cover photograph is very good as it was done at home using an expensive £4,000 canon camera which I borrowed from my stepdad who is a professional freelance photographer, it was stretched and moved lots of times yet the quality still remained the same as the original photograph

Ø  The lighting was positioned to make sure the face and the facial expression was the most visible, yet you can still see clearly his clothes and guitar.

Ø  The model in the photo is wearing a hooded check shirt along with black jeans (which you can’t see in the photo, this is typical rock attire, yet if I was to redo the photo I would probably have him wearing some kind of rock band t-shirt.

Ø  For the hair and make up, no make u­p was used, his hair is medium length and is spiked in a Mohican style, and rockers either have Mohican short/medium hair or really long hair, so this stays in the typical conventions of a rocker.

Ø  The facial expression of the model is a stern one, with his lips apart slightly and his head tilted to the left a bit, he is staring right at the camera so it looks as a reader that he is directly looking at you.

Ø  The masthead font used was Orator Std, as it was simple but very effective and stands out. The font size was 400pt (Photoshop). The colour of the mast head is white with lots of graphic effects to make it look more like a grey colour. I positioned the title so it was at a slight angle so looked better than just straight which most magazines use.

Ø  For the Cover lines I also used Orator Std, the colour was white again with a similar amount of graphic effects as the masthead but not as many, so it looks slightly different. The size used is 174.99 pt (Photoshop). They were arranged around and on the photo but none covered the face, they were spread out so they didn’t looked crammed in and all in one place on the cover, leaving lots of free space which looks unprofessional.

Ø  The graphic effects I used were drop shadow, inner shadow, outer glow, inner glow, bevel and emboss and satin. These all made the magazine stand out and catch the potential buyers on eye on the shelf, so they are more likely to buy the magazine.