Front cover plans and layouts

This is my second idea, I decided to alter the bacckground, I used the star as it was featured in an existing magazine, I also thaught it suited the style of the magazine. The text and colour scheme will not change, pink, black, white and grey (explained bellow). However I rejected this plan as it didn't have much structure and I could not find a space for the main background image.
This is my first plan for my music magazine cover. The text for the Mast head will be, white and the font style will be '28 days later' a cracked Goth like font which relates to the genre on magazine. For the text body, I will use a mixture of colors such as, pink, white and grey to give the mag some colour, the text will be in the font style of 'impact' a bold powerful font. I will have 3 images on my cover, two live images of bands and an image of a local band, all of which feature within the magazine. The colver will follow a strict colour scheme of pink, grey, black and white. This will also be the main colour scheme for the contentce and double page spread.

Masthead designs

I will adjust the colour of the text depending on the colour scheme of my magazine cover.

I think the CRACKED font is the best as it symbolizes loud dangerous music. I think the font suited my style of magazine as i am aiming to achieve a rock themed mag.

I choose the name of my magazine by looking through 'technical' terms related to music. I found a couple of terms which I likes such as 'Eco' and 'Voce', I felt that Tune suited the style of music the best.

My Music magazine photos

This pic is too dark, however I could use Photoshop to lighten it.

This photo also shows the band The Dead String Brothers. I like the worms-eye view angle of this shot as dominates the guitarist over the viewers giving him power. I also like the contrast and depth of Field between the guitarist, the singer and the drummer.

A picture taken at Tingewick Hall 2009, the picture here shows the lead singer of the band Two Fingers Of Fire Water. The composition is accurate however I could lighten and rotate the image to make it suitable of my cover.

This is a picture of Richard Ashcroft playing at Stowe School 2009, I like the colours used here as the blue shines down on Richard illuminating him from the backdrop. I will crop the left of the image as this is disrupting the balance of the image.

This is a picture of the lead singer (Joel Pott) from the band Athlete, Again the lighting here is very vibrant which makes the picture stand out from the background, however it is unclear who the singer is and from what band.

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Relevant Information about written content for our covers

Anticipated Albums

Vampire Weekend-Contra, 12/1/09

Editors-In this light and on this evening, 19/1/10

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club-Beat the devil's Tattoo, 9/3/10

Linkin Park, 2010

Metro Station, 2010

Panic! At The Disco, 2010

(NME music awards take place in London in February 2010).

Rage Against The Machine, Number 1 Christmas single.

All Time Low, Young Guns, The Blackout and My Passion feature on the Kerrang! and Relentless energy Tour, 2010.