Mock Ups of Front Covers

On this mock up I have used a colour scheme mainly of red and black. I used the colour red because it is the same colour which I have used for my masthead. In addition, the colour red is a quite eye-catching colour. It can be seen as negative and be seen as to imply danger and the genre of music which I am doing can be thought as quite negative. I used the colour black because black contrasts well with the bright shade of red. In addition, the colour black is quite modern - as it is often used on magazines. Furthermore the colour black can be seen as quite sophisticated; which is something I aim my magazine to be. I have placed the masthead behind the band to show that the band is more important. I chose a photo where the members give direct eye contact so this can imply that the members are very confident. I have used a kicker to adversative other articles in the issue as well as inform the audience. I don't really like the layout of this mock up because it is quite bland and boring in my opinion.

On this mock up cover I have placed the masthead behind the band to show that "Paramore" are the most important feature in this issuse. I have included the logo of the band repeated behind them and this links into the word "takeover". However you can't really see that word so to improve I should have made that less translucent and bolder. For the kicker I found another logo from their albums and placed it in the corner to make the shape of the kicker. However you can't really see the writing on it, so to improve this I could chose a different style of writing or I could change the kicker. I have used the font which I used for my masthead for the kicker and for the date information. While for my headings I have used a san serif font as that font style is a convention used on magazines. In addition, it is quite modern looking which could make it look more sophisticated. For the word "Paramore" I have used another logo from their albums. This can emphases how important the band will be in this issue.

While on this cover I have placed more subheadings on their, than on any of my other mock up covers. I made the photo go in front of my masthead to emphasise that the singer is most important. However, you can't really see any of the masthead. So to improve I could have chosen a better position to place my photo in or made my masthead look bolder. I included a kicker so it could inform the target audience of other articles in the issuse. I used a basic colour scheme of mainly red and white and hints of black because if I had too many colours on their it could make the cover look other crowded. I used a various of fonts from the same font which I used for my masthead to san serif fonts. I used the same font as I chose for my masthead because it can show that I have used an organised house style. In addition, I chose it because it quite messy looking and negative; and this can be linked into the genre of alternative.