Music magazine image

Here is the photo I took to go on the front cover on my magazine. Obviously I didn't want the bckground and only wanted the person to go to my cover so I put it in word and removed the background. 

After removing most of the background I still had to put it into photoshop and sharpen it up with a few filters and colour/brightness adjustments. 

Here is my finished image to go on my cover for my music magazine. 

Final music magazine cover

Here is the final article of my music magazine front cover. All the elements are still the same to my previous upload of y cover, yet I have added a picture now and sorte out my layout.

I put in my picture and wanted it to cover some of the masthead as it does so i had to make both the masthead and image bigger. Which is why I decided to move the bar code from the top right to the bottom right as I needed abit more room for my masthead yet the barcode is still effective where it is positioned at the moment. 

I decided to add all my straplines down the right side of my page as the colours mix well with the gradient of the light blue compared to the dark blue which allows the image to stand out and catch the audiences attention. I had to resize most of the text as boxes to make them all fit effectively and within the allocated space without them looked crammed and loosing effect.

Magazine double page spread

Here is an example of a double page spread. It is an interview of Lady Gaga. Her picture is on the left hand side and the interview is on the right side ontop of the large stand out red letter "L" which probably stands for lady. 

Here is another example of a double page spread. Again the picture is on the left side and on the right is the details. This is also an interview with some harsh/abusive words used which have been blocked with stars so none of the audience is offended or isn't seen by little children. 

Both pages are very much so alike yet this one doesn't have a letter in the background of the text or anything that will automatically catch the audiences eye.  

Music magazine contents research

Here is an example of 2 very different contents pages. As you can see the one below is a very sexual and seductive page which would most likely be aimed at males whereas the one below is a more mysterious page probably targeted towards both genders. 

Similarly the word "contents" has been broken down into 3 words almost in a picture itself. And is weirdly in the top right of the page whereas we are used to reading from left to right. 

Both pages have a sub heading of "features" which is what will be the main points within the magazine. Both pages have a dominant picture on the page which will automatically draw the attention of the reader. 

Music magazine cover

Here is almost my finished front cover of my music magazine entitled "billboard". I used several straplines of celebrities that are well know musicians that the audience can relate to. I got this idea from the research i have been doing. I put a barcode up in the corner next to my masthead as I have seen it here during my research and thought it was most appropriate to put it here next to my masthead. I have also included freebies which in this case is wireless tickets. I have seen this type of advertisement on several magazine covers not just music magazines as this is a potential plus point for the organisation to target potential buyers and lure them in.