- My cover includes sufficient information about the content of my magazine as it includes four features, including my main cover line, as well as two monthly regulars. However, I think that the overall style of the cover is slightly less edgy that my intended music genre. The magazine aims to cover the whole Indie genre including Indie rock. I feel like the cover radiates more of an indie pop/ indie acoustic feel.
2. Can you read the cover lines easily and clearly?
- All cover lines are easily visible, yet the readability of "Peace" and "Crystal fighters" is slightly obscured by the dark area of the background.
3. Are the cover lines obscuring the photograph/ going over the artists face?
- All cover lines are to the left of my artist and do not cover or obscure any parts of her face.
4. Does the choice of font work?
- Both the font choice and size look appropriate, and seem to compliment my disposable feel photograph. I do however feel that the font could be made more edgy in order to help me represent better the harder side of the indie genre.
5. Is the background too light/ too dark?
- Areas where text is unreadable due to the dark background can be improved by altering text colour rather than that of the picture brightness. I think the current saturation of the photo gives the intended fresh feel. I could experiment with darkness however to see if this adds a harder hitting picture.
6. Is the masthead prominent and easily readable?
- I think the size and font of the masthead aid it's readability. The colour is also appropriate on the background and does not hinder the visibility. It also helps in making the cover more edgy.
7. Is there a bar-code (with numbers underneath), date, price, and if appropriate issue number?
- There is a bar-code and price present in the right hand corner of the cover, both if which do not direct attention away from the picture or cover lines. There is also a date in the top left corner about the masthead to make it easily identifiable perhaps to a collector. The date is also around the time the magazine would be 'published'. There is no issue number, something which I could add to show that my magazine is already established and highbrow.
8. Is it appropriate to the intended target audience?
- The four main interests of my target audience are: Music, fashion, theatre and art. I feel there is a strong representation of these present in my cover. By using prominent make-up on my model, this is a big focus of the cover, complimented by her current floral/vintage clothing. These both adhere to the art and fashion interests of my audience. I have also used a location setting in the photograph in which my models look is fitting. These combine to make a continued disposable, arty themed product. I have also bee precise in my use of colour match, where both the masthead font and lipstick of my model are the same. This not only connects her to the magazine, but looks visually artistic. I have also included band names on my cover, as well as stated the music genre in my tagline which should satisfy the musical interest of my target audience.
9. Does it look like a music magazine front cover?
- I feel the main flaw of my cover is that the content of the text adheres to being a music magazine, yet the main image could in fact be on a fashion magazine. This is helpful as my audience's main interest is fashion, yet I think this it can override the music genre. I therefore aim to add more music magazine conventions, perhaps by adding block boxes behind some elements of text to make the music subject more prominent, as well as make the overall cover more edgy. I could also add a header in the upper third of the page where I will put my tagline to make this the initial focus.
10. Have you realised your design intentions?
- The cover looks as I initially intended. I think i can now develop it further by adding more layering to the picture as I feel the text can be seen to merge into the background somewhat, which poses less focus on the music magazine element. I think I will keep the basic structure and positioning, and build on this.
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