The areas of this magazine that I have used are:
Placing my models' heads in front of the masthead in order to let readers get a clear image of them, without any obstructions.
I used the banners and header/footer showing promotional features, however I did add my own bands and information in them.
I've also used the colour scheme of black, white and red throughout my magazine as I felt this was the best choice for my genre of music magazine.
Areas of my cover that I've developed:
The areas of this magazine that I have developed are:
The banner styles, as I decided to take the block red banners and use the smudge tool to stretch the boxes, making them look like they're wearing away or dripping I felt that this was a good idea as it targets my audience well and adds to the masculinity of my cover.
For my masthead I took a simple font, like that of Kerrang's but it had more of a distorted look, added red background with a drop shadow to add to the layered look of my cover. This ties in well with my colour scheme and genre of music magazine as it still has that alternative rock/metal look to it.
I used a slug line for my title "Crimson Bypass" but I kept it quite small, unlike Kerrang, and used a dymo-style font to, once again, add to the layered look of my cover. I also took used a bar code similar to Kerrang, yet i turned it on its side and, like Kerrang, added a date, issue number and price. I also included, however, a code that can be scanned with a mobile phone, such as a Blackberry, as an opportunity for readers to gain exclusive content. I thought this was a good idea as it appeals to the age range of my target audience.
Areas of my cover that I've challenged:
The amount of models I used for my cover is only two, whereas Kerrang used three, I did this as I wanted to be able to make the image large enough to get a decent percentage of the page filled with my models and with three characters, I wouldn't have been able to make it as large as I wanted to.
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