Here is a CD Cover i designed for my front cover. I utilised the filters within Photoshop to create this and i purposely designed it so that it fitted the style of the band and magazine.

Genre Influences

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Readership Profile

In order to collect this information i conducted a focus group. Within this group i gained a greater understanding of what my target audience would want from a music magazine as i confronted people who would fit the stereotype of my genre.

For the contents page i again heavily used the black and white style however, i incorporated coloured images into the design to see what effect they had. As a finished page i am disappointed with the outcome and this is mainly due the empty white space that i have left. Also, in future work, if i am going to have black and white as the majority then it appears best to just maintain the black and white as small inclusions of colour does not work well. Furthermore, i will need to consider my background choice for the contents page. Although this design is not completely ineffective, the nature of my music genre will expect a far more grown up, photograph based approach that relates to the theme of the magazine.

For this practice magazine, i used Photoshop to create my cover. I decided this would be a useful time to explore the features within Photoshop and become familiar with the tools and features that are available within the program. I began by selecting my conventional mid-shot image. Once i had done this, i used the image modification tools such as contrast and saturation. Resultantly, i ended up with a black and white image and really liked the effect this had as it gives the image an added attitude and mood. Due to the black and white appearance i decided to maintain this throughout the design, hence the use of black and white text. Overall, i was reasonably pleased with this design however, in future productions i will hope to incorporate colour into the design as this is a more visually appealing choice and is also the route in which other existing magazines follow and more importantly successful magazines follow.

Photograph Analysis

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Photograph Analysis

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Magazine conventions

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Magazine conventions

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