IMPROVED DRAFT - FRONT COVER

Here is my improved draft for my music magazine cover for 'UNDERGROUND' magazine. I have decided to put the masthead at the top of the page, right the way across the top of the page to portray to the reader and potential buyers that this is what our magazine is called. I then chose this is my main picture because i think that having one of the models in the band 'The Pretty Suicides' in the foreground of the picture looks different to any other magazine out there. Having a model in the foreground also gives the impression of 'we dont care' and gives off that attitude look which is my intention. I have chosen the bnd name to go underneath the picture to show whothey are, the fot style is contrasting to the picture. I have also decided to include the best selling albums of the month on the front cover to show what the magazine has to offer, in this case its all the new gossip and all the latet infomation. I have also included a band at the bottom of the magazine showing that the magazine i giving away free posters, enticing the audience in. I have also included a 'star' showing that you can win tickets to see 'The Pretty Suicides' but not giving away how you can win, again, enticing the audience in to find out more inside the magazine. I have also included a barcode which is essential on a magazine, i have put in on the side of the magazine in the middle to be original and not follow the typical conventions od a magazine.

If I could improve this magazine frot cover then I would make it look more creative and i would try to add more onto the magazine. I am also going to photoshop the pictures, putting the left model in the foreground and the other model holding the masthead, over lapping it. The masthead is also going to be a lot bigger, showing what my magazine is. I am also going to have a caption going across the main picture like 'indie girls hit the mainstream' to catch the audiences eye showing them that these artists are really becoming something and that the magazine has all the latest gossip.