MOCK UP OF FRONT COVER

This is the mock up of my final exam piece. I have used original photography in which i took myself. I wanted my models to look 'school girl' attitude, fitting in with the 'house' style of indie. I wanted them to have dark make-up representing a rebel look, and i wanted their body language to represent this. I feel that being up against a wall looking as if you 'dont care' portrayed this well for a band called THE PRETTY SUICIDES. I wanted my masthead to be at the top 'UNDERGROUND' to portray that this magazine is an indie magazine, and by the name of the magazine you can tell this because this is where indie music started. I then decided to put the band name 'The pretty suicides' underneath the masthead to show who this magazine is mainly about. The font i used was a girly font, and in red to stick to the theme of red yet the style of the font looks like a student has written it. Giving my magazine that 'edge.' I kept this font throughout the front of my magazine in the pug 'free poster of the pretty suicides inside.'

To improve on this mock up, i would definitly photoshop the main image, giving it a 'edgier' look, maybe photoshopping the image to make the front cover as a whole looking like a cracked mirror, again portraying that these two teenagers are 'wannabe' indie chicks. I would also take out the white background in my text boxes and maybe use a different style font for the 'EXCLUSIVES.' In my final i am also goind to add a few more pictures onto the front cover too back up my cover lines.