Front Cover

Planning my Front Cover

For my front cover I had looked at other R&B/Hip-hop magazines during my research. I had listed down the things that i thought all front cover magazine always have;

• Masthead
• Teaser 
• Images 
• Conventions
• Bar code
• Price
• Issue number 
• Other information

Also, I stuck to the house styles conveyed as i wanted my magazine to contain at least 3-4 colours so that all the issues that will be coming will have the same house styles. This idea developed from the Vibe magazine as all their magazine contained the same house styles throughout.

My Language Choice

During my research, the informal and slang use of language was frequently used throughout magazines to address their target audiences. This is usually approached by young people as my questionnaire suggested that they are the most likely group to approach informal and slang language. Therefore, using this convention in my music magazine helped me target my audience.

My Final Masthead 

The name 'Frisky' refers to the verb of being energetic, lively and playful, which all relate to R&B/Hip-hop. This name is not to masculine as it can be related to both sexes. Also, the word itself sounds informal which help target a young audience.

I had used this font as it is bold and eye catching. I had made this more engaging by making the font colour bright red as this will contrast the background . I had chosen this so that it would stand out from the white background, adding a dramatic effect because . My masthead was very similar to other mastheads used in different magazines. One way is that the actual image is placed in front of the masthead. Also, it is bold and large and most importantly, has 1-2 syllables because most R&B/Hip-hop music magazine have very snappy mastheads.

Magazine names

These are few of the names that came to idea when I chosen my genre which is R&B:

• Hustle
• Bumpin
• Grime
• Step-up
• Tunez
• Wave
• Flavour

Rough Front Cover layout

I had a rough on a plain white paper sketched out what i would like to want on my front cover and where codes and conventions should be. For example, I wanted my masthead to be bold and big at the top and my image to be in the centre taking up most of the page.

Before and after Shots of Front Cover

Before

After

The image before edited, is where I placed my model on a plain light background so that it will be easier to edit on photo shop. The position of the image gave my music magazine a sophisticated look in which this idea came up from all the R&B/Hip-hop magazines I had researched and therefore gave me a brief idea on how my final image should look. This is why I transformed my image which know looks like when edited. I had cut out my image in photoshop and placed it on a white background. Also, I had airbrushed my image by using 'surface blur' so my image looks flawless and maculate. The dark and shiny shade of my image is seen to be the main feature of my image on the front cover and also so it stands out, looks engaging and appealing to the males as well as the females.