Drafting and Planning: Front Cover

This is my new front cover with my improvements made on it. I am happy with this front cover and I prefer it to my original piece. Like my double page spread I only had to make a few changes to my front cover. The biggest change I made was pulling Jake up so he is closer to the masthead. This makes Jake dominate the front cover letting my target audience know that Jake is the main story of LGM this week. I also made the fonts the same size and used a vary of fonts to stick to the codes and conventions of a music magazine. When I last made my front I made the basic error of not including cover lines which were on my contents page. This time I took my time and included all the stories on my contents page in my cover lines. I also used all my made up music stars as cover lines, but also included Katy Perry to help pull in more target audience who are not all into indie music which is what NME do. I also included a pug to help pull in my target audience as they will be desperate to win Jake's signed album. I really like the image I used of Jake and decided to use a mid shot. The reason I did this was so you could clearly see that Jake has his hand in his pockets therefore portraying attitude and showing the audience that Jake does not really care about music anymore and that is why he is giving it up. I also included a date line, price, bar code, issue number, and the name of the people who produce the magazine. I also included the logo of LGM. As this interview is so big I have also included a 'Limited Edition' gold sticker so my target audience will be pulled in as they will want such a big issues. I also changed my masthead so it is more dominant and bolder. This will really help me pull in my target audience as it will make my left third visible. Finally I kept my colour scheme simply and based it on Q and NME's magazine by just using red, white and black. I put Jake's story in red and the other cover lines in black to once again show my target audience that the main story of this weeks issue is Jake's interview.