Finished Main Magazine Cover

This is my main magazine font cover. It is pretty much all the same as the last post, but i have changed the masthead as i think this one stands out a lot better and I've added the main sell-line.. Also i have moved the price down to the bottom with the bar-code and have added a website address under the masthead. These are only small as they aren't very important.

Main Magazine Front Cover with Main Image and No Main Sell Line

This is my main magazine front cover. it its the same as the last post which didn't have the main image in it. i have now added the main image and have edited the main image so that it is black and white and only certain parts of it are in colour. This means it isn's to bright and fits with the colours of the the rest of the magazine cover.

Magazine Front Cover With No Main Image and Main Sell-Line

This is my Main magazine front cover without the main image and main sell-line. in this there is the masthead at the top of the page, which was in my last post, above this is some of the bands that are included in the magazine. On the left hand side of the page is a poster special to attract the reader and a sell-line for an interview. at the bottom of the page is another sell-line. above this on the right is the barcode and essential info giving the date of release and the issue number, and under the masthead is the price of the magazine. All of the colours on the page are quite dark colours like greys and black. These fit in with the conventions of a rock magazine.

Main Magazine Masthead

This is the masthead for my main magazine. It fits in with the conventions of a rock magazine, especially witht he colour black. Also it looks great on my magazine.

Conventions, producer, target audience of my text

The conventions i plan to keep regarding images are the main image on the front cover which will be of Rou Reynolds who is the singer of Enter Shikari, this will mean that people who are fans of Enter Shikari will be interested to the magazine and will want to read it to see what its about. There will be about 4 or 5 images on the contents page, which will show some of the things that will be in the magazine, this gives the reader more info and may attract them if they attracted. on the first page of the double page spread i'm gonna have a few small sub images to go with the article, one of them will be the image from the front page,  Im also going to have a couple of tour posters on the second page of the double page spread which will be for a tour of the band that the article is about.  My masthead will be a simple font, and will be dark grey with a black outline. The rest of my text will mainly be either black or grey and some reds.. I've chosen these colours as they are dark which fits in with the conventions of a typical rock magazine.

My magazine will be published by Bauer Media, mainly because it produces Kerrang magazine, which is a rock magazine, like mine. My magazine is inspired Kerrang and that is why i have chosen this publisher. Bauer Media Group is a multi national media company headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, which operates in 15 countries worldwide. This means the magazine won't be just in one country. And more people will buy it

The target audience of my magazine is people who like rock music, mainly post-hardcore, metal-core, punk rock and pop punk. Also people who are aged 16 and over as it may have some bad language in it which wouldn't be suitable for younger people. It is also for people who like to go to concerts, as it will have concert dates and locations, also it may be for any people who like to play musical instruments like guitar and drums and people who like to sing. it also may interest people who like free  posters and gifts.

My magazine will be sold in places like WHSmith, and newsagents. Mainly because this is where most magazines are sold and a lot of people go into newsagents quite often so it will be seen by a lot of people. There will also be an online subscription where the magazine is delivered to people’s homes once a week when it comes out. This will mean people who don't want to go to a shop every week to buy the magazine can by it. The magazine will also be advertised in the back of Kerrang magazine which means people who read Kerrang will see it and because my magazine is based on Kerrang, it will attracted moor people.

Photoshoot Planning

For my image, i decided to take a picture of Rou Reynolds, the singer of Enter Shikari. As i was taking a picture of someone from a band, i did not need permission to take the photo as i was going to see them like.
The only props i needed to bring with me was my camera.
As i am taking it at a concert i could not change any of the colours in the image or any of the lighting.
This was a potential problem, but i managed to scrape past it.

The Recce

Because most of my pictures are taken at an enter shikari concert, there were potential health and safety risks as i could have been injured in the crowed.

There was no way this could have been avoided as this was the only way i could get the pictures.

As this photo was taken indoors, the whether and time of day did not effect the outcome of my images.

Because it as a live concert i could not change the background of the image, but the background did not effect my image very much.

I could not change the lighting at the concert, i had to wait for there to be good enough lighting for me to take the picture.

I had no problems with having permission as it was at a concert and i was allowed to take them.

As it was a concert and there was many people around me including the security standing in front of the barrier, i had to be careful not to get any people in the way of the image.

i have thought about the potential problems with the image, like the sharpness and i have a plan b just incase this happens.