Analysis: Front Cover

Last year, one of my biggest points of improvement was my front cover. I didn't follow enough conventions and it ended up looking more like a contents page than the cover of a magazine. This year, in an attempt to really straighten my work out and keep myself on task, I've analysed four front covers in closer detail to remind myself of what I need to do.

Analysis: Double Page Spread

I've analysed four examples of double page spreads of music magazines in order to fully understand what they are inclusive of regarding themes and content. Here's all the analysis I did.

 

Film Music Genre Research

Genre Moodboard

I've chosen film music as the genre for my music magazine, so, to begin with, I've done some research and used Pinterest to put together a collection of pictures that I feel sum up my genre in as little words as possible.

School Magazine: Cover

School Magazine: Contents Page

School Magazine: Photography

Here's a collection of all the photos I took for my front cover and contents page, along with all the reasons as to why I did and didn't crop and use them.

Here are the photos I will be using for my cover page and contents page.