This is my draft of my Front Cover, this includes an image from my photoshoot and a masthead which I created. I used InDesign to create this front cover.

Peer Feedback: Amie Foulds, I made sure Amie researched the Rap genre of music magazine so that she knew all of the conventions. She looked at magazines containing modern and old-school popular rappers so that she could see the variety of Rap conventions.

What Genre Of Music Is The Magazine Featuring? 

” I think that the genre of this magazine front cover is Rap. I know this as it is a conventional Rap front cover.”

Describe The Front Cover Star- Their Star Image?

” The star looks powerful and confident, however seems to have a calm persona. But I feel that he could be made to look more aggressive and arrogant using other props.”

Are There Areas Where The Integration And Copy Is Distracting?

” You could stick to one font as it can be distracting, also you could make your main coverline more visible by enlarging the text and changing the font colour.”

What Aspects Do You Consider Conventional And Unconventional?

“The costume and accessories used portray accurately your chosen genre. You could put a boarder around the edges as that is conventional for a music magazine front cover. Also you could add more plugs and make them exciting.”

Summery: 

I think that the feedback I received was positive, yet there is room for lots of improvements to better my front cover for next time. The things I will focus on improving will be:

• More Exciting Masthead
• More plugs, that look exciting.
• Make the fonts all the same so that they are legible and look nice.
• Make the main cover line more visible as its an important part of the front cover.