Photoshoot for magazine cover

Within this blog post, I will include the photos I used for my front cover and a brief explanation for my choices. The photos I included were:

Puff: This is the puff I used for my magazine. It looks fairly simplistic however this was the aim as I didn't want it to outshine the other features of my magazine. The shape itself is actually a base drum with added text inside. I chose this shape as it relates closely with my chosen genre and looks good when included on the magazine front cover. The red text is both clear and eyecatching which is effective as the information it includes is fairly important to the reader.

A picture of me: This is a picture of myself which is actually the exclusive singer (EDGE) on the front of the magazine. I am wearing very casual clothing with a beanie hat so that I look as if I fit the genre. Of course there are some magazines in my chosen genre that use costumes which are very unique although I wanted to follow the conventions closely. Behind me is an electric guitar. I chose to include this as I wanted to give my self an edge (pardon the punn) and look unique. Finally, I am looking above and 'through' the camera. Here I wanted to chalenge the conventional direct mode of address as I think the reader will want to find out what it is I am looking at. (This image was taken with a tripod therfore my composition skills were used in this shoot).

Barcode: This is the usual and required barcode for a magazine. There isn't much to say about this image on my magazine although it is included and is located at the bottom right of the page.

AXEL title: This is the title for my music magazine. I won't go into too much detail about the meaning and it's connotations as I explained these in a previous post. The design in my opinion is very unique as it looks like metal which has been scratched and scuffed while maintaining a shiny effect. The edges are very straight which makes it look sharp and bold, and it is all capitalized so that it 'pops' out of the page and catches the readers attention. As you will see at the tip of the letter 'L', there is a skeleton sitting on the edge. This signifies the genre but also the purpose of the genre. The position of the skeleton is very relaxed and looks almost as if he is in a thinking process. This is what I want my magazine to evoke as I want people to escape from their everyday lives and just think about the things which are happening in the music industry today. Although some readers will not think about this connotation, they will be affected by it as it is included in the most important part on the magazine which they are more than likely to see first.