The main cover star is Felicity.
Codes and Conventions Analysis
Masthead - The masthead is not my work, NME is an actual magazine. I have just followed the codes and conventions for NME and tried to create a cover page that goes with the ethics of NME.
Photography/Main Cover Star - The photography is original, I took this picture of my friend. The photo shoot was organised and I took the picture in school. The artists and the magazine are symbiotic.
Colour Scheme - The red lipstick was a prop that I used on purpose so that I could base my whole colour scheme on the redness of Felicity's lips.
House Style - The colours compliment each other as the colour scheme is red and black. The main cover star is dressed in black and has red lips which means that the fonts of cover lines and the main star do not clash.
Lighting and Colour/Photo shoot - The picture was taken in school. The lighting wasn't very good as it was artificial and it made my photography not look very professional. However, it does look decent enough for now.
Direct Mode of Address - The main subject is making eye contact with the audience and potential buyer so that a bond/relationship is formed.
Left Third - The masthead is the same size as an original NME masthead that I copied. It leaves the left third to be seen and allows the magazine to be recognized by the customer from other competitors.
Facial expression/Body lang - I purposely placed Felicity in this pose becuase I wanted her to have attitude that can be seen in many bands today. I named her fictional artist RED because of the lips. Her body lang gives off the impression that she is rude and doesn't care which is the usual body lang of young artists.
Puffs - I have included a Puff to entice the audience and try to persuade them to vote for their favourite band. Puffs take forms of exclusives or celebrity articles and I have used it for just that.
Secondary Images - I have added in some secondary images to show the potential customers a preview of some of the exclusive pictures of Arctic Monkeys in concert, This will appeal to Arctic Monkeys fans and encourage them to buy the magazine.
This cover page will be used in the future to help me distinguish between cover pages that look real and ones that look like they were made at home using Paint.net. In the near future, I will go back to this post so that I can get ideas on how to improve my work and how to make it look more real. also I will be able to see how much more realistic my work has become.
This cover page will be used in the future to help me distinguish between cover pages that look real and ones that look like they were made at home using Paint.net. In the near future, I will go back to this post so that I can get ideas on how to improve my work and how to make it look more real. also I will be able to see how much more realistic my work has become.
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