First Draft Comparison



This is a comparison between my first draft and an actual magazine.
My magazine has dark colours, which is similar to the NME magazine because this best fits the genre it is trying to show - Indie/Rock, which can't be colourful. This makes the front cover quite simple with basic information of what to expect inside and one image to show an artist that is featured in this months issue.
Both magazines have the image of the artist in the centre of the cover. I did this because every music magazine I looked at when researching music magazines, focused on the artist on the front to attract their audience.
The barcode on both magazines is placed at the bottom of the page at either side because this isn't of any use to the reader so they don't want it to be placed near anything that could determine whether someone buys the magazine.
I liked the white text because it stands out when placed on top of a dark colour background and by using a maximum of three colours the cover isn't as bright and bold as a typical Pop genre magazine.
In my final piece, I would like to use the artists head to cover part of the title because I have seen other music magazines do this and it makes the magazine look professional because it shows that regular readers don't need the entire title to be on show as they are familiar with the general house style so would be able to find it easily among other magazines when place upon a news stand.