Evaluation: Forms and Conventions

My music magazine cover is quite unique compared to other magazines on the market at the moment. After researching various magazines I have never come across a magazine that specializes in underground rock. So after knowing this I decided to design one and give this my own unique look compared to other music magazines. My magazine does share some resemblance to other magazines like Metal Hammer and Kerrang! as their magazines are not very slick or stylish because it fits in with the genre of music they are aiming for. I decided to not add any bright colours to the magazine as the underground isn’t seen as a colourful place but seen as a gritty place. My music magazines layout seems to be all over the place but it fits well with the underground look i was going for. The typography in this stands out more than the picture does. and resembles the layout of a magazine from Kerrang! My picture didn’t take much of the cover up it took up about ¼ of the page. This is not seen much on any other magazine as most of them rely on the photo to draw the readers attention. I have used only two colours in my magazine black and white this borrows from Kerrang! Which uses three colours predominately. For my contents i again added the same style font from the front cover this makes it stand out more and easy to read.

Here is the mast head for my magazine. The font i used for the title of the magazine has a distorted look but fits well with the music scene.

Here is the photo i used for my magazine. Due to the backgorund of the final image being inappropriate i cut out the person and added a stroke effect to make it stand out. The image doesn't take up much of the cover which is not seen much in music magazines. Other magazines i looked at presented the main photo large and covering most of the text. Normally the featured musician(s) are well known and are mainstream. The large image could connote how big the band is. This is why i presented the image small to connote how small the underground scene is. I added the stroke effect to make it seem more powerful.