FEEDBACK FOR THE MAGAZINE COVER

MAGAZINE PLANNING

Conventional magazine adverts tend to use the album cover artwork, this builds consumer recognition of the item being promoted - the album. Therefore I will follow the convention and use a variation of my digipak front cover to maintain continuity.

Other conventions can include:

• record label information
• album release date
• list of hit singles
• band website details
• press reviews

A new convention across a wide platform of medium is to include a qr code - this clever piece of technology allows anyone who owns a smartphone to scan this 'logo' which will feed them to further information about the subject.

I will need to use the following images when constructing my cover:

SONY RECORDS:

QR CODE:

COLUMBIA RECORDS:

HERE IS A PLAN OF MY PLAN FOR THE LAYOUT AND DESIGN OF MY MAGAZINE COVER:

PRELIMARY MAGAZINE COVER DESIGN CONSTRUCTION

INSPIRATION FOR MAGAZINE COVER

I feel the album cover for Pink Floyd's album, Ummagumma has had a major influence on my album cover when comparing the actually image with Floyds album.


The featuring of the band on the album is very conventional however i wanted to feature the band on my magazine ad to show audiences their representation.
















As I compare the two I feel the composition of the band members are very similar in some sense from the way they are represented being very aware of the camera pointing at the them to portray some arrogance and strong style in both.

CHOSEN FINAL FONT

Based on the feedback given from our media class, the majority preferred our third font choice, 'Cookies'. This was actually our peronal favourite as well which is ideal for all of us. So it is going to feature on both my magazine ad and digipack.

DRAFT 1 DIGIPACK

This is my first attempt at the Digipak front cover, in my personal opinion, I believe that more could be done to the vinyl player itself to make it look more arty or professional! However, i must work on audience feedback before making further changes!!

The vinyl shot circled in orange is the one that my partner and I decided to use as the front cover of the digipak as it is the closest to a crane shot. It presented the best angle to use in photoshop.

BAND SHOT