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This is the second draft of my music magazine front cover. As you can see it has changed dramatically from my first draft. the colours used on my magazine cover are very significant to the message that is being portrayed. If you look at the magazine, the most eye catching colour is red, but this is associated with the background to the text used. The only other place red is used is on the lips of the girl in the image. i wanted to highlight her lips to place significance on her femininity, as in the trance music industry girls are a huge minority. I dont need to say "This is a girl who's made it big in the trance industry", when firstly she's already on the magazine, but instead highlight the feminine features of her instead, and place importance on it.
Red is the perfect colour for this as it has so many different associations in symbology. aggresssion, love, passion, fire etc. are all important messages that are conveyed in this magazine, using just that colour.
I used purple and green alot on my magazine to match with the masthead, to reflect the topic that it is writing about. As mentioned in my last post, purple and green are commonly used colours in this industry.
I tried to keep the font variation to a minimum on my magazine, as i think that using too many makes it look unprofessional. however, i felt the need to use three was appropriate. I would have kept it as two, but i decided that the top of the magazine that advertises the contents of the magazine should have a different font, to place importance on what is being included in the magazine and then entice the reader to buy it.
I was inspired by DJ mag to use the text on a slant as opposed to horizontal, as trance is a deviation from normal music genres, and the best way to show deviation is through a literal "different angle."
the red backgrounds to the puffs on the cover are angled, rather than curved - this is to express the message that the magazine is "cutting edge", so the reader knows that it is modern.

The decisions i have made would attract the target audience, which i think would be a 16-35 age range. anyone over 35 is unlikely to be visiting clubs as much anymore and so trying to appeal to over 35's would mean losing the message of the magazine.
Please post comments on my magazine, suggestions, problems, successes or any other posts would be highly appreciated. Thanks!
I hope to upload my next draft after some feedback.