Final: Front Cover, Contents page and Article

An over view of my Music magazine Production with my comments.

This is the final front cover of my music magazine. It has been a journey to produce this final outcome. My first magazine where I used Rahima, the image was weak due to her pose and the clothes she was wearing, it looked more like a fashion magazine. I re-did my whole magazine and this is the final result. I learnt many things on Photoshop and Illustrator and used it to try and get a professional end result for my front cover.

This is my contents page and from the first draft I did on word document and presented as a print screen on my blog, it is clear there has been a transformation. From looking at the front cover, I have maintained a consistent house style of colours, fonts and underlining of certain words. 

This is the first image I have used as part of my article on a separate page. I chose this image background  for  Nino to be in front of Because before the reader begins reading the main article, it foreshadows what the article might be based on. You can see that the background looks rough and is in black and white. Nino looks quite modest and not as rough as the background and he isn't in black and white like the background. This could foreshadow to the readers that Nino has moved on from his rough past and he is now in the light of a good life and future. As this is a Hip Hop / R&B Magazine and Nino is someone who is representing Hip Hop, and the word 'Ride', from the title just indicates 'Journey'. So as well as the Image layout, the title also foreshadows what the article is going to be about as it is all hinting a message to the reader / audience. The pull quote also is a source of foreshadowing, it could suggest that he is now successful because of his past. From looking at the front cover and contents page, I have maintained a consistent house style of colours, fonts and underlining of certain words as well. 

This is where the article actually begins. Nino looks refreshed in a quite space. This could indicate he is just reflecting back at his past to where he is now in the present day and because he is smiling, it suggests that he is a proud man.

This is the final page of the article. The pull quote 'aint no talent', this could be a message that Nino is sending out to the readers / audience / his fans.