Production Log #7 - Front Cover Research

During my Media lesson, I was given a task where I have to chose three existing music magazine covers. I analysed three music magazine covers: two from NME and one from XXL. Both of the magazines are completely different from main image to colors schemes and unique in its own way of publishing. By analyzing these three music magazine covers, I get a better understanding of what is in a magazine and get a clearly set of mind when I come across a task where I have to design my own music magazine cover. All three of the music magazines are commonly similar as they are all about music (artists). I personally thought that this task could help me get ideas on how my front cover page will look like with many company inspirations.

Firstly, I went on Google and looked up all the music magazine covers and chose three best magazines which I can talk about each parts and also put it as much details as possible to get the highest mark in my lessons. After choosing the three music magazine covers, I opened up PowerPoint and put each magazine covers in each slides so that I can talk about each parts in the music magazine covers in the individual slide.

Music Magazine Covers on Google

Secondly, I looked up closely at the magazines and started with the main image. When looking at the main image, I discovered a lot of new things so I started to type what I noticed and how it attracts the readers to be influenced by the music artists. I then moved onto color scheme where I elaborated on how the colors which have been used in the music magazines seeks attentions to the readers and I also mentioned the colors the magazine companies have used which are all similar to one to the other. Futhermore, I began to state a paragraph on pull quote which is said by Lily Allen who is a well-known artist. I mentioned that the pull quote is a direct message from the artist their fans and reader who reads the magazines. At the end, I also talked about the sell lines which gives a small description about the artist in the main image. Additionally, I stated why the colors are used and what it symbolizes as it is a technique all the magazine companies use to attract the readers.

PowerPoint used to put in all the chosen magazines with the details

Thirdly, once I was finished with the front cover research, I came across a slide share website where I can embed the link onto my blog so it looks neat and clear. The website I used was 'slidshare.com' which is a website that creates a PowerPoint slide where people can flick through slides very quickly.