This was my response to a task set called “Remake –
Remodel”, in which we had to use our own photography and our own cover star to
make a realistic looking cover of an existing magazine.
For my remake – remodel I chose Rocksound as I am
taking influence from them in my real magazine. I like that Rocksound don’t stick
to one, rigid colour scheme and are not afraid to use vibrant in-your-face
colours when it is useful, which is what I chose to do here. I was originally
planning on having a simple house style, but this changed when I took my
photographs and decided that this was more of a “fun” type of band. I took my
photograph from a low angle to give the band some prominence on the cover;
however I chose to have one of the artists to be crouched at the same level as
the camera to give a sharp direct address. I feel it is this point that draws
the eyes of the reader the most. I chose to use a light blue background to
create some symbiosis with one of the members of the band, but to also contrast
the red text. (Learn more about the contrast here: Here).
The Rocksound masthead turned out to be black and white “fuzz” which was an
accident when exporting the cover from PagePlus, however I liked the affect
this gave the magazine – so I chose to keep it. Finally, with the anchorage
text, I was struggling to find a location to position it where the text, no
matter what colour it was, didn’t blend into the main image. To contrast this, I
decided to use a background on the text to make it stand out.
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