Front Cover Draft 1

This is the first draft of my Front cover for my music magazine. I have tried to follow all the conventions and use he right codes to make this an effective and professional  looking cover but i do not feel that it is a successful first attempt. The conventions i have followed do make this cover look like a real cover like the use of feature stories to attract readers and the key demographic by using band names to attract the audience who listen to them. Also i believe the background image is successful as it suits the style of magazine i wanted the cover to show it is because the dominant red colours have connotations of passion and love in this context for music. I think i will use this image when making the final design or somewhere in the magazine because i feel that it is very suited to the key demographic i am aiming for which is teenagers and young adults. However the lack a basic conventions such as the date make this draft look like a rushed mock up and not professional. Also the sizing of certain things on the page is wrong, for example the free t-shirt advert on the front is the same size as the logo, making the logo seem less dominant and less noticeable. To improve this i must make the logo bigger and stand out more while the advert must be smaller and needs to be more discrete but still must attract an audience. Also the logo doesn't really mean anything and this makes it seem out of place with the rest of the cover, making it look messy. This can be fixed by making the logo and the slogan match the style of music featured in the magazine and it must make more sense as to how it is used.