1. Development & Photography
Drafts of Magazine Cover

2. This is the image I chose for my magazine cover.
CAMERA: Fujifilm Finepix S2980
ISO: 100
APERTURE: f/4.2
EXPOSURE: 1/125th
FOCAL LENGTH: 26mm
I took the idea of having a director as the front cover
model (previously mentioned), instead of the usual
conventions of having an actor/actress from the featured
film.
I carefully got the subject to pose for a eye-level mid
profile shot, this decision for when I need to produce
space for the sell lines. I also took the image like this to
focus in addition to her clothing and make-up as she is
suggested to be a ‘new young contemporary director’ in
the urban drama industry. Plus, the subject is Caucasian
which subverts the stereotypes of Urban Drama
productions as most figures are of black origin.

3. Here is the secondary image of this subject.
CAMERA: Fujifilm Finepix S2980
ISO: 100
APERTURE: f/4.2
EXPOSURE: 1/125th
FOCAL LENGTH: 26mm
Here, the subject has different clothes so I could try
different effects on the cover whilst editing. I also
carefully got her to pose in a seductive manner this
could interest the reader (‘Sex sells’), also the
subject pulling her hair also connotes that unique
aspects are referred in the magazine as this is what
the magazine is about.
Though, I felt that this image wasn’t as effective as
the other as a cover for a film magazine. This is
because of the long shot of her and the position of
her head on the length of the page.

4. Here I began with a orange background to create the side spine of the magazine. Next, I then edited the main
image by cropping it and altering the colour curves of the image to get a strong and desired colour. I also added a
soft-glow effect to the image to make the subject look vivid and explicit to catch the eye of the reader.

5. After, I used a magic layer mask to create a fade from the
main image to the white foreground so that nothing gets in
the way of the masthead.
I also added a ‘fx’ text to experiment with colour ways just
to see if the masthead would collide with the head. For
example like the ‘GQ’ logo.

6. Though some of the text is over the subjects hair and clothes, I
have come to terms to suggest that the text should be layered
under her/ behind her.
This is get a professional feel to the magazine.
I have also implanted professional ideas as I have kept to the 3
colour house theme rather than a multi-coloured product.

7. Furthermore, I added a scanner bar, Instagram logo and a barcode to express that the magazine forms to
multimedia convergences rather than magazines like Empire & Total Film that only have the bar code.
This could also imply that my magazine would be more successful in the web 2.0 industry as I am reflecting and in
terms with other convergences like Instagram that seen as one the most fastest growing software's/social
network/photo galleries in the web 2.0 world.
I also added a price and issue date to the bar code so that buyers/customers would know from the bar code if it
isn’t mentioned near the masthead.

8. Here is another example but using the second image.
But I didn’t believe it would make a good magazine cover so I declined the further idea.

9. The Alternative version

10. Here is a male version of the same magazine, I also conformed to house themes as well but however changed up
the font to get a different and softer tone as the female version was a bit too harsh and vivid to the eye.

11. The Final Drafts