front cover analysis 2

This is a magazine featuring Eminem-

picture

In this magazine they have used Photoshop to cut just Eminem's body and face out from the background as some of the other magazines I have analysed have left the original background in.The image has also been turned black and white. The image is in the very centre of the page reaching almost from the bottom to the very top it fills up the middle three vertical columns in the rule of thirds.

From this i am going to have a portrait photo on the cover and have it contrasting with the colour of the background as this is a thing i am regularly.I am also considering having a black and white imgae like in this exmaple but i will not make my deciosn until the photos have been taken. 

colour

 The colour of the front cover is mainly composed of three colours red,black and white. this makes the black and white image really stand out on the bright red background. This also makes the magazine stand out on the shelf as it is bright and makes and you want to read it.

From this example i have decided  that i will use a 3 colour scheme with black, white and red. This will make my magazine look contemporary and modern. This will give my magazine a look which looks professional.

layout

The photo is positioned in the very centre of The page filling the middle three vertical sectors , with the word Eminem in the very centre of the page in large white writing , the title of the magazine "billboard" has been positioned in the top left in smaller text than the other examples that i have looked it.there is also a paragraph in text to the right of the title which i cannot read on the computer as it is too small. 

I am going to set my magazine out in a very similar way to this example with a portrait photo cut out from the background set against a contrasting background. My cover will also be very like this simple front cover and potentially include the artists name across the very centre of the page.