Front Cover- Stage Four

Finally, I added extra details to make it look like a real magazine. This included a barcode, an official website for the magazine, the issue number, price and the month it was "published". I also repositioned my cover lines and label.

Front Cover- Stage Three

The next thing I added was a label saying 'Poster Special' which is red with black text. It also has a drop shadow to give the effect that it is a real sticker. It is in the font 'Adler'. I also added the main cover line saying "Josie, the past, the present and the future!" which is in red and the font '28 Days Later'

Front Cover- Stage Two

Next, I moved the title down to allow space for additional text promoting a competition. This was all in the font 'Adler' and is red apart from the words 'Meet BMTH' which is black. Then I added text at the bottom of the page, also in the font 'Adler' saying 'Plus!- Sonisphere Lineup 2011 Revealed!' which is all in red. Then I added three cover lines. The cover lines in red are larger than the black text because they are more important.

Front Cover- Stage One

First I cut out the background of the photo and made the background light grey. Then I adjusted the photo's brightness and contrast. Next I added the title name 'Arena' in the font 'Trashed" in capital letters.

Photo for front cover

This is the photo I will use for my front cover. Obviously, as there are people and other things in the background, I will cut the photo out of the background using photoshop first. The brightness and contrast will also have to be edited.

Title font ideas

These are the font ideas for my magazine's title. Black isn't necessarily going to be my chosen colour for my title, but these are just previews. The reason I picked fonts that are 'distressed' or 'distorted' is because I feel these types of fonts are used most in the Rock magazine industry, For example in Kerrang! or Rocksound. The fonts I like the look of most are the second font down on the left hand column, "Trashed" and the bottom font in the right column, "28 Days Later".

Information about my chosen music genre

Rock music
"Rock music is a genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the 1960s...The sound of rock often revolves around the electric guitar, bass guitar, drums and keyboard instruments, or since the late 60s, synthesizers."
Rock music has many sub-genres including folk rock, glam rock, heavy metal, hard rock, progressive rock, punk rock, indie-rock hardcore and grunge as well as many others.
A few examples of popular rock bands from different sub-genres are Nirvana, The Beatles, The Sex Pistols, Green Day, Pink Floyd, Blur, Oasis, Led Zepplin and My Chemical Romance.