To start off with I put the image I was going to use onto a Photoshop document and began to remove any blemishes that I felt need to be removed. I then overlaid the image with a blue/green paper layer to give the picture a darker feel which connotes rock.
Secondly I placed my masthead 'TRS' into the top left hand of the page keeping it 2mm from the edge of the page as this is common conventions of mastheads across all magazines. I however did not make it 1/8th of the page, another common convention, as I did not feel my masthead would have a great effect if it was that big. The masthead was 3D with a light effect in the middle of the 'R' to make the text go from dark to light. This appeals to the target audience as it was colour read and orange which are both colour that connote rock in different ways, red connoting passion, love and anger while orange connotes desire.
When it came to adding the text to my magazine I used the colours white, red and yellow. I used these colours as once again they have connotations that fit the rock genre and are going to grab the eye of the targe audience when they are looking for their genre of magazine. I began to fill the left hand side of the page with stories. I put the bands names in yellow with an introduction of why they were in the magazine beneath them in red. I did this because having the band names in yellow made in more eye-catching against the background so the target audience will be able to notice their favourite bands easily, meaning they will want to pick up the magazine and look inside then perhaps buy it. I used a regular font as if I had gone for something fancy it wouldn't have connoted rock and would have been too over the top for my target audience. I used lexis like 'gory' on the cover of my magazine as these are words which can be associated with the rock genre.
Next, I added more content to the page with a little sticker toward the top left of the page that promoted a competition. To do this I used the shape tool to create a circle, I then filled it yellow and put red text on it which made the text stand out on the yellow background. To make the circle stand out more I bordered it in black which gave it some definition meaning it catches the eye of the reader. At the bottom on the page I put a black strip using the rectangle tool which I put another story on with an image on. I filled the rest of the black band with names of bands in the rock genre that appeared in the magazine to entice the reader into opening the magazine and reading about their favourite bands and rock artists. I also added a bar code, issue number and date to the magazine as these are also common conventions seen on a magazine.
The final thing I did was to add the main story across the body of the image. I used 'urban fonts' to find a font that I liked to go as the name of the band in the story, eventually I found one that connoted rock it did this as it was rough around the edges with bits missing from it. I then put the text into Photoshop where I made the font white as opposed to black because I was following my text colour scheme and it had greater effect standing out on the background when it was white. Once I put it onto my cover I enlarged it so that it was the first thing you looked at when you looked at the cover so people were drawn to the main story. Underneath the band name I put a quote from the interview with them and and brief insight into what the story was about to tempt the reader into opening up and buying the magazine. This connotes rock as rock stars have a reputation for not being able to resist temptation and putting a story like this will really tempt the target audience to pick up the magazine and have a read. After I had completed this my cover was complete.
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