Digital Mock Up

Magazine Title

I have chosen my magazine title to be 'dark temptation'. I have chosen this title because I think it is catchy and easy to remember but not only that I think it is also something that everyone has a temptation of dark things that we shouldn’t want, also in most cases we always want what we can’t have so the idea of 'dark temptation' is supposed to suggest being tempted by things that shouldn’t tempt you. I also wanted it to remind you of the cynical dark side of our need for things such as alcohol and drugs, but not only that also the temptation and need we have for music in this generation. I do think that my magazine is slightly more targeted at the teenage generation as I have based it on the NME magazine which I think is definitely aimed more so at the teenage audience, I think this is inevitable as the teenage audience are the main people that would be interested in purchasing a music magazine.

I have included some images from various different bands. Some of the bands included are famous, such as the strokes and the vaccines, but I think this is different from using one single individual artist as the focus is taken away from the single person with a band. In the picture above, we are focusing on the style of the band and what they are doing as opposed to who the band are, we are relying on the stereotype of the way they look which is what I wanted to create because readers are going to aspire to dress and act like them, and when this is the initial thing we notice when we look at the photograph then this is a positive because this is the first thing readers will notice. I have retrieved some images of the internet and recreated them to be my own in Photoshop because it is hard to recreate an image like this using my own resources.

I liked the idea of using massive music icons, such as the above, Jimi Hendrix, for my magazine front cover because they instantly draw reader's attention and make an instant positive statement about the magazine. i think you would have to be sensible about which artists you included however, as in some cases the musician may give out a certain impression which is associated with them because of their reputation and so therefore I think it would definitely matter who it was that I included. Artists with troubled backgrounds such as Amy Winehouse or Britney Spears are not great artists to include when trying to promote a magazine to the teenaged audience as they are not always considered inspiring, i think it very much depends on the artists reputation and how popular the artist is with the public as to how many mags will sell as for it to be appealing to the public, the desire to read about the particular artist has to be there. After considering this, i experimented with a few designs that did not include a named, famous artist for the front cover, instead i have included almost faceless photography, this way, the readers are looking completely for the stereotype of the front cover for them to be able to decide whether or not they are interested in reading the magazine. i think it would be difficult to find an artist with a completely untroubled past.

Draft 3

front cover draft 2