Sketches for Music magazine front cover

These are the two sketches I have drawn up for my music magazine front cover. I went for a simple idea, by which I would have a male playing guitar (stereotypical of rock music) and looking at the camera. In the first image, I chose a medium close-up for my subject, and to create a thirds rule, taking up two-thirds of my page. This is created by the "coloured lines" and the angle of the guitar. The "coloured lines" is what I hope to produce from using a slow shutter on the camera, and I feel this will give the front cover energy and connote the powerful and hectic feel of rock music. Another effect I will be using is fish-eye, which will give the front cover more perspective, and make it appear more dynamic. As well as this, I feel that the perspective, emphasising the head and subsequently the eyes, will create more of a gaze for the reader, and will give the magazine more attitude, again, reflective of the genre. In the second front cover sketch, I would like to include the same effect of using a fish-eye. However, the background of this will be very different. Weather permitting, I hope to have my copy on grass on a bright day with the sun in the background, and rock instruments such as a guitar and drum sticks and torn lyrics on the floor. The copy would again be in the same position, although I would like this to be a medium long shot opposed to a medium close-up, as I feel this will be better when capturing the ground in the shot. (Excuse the poor drawing, I did not show the difference in distance too well.)

When considering the results I recieved from my questionnaire, I would like my subject to be dressed in dark and vibrant colours as this is what was proven most popular from my results. I would like to follow a colour scheme of general colour scheme of black, red and gold, therefore I will ask my copy to dress in red and black specifically, so he is fitting and representative of my magazine. My masthead, reading 'Alt-wave' will be positioned top left of my page, as from my research, I found this was typically the area used most. It would also be in the perfect position with my image. The tagline will be located bottom-right of my masthead, as it is the second most important piece of text to the masthead, when defining and distinguishing the magazine from others.