This is my finished magazine cover, the genre I chose I was punk rock so for the mast head I chose to use a name that had a link to this type of genre and authority can be seen as having power, and this is what made me decide to use the tag line "the power to inflict" the reason for this is that people can be influenced by what by they see and what they read, which also links to the image of the two fists which also indicates that power. Another way of representing the genre was by he use of mise-en-scene for this i chose to stick with the stereotypical colour scheme of this genre of using black grey and white. So I used a white background which could be connetate s a blank canvas, I then used all black text so that it would stand out to the audience. The main image I manipulated as originally this was a black and white photograph so to change this I added tints of colour which also made this the focal point as it is the only part of the front cover splash that is in colour, which will draw the readers attention to it. I also used coloured text to highlight the artists name so this will create continuity between image and text.The text i decided to use a pink font as this would make it jump from the page, i also used wrap points around the text to give a ripped effect, which could be another way of representing the genre, of bad attitudes. I chose to have the artist looking down and not directly at the camera, the reason for this is so that it connotates mystery and also hidden/stealth, as the audience do not know what she is looking at which adds suspicion to find out more. for mise-en-scene, the outfit i chose the model to wear is a plain black strap top, the reason for this is so that it stands out from the white background and also i chose a plain top so that the focal was not what she was wearing, but her facial expression. to match the costume I also used black eyeliner which will also add to the dramatic image of the of the photograph, it also adds to the idea of stealth in the way it is accentuating across the eyes like a cats, which stereotypically are known for stealth. This then links to the bottom of the page in which i gave switched the colour scheme around to have a black background and white text the reason for this is that there is some contrast across the page, also by using a black and white image of "the Kings of Leon" I wanted this to stand out and I feel that if I had this image on a white background then it would mesh together and would not give the impact that I wanted. I then overlapped the text across the image to give a collage effect, to show the rebellious, not needing to be neat. This i believe also links in to the genre that is being represented through stereotypical views of punk rock artists having a bit of a bad attitude.
