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8. Annotations Front cover For my front cover I chose a colour scheme of Pink, Red and Yellow these colours make the cover stand out also these colours are what I have seen being used on magazines that represent the rock genre. My reasons for choosing these colours are so that the consumer can see the magazine from a mile off, this meaning it will gain their attention straight away this will also appeal to the younger audience which is my intended audience. For the top and bottom strip I chose to use a pink as it will stand out from the rest of the front cover and does not clash with any of the other colours, I used this to slightly feminise the magazine so it may appeal to a female consumer as well as a male consumer. The band mainly wear black clothing which is symbolic of the rock genre which is very stereotypical and is seen in the media a lot. A good example of this is Marilyn Manson. I also used Yellow to make clear what the main areas of interest are on the cover, this is why I used it for the main text in the centre of my cover to outline the importance of Eternal Rests come back after a major fall from grace. Red was used mainly to symbolise the danger of leading a life purely consisting partying, rocking out, sex and drugs. Ultimatum is used as the title to make the consumer think about music more, meaning your either purely about music or your not. Also this may make the reader think about what they want in music it's perhaps either a specific genre or not , when I say this I mean you either want pure rock music all the way or not.

9. Annotations Contents page My contents page differs slightly from my flat plan as I decided not to follow all of my plan, my ideas started to change as I thought this would look better as a contents with one main image so that my contents is not as busy as the front cover or double page spread. My main image has a circle outline effect, this keeps within the design theme of my magazine, this being different sizes and shapes of circles, this representing the different elements within the rock genre, because rock is a broad genre with many sub genres therefore the different sizes reflect these sub genres of rock. I thought that something simple might be better for the contents page as it would be easier to read as I have split the contents into sections, this is because it is then easy to access information that may be included within the magazine that is not mentioned on the front cover. The main image consists of a male artist, he is wearing a black t-shirt which represents the dark themes of the rock genre, and it displays stereotypical characteristics of people that enjoy rock. They usually wear dark coloured clothing, because it is well known as a popular colour to wear, the fact that the male artist is wearing dark coloured clothing promotes these characteristics. Also the style of the front cover runs within the magazine to highlight codes and conventions, this of which is contributing to the house style of my product. The house style is of different coloured circles to highlight a part that is important to the magazine and makes it more appealing to lure the consumer. Furthermore, the font of the headings are the same, this is so that the consumer recognises it easily and it is memorable also wanted the contents and cover to match because so that the reader can recognise that the pattern become familiar to the magazine.

10. Annotations Double page article For the double page article I thought it was appropriate to discuss the topic of drugs and drug abuse as it is seen as a stereotypical thing that most rock stars have done but I also chose this topic as it is still a problem with teens who are just out to have fun. An example of what drug abuse can do is Courtney Love as she misused Oxycontin for quite some time which led to an overdose. I have used a black background to represent the dark themes of the rock genre, and the mayhem within the rock community. In addition to this, it makes my article text stand out hence making it easy to read. As many articles in a magazine have interviews I have chosen to use a typical style interview with a running commentary, which allows the truth to be revealed in her interview about all goings on.