Front Cover Update

Blog 55

Hello Everyone,

           Tomorrow is my final deadline, this is where I hand in my finished work so I was doing some last minute things e.g changing font colour and I decided I don’t like having Hilly on my front cover and I want my original model who is “Lily Rose” to be on the front cover. Luckily I had taken some close ups of her at the photo-shoot in case I wanted to use them.

     Front Cover 1                                                                                             Front Cover 2

 

                                                                       

Both front covers have positives and negatives. Front cover 1 with Hilly on has a good balanced layout with her being exactly in the centre and where the titles are positioned. However, the photograph itself isn’t conventional as not one of my style models has an image on the cover where you can see their feet. She feels very far away therefore isn’t connecting with the reader. However, Front cover 2 with Ellie as “Lily Rose” on is conventional as 3 out 5 of the front covers I analysed have either a close up or an extreme close up. This really connects with the audience as you can clearly see the model/artist looking into the lens and it feels like they’re looking at you.

Hillys front cover is conventional as I have placed the list of artists on the left which is what the ones I have analysed that have a list of other artists have it on the left and Ellie’s cover is challenging that as I have them on the left.

The image of Ellie on front cover 2 is A LOT brighter, it was a sunnier day and I’ve edited it better which automatically makes it look happier and more exciting and attracts the reader a lot more because if it was on shelves in a shop it would stand out 10x more than Hillys cover.

I like both images but I much prefer the layout of front cover 2 with my model Ellie as “Lily Rose” as it’s brighter and a lot more eye-catching and happy. Also front cover 2 is more conventional than front cover 1 as it has the close up a larger barcode with a white box around it making it readable and the text is better placed and easier to read. Therefore I am using front cover 2 for my final cut.