Magazine analysis

This a cover of the Music magazine, Q. The cover features the Alternative rock band Muse.
The title of the magazine is at the top, so that you know what magazine it is from a moments glance, and it also has the subtitle of "the world's greatest music magazine" in order to give a brief description of what Q magazine is. Then, in the middle of the magazine is the Main feature title, which helps to tell the reader about who is featured in the magazine, which is also useful to selling the magazine to Muse fans. The picture of the band is taking up most of the cover in order to draw attention  to the main feature. Then, around the main feature title is the secondary headlines, and they are in smaller font to make sure that attention is drawn to the main headline.

magazine draft and Layout Plan

Above is my first draft of my magazine cover. I used a picture taken of myself in a photo studio however I decided to change the background to a tie-dye image as this reflects my genre of rock. The title, “rock today” is a good title as it is simple and informs the reader of what the magazine is about, and there is a subtitle of “the latest in rock news” – which is design to promote the magazine based upon the word latest, meaning it is new so people will want to find out the news fast. I decided to put the main headline right in the middle of the cover to ensure that it is the first thing you see apart from the magazine title. Near the bottom, in equally large text, is the second most important headline, as this needs to be noticeable too. Then, scattered around the edges of the cover are the smaller headlines, and they are placed there in order to be out of the way of the main image of me in the middle of the magazine.

However, there are elements of the layout and presentation of the magazine that could be improved. For example, a lot of the font is too plain, and would benefit from an outline such as the one on the title. It would also draw the reader in more if there was a variation in colours of the font, instead of just all white font. In addition, I could also add banners at the top and bottom with small article titles on them and a barcode could also be added.    
here is how i plan to layout my final magazine. 

Photoshoot plan

For my magazine cover photoshoot, I am going to be using myself as a subject. I did a draft photoshoot of myself the devious week, however it was just of me standing, and i felt that for my final photoshoot, i needed to add to it.
So, for this photoshoot, i have brought in my guitar in, and i plan to have me holding it while sitting on a chair in the final photo. I will also do a few shots of me standing with it too. Here are some examples which i am taking inspiration from