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Double page spread final cut compared to inspiration

Here is my final cut double page spread with my inspiration which is a article with David Bowie from MOJO magazine. I have based my DPS on this page for a few parts but also changed some things I thought I could improve.
Firstly. I asked my model to have a similar pose to the of David Bowie as I really liked how it looked so I tried to emulate a similar pose. Also I liked the black and white colours scheme and my image looked a lot better when it was within this colour scheme. I was very happy with how my image came out, so much so I decided make this page image dominated instead of the boxy look which is what I intended to do originally. I feel this worked well for me and how my magazine ended up. I then also included 3 columns of text which is very conventional. I did include a quote though it is not as big as the on from MOJO magazine.
I am very happy with how this page came out in the end and it may be my favourite that I created.

Contents page final cut with inspiration

Here is my final cut contents page along the side of my inspiration which again is a MOJO contents page. Now for this piece i did decide to base my contents page on this one which includes Terry Hall. I first decided to emulate this page when I first saw it really after I decided to restart my page after my rough cut. I just saw this image dominating page as very interesting as it challenges standard conventions which is something I wanted to experiment with.
Something I really liked and wanted to emulate was the angle shot as this was something I had not come across before. Now since this is not very conventional it my not look very good but since I have based it on this page it works well and it is a page that stands out. For the high angle shot I had to stand on a table with a tripod which was safer than it may sound. I did not intentionally mean to emulate the colour scheme as I originally started the colour scheme on the front cover and then put it on the contents without realising. I have included the date and issue like the inspiration. Also I made it so the stories are down the left hand side and do not overlap the image at any time.
I am happy with how the final cut for this page turned out and I think the page I used as inspiration played a large part and I am glad.

Front cover final cut with inspiration

This is my final cut of my front cover with the magazine I have based mine on; MOJO magazine.
Now I have not tried to emulate this exact page but I wanted to go for a similar look to a MOJO front cover so I have used this issue with David Bowie on as a example.
AS you can see I have followed some key conventions that MOJO have used, the first being the dominating image being in the centre on the page and consisting of the model's head and top half of body. Also I have made sure that not text goes over the model's face or top half of the body on the page. I also put the name of my magazine behind the head of the artist which is very conventional. Then I have also included what is actually inside of this issue and the artists involved. as well as this is had the main section of text along the bottom of the image about the cover star himself as I had found this from the research that I had done. I have also included more than one image on the front cover which is seen as a conventional touch to my magazine. However I have challenged the conventions by including my bar-code on the middle left in stead of being found usually at the bottom of the page.
I am very happy with how my front cover has came out and am very glad I chose MOJO as my inspiration.