Comparison: Alternate Press and my magazine

  

While making my music magazine, I used some ideas from the magazine 'Alternate Press' to pad out my front cover. The magazines above show the range of styles this magazine uses. The magazine in the centre has been turned black and white, an idea which I replicated in my piece, and the saturation has been changed. As a result this image can be associated with the 1970's, when in reality it is a modern day image and band. The image on the left, on the other hand, is in colour and uses a high angle to show the group of models. The final image, on the right, shows a close up of a single model. The use of colour, or lack of, makes the model stand out in my opinion as the paleness of the models face against a completely black background makes him stand out. This, coupled with the direct mode of address, makes this style of cover look quite effective at drawing the readers attention in my opinion. My magazine, shown on the right, uses a style similar to the magazine above it, with a single model close up taking up the majority of the page. While I like how the style I used for my magazine looks, I might experiment with changing the saturation levels of the image to give the image a different feel