Front cover image

The images which are going to be used in the front cover has to have a urban edge to it, be different from all the other usual front covers and the effective use of black and white in the image to create the raw feeling which it has, the images will all be mid-shots or close up shot, just showing the face, with some environment showing behind it, to show where they are and it sets the scene for what there are as a person, this is a great example of mos def, Notorious B.I.G and Jay-Z showing themselves in the environment, and showing there personality through the facial expressions, and with the black and white it really emphasises by only focusing on the facial expressions and not the bright colours and background images, these are also seen as been blurry so it doesn’t create attention.

The other images which could be used is more of a studio look, with a plain background and the image been produced so to speak as the other ones are more of a individual look and seen as a snap shot into the scene what’s really happening. The studio look could be used but it would be the right kind of feel the magazine is aiming for and the edgy look which its going for.