Research and Planning: Magazine Cover Confusion

 I have been trying to start my magazine cover recently but because my title can have two meanings I wanted to manipulate the writing into having a clapper board in the background and with the font I had chosen this was difficult. Therefore I tested another idea.

I like the crispness of this design, although I'm unsure where to go with it. 

Although I like this idea because I could manipulate it to look like a clapper board, I don't think it stands out as well.