Front Cover Draft annotated
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The colours favoured by my audience, were red, blue and purple (purple being the most favoured), therefore I have chosen to use these colours in order to make my magazine cover look attractive. I chosen to have the ‘R’ and the ‘B’ in a separate colour (purple), so they stand out more and show that the genre of the magazine is ‘R&B’. This is also the reason behind why I have placed a lighter-coloured diamond behind the letters ‘R’ and ‘B’. I have also placed a star shape here; this was mainly to make the cover and brand name look good on the magazine cover. This is a rhetorical-like question, which will make the reader think to themselves, then make them want to purchase the magazine in order to find out the answer to the question. The date and issue number of the magazine An image of a ‘new artist’ will be placed here, and highlighted with a blue outline (keeping with the colour scheme of my magazine); just to show who ‘Emily York’ is – who is actually the ‘new upcoming artist’ who will feature in an article on my double page spread. The cover image will possibly show her wearing some state of the art headphones, (all staying relevant to the whole topic of ‘music’ and the emphasised genre of ‘R&B’. This makes the reader think they are being spoken to directly, allowing them to feel more involved with the magazine, and to help them enjoy it more. This is an advertisement banner, advertising a competition giveaway that appears inside the magazine (to win an iPad 2!). This will be very appealing to the reader. I will also continue to follow the colour scheme, making the banner purple, but with red text over it. This is the barcode and pricing of the magazine. Here is a coverline, stating my magazine will contain a listing of the top 10 most successful artists of 2011. An image will also be placed here, of the artist who was the most successful of 2011. The main image on the front cover of my magazine will show a typical teenager, with headphones on/in, and with their hands in their pockets (typically stereotyped as what teenagers seem to do a lot). For the background of my magazine cover, it is very likely that I will have a brick wall behind the girl who’ll be on my front cover The font I have chosen to use for my masthead, has a sort of urban look to it, and relates with graffiti. This sort of font/copy is typically associated with a teen audience; therefore I have chosen to use it to allow my audience to be portrayed through this.
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The colours favoured by my audience, were red, blue and purple (purple being the most favoured), therefore I have chosen to use these colours in order to make my magazine cover look attractive.
I chosen to have the ‘R’ and the ‘B’ in a separate colour (purple), so they stand out more and show that the genre of the magazine is ‘R&B’. This is also the reason behind why I have placed a lighter-coloured diamond behind the letters ‘R’ and ‘B’.
I have also placed a star shape here; this was mainly to make the cover and brand name look good on the magazine cover.
This is a rhetorical-like question, which will make the reader think to themselves, then make them want to purchase the magazine in order to find out the answer to the question.
The date and issue number of the magazine
An image of a ‘new artist’ will be placed here, and highlighted with a blue outline (keeping with the colour scheme of my magazine); just to show who ‘Emily York’ is – who is actually the ‘new upcoming artist’ who will feature in an article on my double page spread. The cover image will possibly show her wearing some state of the art headphones, (all staying relevant to the whole topic of ‘music’ and the emphasised genre of ‘R&B’.
This makes the reader think they are being spoken to directly, allowing them to feel more involved with the magazine, and to help them enjoy it more.
This is an advertisement banner, advertising a competition giveaway that appears inside the magazine (to win an iPad 2!). This will be very appealing to the reader. I will also continue to follow the colour scheme, making the banner purple, but with red text over it.
This is the barcode and pricing of the magazine.
Here is a coverline, stating my magazine will contain a listing of the top 10 most successful artists of 2011. An image will also be placed here, of the artist who was the most successful of 2011.
The main image on the front cover of my magazine will show a typical teenager, with headphones on/in, and with their hands in their pockets (typically stereotyped as what teenagers seem to do a lot).
For the background of my magazine cover, it is very likely that I will have a brick wall behind the girl who’ll be on my front cover
The font I have chosen to use for my masthead, has a sort of urban look to it, and relates with graffiti. This sort of font/copy is typically associated with a teen audience; therefore I have chosen to use it to allow my audience to be portrayed through this.
