Final Cover

This is the final draft of the front cover of my music magazine.

I used the common convention of presenting the masthead in a large, bold, sans serif font which is generally included on each of my style models. This allows the heading to stand out on the page and become more noticeable for the reader. The style of the heading would be an iconic style of each version of my magazine to allow the audience to become familiar with it. The heading of my magazine is also monolithic meaning it is just one word. This is a convention of the majority of my style models as it makes the title simple, memorable and eye-catching.

I also included a mid-shot of my model on the front cover. This image presents the artist standing in a straight angle to the camera while maintaining direct eye contact. This is a common convention of ‘Q’ magazine and it could also act as a personal pronoun as she is looking directly towards the audience in order to entice them to purchase the product. The image is also superimposed over the masthead which challenges the conventions of ‘Q’ magazine as the heading is placed over the image. However, I challenged this convention as it doesn't only enable the image to stand out on the page but it also proves it is a popular music magazine and the producer is confident that the audience will immediately realise what the title is.

Furthermore, I utilised the convention of incorporating 3 prominent colours within my colour scheme. I used pink, black and white. I wrote key pieces of text in the pink-coloured font as this is the most vibrant colour to allow these pieces of text to stand out in contrast to the darker background. For instance, the masthead and names of artists were presented in this colour in order to make them more noticeable for the reader.

I included plugs which I placed in a column along the left-hand side of the page to present intriguing articles which can be found within the magazine to entice my audience to buy the product as they will be intrigued and wish to continue reading.

On the cover for my prominent style model, ‘Q’ magazine, a tagline is presented including the slogan “The UK’s Biggest Music Magazine”. I therefore used this convention on my cover as I used the slogan “The Nation’s Favourite Music Mag”. This will entice the public to read on in order to discover what makes it so good and successful.