The document provides guidance on key elements to consider when designing the cover of a music magazine. These include: using a popular artist from the genre as the main image; having an eye-catching masthead that clearly identifies the genre; including an intriguing pull quote to draw readers in; selecting colors that appeal to the target gender audience; prominently displaying the issue date and title; and using typography that matches the intended younger demographic. The design should pull audiences in with gossip or intrigue while staying appropriate for newsstands.
2. MAIN IMAGE
The main image is normally a band or artist who will be appealing with
the audience of the magazine. The artist should be of the same genre
of music that the magazine is.
For example having Beyoncé on the front page is going to bring
monumental viewers as she is one of most iconic POP stars of all time
3. MASTHEADS
The masthead always stands out to the consumers eyes.
The masthead should have relations to the music genre, EG
calling a POP magazine ‘music world wide’ isn’t representing a
POP magazine because it’s not clear what type of genre it is. So
calling it ‘top of the pops’ clearly shows what type of magazine it
is.
4. PULL QUOTE
The pull quote is usually a little part of what the page is about and
probably will only cover a couple of lines, but it is the most
interesting so having it on the cover pulls in the audience as it’s
normally about dating and kissing, this is appealing to reader as
they want to find out the gossip.
5. COLOUR’S
The magazine producer would consider the colours based on
gender of the artist, for example men are most likely going to read
a magazine if there is a male artist on the front so if they had a
male artist they would use dark colours like black and red, and for
women they use bright colours like pink and purple.
6. DATE OF THE ISSUE
The date is normally in the top corner and is repeated on all
pages on the same area, this is also with the title of the magazine.
This is to ensure the reader know what magazine and what issue
they’re reading.
7. SUB-HEADING
A contents page should contain sub-headings. This is so the
reader have a clear indication of what page is what.
8. COLLOQUIAL LANGUAGE
Most POP magazines typography is written in girly/childish typing
this will suit a younger audience as most POP stars are aimed at
kids. The typography in this magazine is swirly and girly.
9. HOW I’M GOING TO SHOW THIS IS MY
FINAL DESIGN
In my final design I’m not going to show topless men but having
an interesting pull quote suggesting something had happened is
how I will pull in a wide range of audience’s.
