1. Anchorage text Masthead.
The 50 is the splash colour of The masthead stands out as
orange so it stands out from the its a rectangle shape and is a
surrounding black text. Like dark grey background which
before, this is another feature stands out on the pale grey
story used to attract readers. background its on top of. The
The ‘50’ is in a larger size front masthead informs the reader
than the rest of the writing as it’s of what magazine they are
a large number therefore about to purchase and the
appears as if there’s lots to read genre of it. Is it informative and
about instead of a number such as often has a sub line of text
‘20’. underneath that gives further
insight to the genre of the
magazine.
Strapline
This features more enticers for the
magazine and acts a lure to intrigue the 2nd strapline
reader as to what’s inside. In this case This acts as a tease to the
I have featured ‘new music’ in a black reader and intrigues them
arrow head with white writing which as it uses triplets that are
stands out against it and it negative so the reader
eye-catching, pointing to the name of wants to hear about it.
the artist who’s music is featured. Price
Using a well known artist attracts The price of the magazine is fairly small and is featured on top of
readers who are a fan of their music as the bar code. It is £2 and although this is fairly cheap, could be
they want to read about them. considered as expensive for a magazine in the current economical
crisis therefore isn’t made to stand out and grab the eye of the
reader but still features.