The document discusses the design choices made for the magazine cover. The title "Mash-up" was selected to appeal to fans of rock and metal music. A centered photo of the author with a serious expression was used as the main visual. Additional elements like a barcode, advertisements of interior articles, and colored text against a gradient background were included to make the cover appealing while clearly presenting information to the target audience.

1. I selected the title Mash-up as my Masthead because its related to
the demographic I am aiming for which is rock/ metal band lovers, I
used a font that wasn’t to plain but wasn’t to much, so that it caught
your attention but it didn’t look a mess.
The main image
I used was one I
took of myself
and I centred
the image so
that it stood out
more, also I was
pulling a straight
face to make the
magazine look
more serious,
with this pose I
think it was
appropriate for
the type of
magazine.
I added a barcode to the bottom corner so that it was
out of the way and didn’t clog up the main image, doing
this allows me to take the audiences eyes away from the
less important stuff. However putting a barcode on my
front cover is a good idea because most big named
magazines also but the barcode in obscure places.
This is a little advertisement telling
people what is also inside the magazine,
this is good to get peoples attention
because they will see this and want to
read up on the story if there in the right
target audience.
Just like the
double page
spread I did, I
used a simple
font so that the
text was clear
and was easy to
read. I made the
headlines bold
so that they
stood out more.
I put a graidient
on the
background so
that It didn’t
look to plain, as
a front cover it
needed a little
bit more than
just a blank
background, I
chose these
colours because
they would be
appealing
towards my
target audience.
I also varied the
colours of the
text so that you
could distinguish
between the
title, subtitle and
just normal text.