1. Mast Head I have situated the I decided not to use a strap line as
masthead at the top of the I felt it wasn’t appropriate for my
page as I didn’t want to magazine and wouldn’t be right
challenge the typical layout of structure wise. Therefore, in this
a masthead due to it being case I have challenged the use of
common and therefore, sells convention in a real media
to most target audiences. I product.
used the idea of a simple font
A dominant feature of a music
with the color blue and white
magazine cover is the image. In
glow contrasting well with the
terms of visual hierarch this is one of
dusky grey background.
the first places the audience will
Through DAFONT I gained an
look, therefore it must be bold and
font which, despite it being
stand out. A big inspiration was an
simple, portrayed a more
edition of black beat magazine cover
urban hip hop/R&B feel.
where the artist Mario is the main
feature and stands out immensely.
Cover Story Tag Line Here I have used tag line to
catch the audience eye and attention
about a new album release. It can also
be classed as a secondary cover story as
it links to the main cover story on the
right hand side of the page. To create the
effect of them being linked I used the
Here I have used a splash, which is a exact same font and colors which straight
type of lure which can attract the away signals to the audience that they
reader an cause the viewer to want to are linked.
purchase my product. Also due to it
being a debut edition I thought by using
the splash would highlight and promote Certain conventions of a music magazine
it more. cover are the bar code, price and release
date which are normally situated at the top
or bottom of the page. I have used these all
and are placed at the bottom of my page.

2. I used various images to highlight
the fact that there are many things
going on within the magazine. The
use of the MAIN IMAGE reflects the
MAIN ARTICLE.
A feature used is the use of
showing the exclusive
interviews and other aspects
that will feature inside the
magazine. This typical
convention allows the
audience to know exactly
what will occur in the
magazine .