This document provides an analysis and summary of the design elements of a magazine cover and contents page. It identifies key elements such as the masthead, cover lines, images, use of font sizes and colors. Specific techniques are examined like the placement of images and text to create balance and guide the reader through the materials in an organized manner. Design choices are assessed for how they would attract readers and highlight important information.

1. Rathina

2. Free Promo
Mast Head
Price & Dateline
Full Bleed Image
Cover Lines
Main Cover Line

3. 1 page
Contents
Page
Similarity to Cover;
Has same colour as Masthead
and same font as Cover Lines.
I tried to even out the balance of
imagery and text. I used red as it
stands out a lot.
Left facing page
Contents presented
numerically, so it’s
easier to navigate to
the page that you
want to go to.

4. Masthead- big bold title
signifies its importance.
Also catches the eye of Eyebrow
the audience. It would
also be easy to
remember
Dateline & Direction facing leads
Price to the cover lines , it
Cover Lines to state the
headlines of the magazine
seems that he is
and intrigue the Reader to recommending them.
buy it. Also in red to refer to
Masthead
Main Cover Line- Full Bleed Image
Selling point of
Magazine. Also in red to
notify Reader
Predominant colours: Red,
white, black. Large font similar
to masthead , also obviously Price & Barcode
targeting older audience as it
isn’t brightly set out but has Addressing the audience by ‘Your’ involves
more seriousness toit. the Reader by making the audience feel
important

5. 2 pages into Magazine
Dateline
6 images with
Overall pictures are
captions and page
balanced out over
numbers.
the page
1 large image; the
Half imagery and same as front cover.
text balance As most people are
Easy to navigate as interested in the main
page numbers selling point in the
mentioned in big font front cover they are
sizes more likely to search
Set in categories so for this article.
Readers can go straight 1 advertising on page
to the page that they’re and no editorial
interested in. message

6. Headlin
e
Colour the
same as
front cover/
Masthead
Standfirst -
to give overall
summary of
the article
Photograph
er credited Full
Drop Bleed
Cap Image
Left
Aligned
Gutter Pull-Quote

7. No margins
around image but
text does Boxout
Balance of text and
imagery; half and half
Pull-
Quote-
when you
turn the
Full page it
Bleed would be
one of the
Image first things
that would
catch the
Reader’s
attention
than you
would be
more
interested
of what the
meaning
behind the
quote is.

8. Caption to
Images to
indicate who it is
Same colour throughout the picture All images have
on
captions
Boxout
Text;
Gutter 5
Column
s
Pull-Quote

9. Full Bleed Headline
Image
Standfirst
Pull-
Quote

10. Boxout
Caption

11. Peek of Imagery of what
Free is going to be inside;
Promo expected of audience of
to know who he is, and
Masthead know already the rest of
the band
Pull-Quote
Name of Cd and
where Cd is on
Bar Code and
Price

12. I think there are 3 layers to the
4 Font Sizes and 2 Fonts
Magazine, 1:Masthead and Background
2: Photograph
3: Cover Lines, Bar Code
Full Bleed
Image
Members of the
Band U2
Central Image is over
Cover Lines the Masthead
, confident that the
audience know their
logo
Predominant
Colours; red ,pink,
yellow &white
Main Cover
Line

13. 2 page
Contents
Page
9
images
Pictures
dominate
the text
Contents
presented
numericall
y and in
sections

14. Captio
Drop n
Cap
Full
Bleed
¾ Image
imagery
¼ text
Pull-
Quote-
Bright pink
stands out
above the
black and
white
picture as
if it were