Research and Design – Front Cover

MASTHEAD

COVER LINE

STRAP LINE

MAGAZINE SLOGAN

I have chosen to go with the colour scheme of black, red and white. These three colours compliment each other well and allow me to make certain cover lines and quotes stand out to capture the audiences attention. These colours are also quite professional and would appeal to the target audience (hip-hop fans) in comparison to using colours such as green, pink or yellow.

Another convention in which I would like to incorporate from my research of the hip-hop magazine XXL is the cover line being at a slanted angle with the strap line anchoring it below. I used this effect to make the magazine more interesting instead of the magazine

front cover looking plain and boring with just a block text and a picture. A convention in which I would like to

incorporate from XXL magazine is having the magazine slogan above the masthead, I feel that if the slogan was placed anywhere else it would take away from the impact that the brand will have on the

audience.

BANNER

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COVERLINE

COVERLINE

PULL QUOTE

Main

Picture

Research and Design – Front Cover 2

MAIN PICTURE

ARTIST NAME

STRAPLINE

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BANNER

COVERLINES

LOGO

SLOGAN I have chosen to alter my initial plans of the front cover to this style.I have chosen this house style over the initial one as this is more structured and gives a professional look.I like the way that all of the text and cover lines are placed at the bottom of the front cover, this gives the audience a clear view of the featured artist and makes the magazine cover look less cluttered and edgy.If the magazine did look cluttered and edgy the audience would have a different view on the genre of the magazine, they would think it was based on Rock or Metal.

Research and Design – Contents Page

I have chosen to place the title of contents at the top of page reaching both ends of the page with the strapline of the main article beneath it, I think this structured look ties in with the rest of the house style.

I have chosen to place the page numbers and contents on the right hand side reaching the bottom of the page, this again ties in with the structured house style in which I wish to achieve.

I have decided to put the main picture of the artist below the strapline as it will anchor the picture correctly. The banner of photos below will also relate to the contents of the magazine and again stay within the structured house style.

CONTENTS TITLESTRAPLINE OF MAIN ARTICLE

PAGE NUMBERSAND CONTENTS

MAIN PICTURE OF FEATURED

ARTIST

BANNER OF PHOTOS

Research and Design – Double Page Spread

All of the chosen conventions on this page is again reinforcing the structured house style in which I am following.

The colour scheme is going to be white background with black text, this makes it easy to read and it will look clean and professional.

The pull quote from the article is going to be in a strong bold font and again it will be black. This will make the quote stand out from the page and entice the reader to read the full article.

The main picture of the featured artist of the article is going to have a whole page spread of the picture.

WHOLE PAGE PHOTOOF INTERVIEWED

ARTIST MAIN TEXT BODYOF ARTICLE

PULL QUOTEFROM THE ARTICLE