Saturday, 2 October 2010

Research Media Texts: Existing Front Covers







 These examples of music magazine covers from Q and NME magazines both demonstrate the style in which I would like to incorporate into my own magazine. The main image is very sharp and engages the audience with the main image dominating the page.  
The mastheads on all of these magazines are bold and recognisable. This is important for advertising as the mastheads need to be able to be noticed easily on the page as this is the part that sells the magazine, it is the brand. From looking at these covers, I would like to ensure that my image is dominant on the page and the main focus, that the brand name (masthead) of my magazine is easily recognisable and that the magazine looks 'busy' with tag lines and other smaller images. 
There is a distinctive colour scheme in all of the covers. For example, NME magazine has a memorable red font for the masthead. This also applies to the Q magazine with a definite red, white and black scheme. 

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