Front Cover Explanation...

Today I worked on designing the front cover, after doing a lot of research on the codes and conventions of music magazines, I found it really fun actually planning out my own ideas.

As you can see the final title of the magazine I decided on was: Acapella. I chose this name because, to sing acapella means to sing alone, and I thought it would work well as the name because it shows that the magazine can stand alone, and still stand out from the rest, and still make an impact.

I have chosen to use a font that looks like the kind of signs you would find one Broadway, as I wanted to emphasize the show-biz feel of the magazine, and give it a vintage feel (As vintage is a big trend at the moment among women, and I feel like it’s a bit different to the usual glossy straight edged magazines). As you can see, I want to embellish the “A” of Acapella, by adding a border of lights, like you would find around a celebrity’s/artists dressing room mirror. I think this could look really bold and make the mast head stand out; also by embellishing the “A”, if this magazine was stacked on the shelf, usually the left hand side of the magazine is the side left on show, so people would be able to locate my magazine more easily by having this emphasized letter to look for.

I think I am going to colour the masthead a cream/beige colour, and then the outer boarder of the “A” I want it to be a cornflower/baby blue colour, as I think the two colours will compliment each other really well.

The rest of the text will follow the colour scheme I have chosen.

As you can see I am going to use a badge on the cover, but I am not sure whether I want it to be in the top or bottom right hand corner. But I decided to add a badge, because the majority of the magazines I looked at had a badge on their front cover.

The main cover lines will run down the left and right hand side of the main image, and I think I want to use the text wrap tool so the text flows smoothly around the image.

I am going to use a lot more fonts on the front cover of this magazine, than I did on the front cover of my school magazine, because when I looked at the front covers of music magazines, I found that they usually  used around 4-6 different fonts. So I have decided to use the different fonts for emphasis (for example: I am going to but the name “Eliza” in a different font, as it will draw attention to the name, and people will realise who the magazine is featuring).

 The front cover image will be positioned in the centre of the page underneath the masthead.

Overall I think this design really reflects the style that my target audience will relate to, as it’s clean cut and simple, but with the subtle embellishments the magazine still has a captivating edge.