FINAL Front Cover

This is my final front page cover of my indie pop music magazine. I looked at what worked and what didn't within my drafts and came to this front page as a conclusion. I knew I had to take a new picture and one where the background would fit in with the magazine front cover. I found that by looking at other successful magazines, this looked most like a real magazine. I put a banner at the top to portray what kinds of aspects will be included in the magazine. I needed to make the key words short and snappy so that they would be remembered when the public would be reading inside. The masthead changed to serif font because it is proven that it is easier to read than not-serif front. As well as this I made the letters a darker colour with a white outline to make it stand out. The front of it is also quite large to show its importance on the page. I made all the taglines and other text on the page, the same dark colour as the masthead or just plain white. This highlights an 'indie' feel as one wouldn't see this mixture of colours on a typical pop magazine for example. I made the top of the artists' head appear above the masthead and therefore covering the 'R' and 'G.' I found that this technique occurs in music magazines a lot and would benefit me more if I used it to.