Magazine Layout Plan (front cover)

This is my layout plan for my magazine front cover. In the image below I have explained each part of what is on the page and its relevance for why it is there. I decided I wanted the artist to be on the right hand side of the page with the masthead behind the top of the artist. This would make the artist stand out and would therefore make people purchase the product even more than they would without having the artist standing out on the front cover. For this particular plan, I decided to involve the tag lines on the left of the page that would include some images of other artists, however I thought I would change this later on when making the magazine.

I put the price at the top left corner of the page but then after some research I realised that it having it there would draw attention to the price and would result in lesser sales as people may find it too expensive, so when I actually made the front cover, I put it as the bottom and it smaller font so it would be less obvious. I decided I wanted the barcode on the bottom right corner, nevertheless, this changed when I was using Photoshop as it ended up on the other side of the page with a website, the date and the price all surrounding it in smaller font. This makes the magazine look more professional and would reinforce more sales for that particular music magazine.