Front Cover

For this front cover I have experimented and changed the layout of my context. the masthead has stayed in the same place throughout as it is the first thing you look at. I have kept it the same size throughout as it needs to be seen and the connotations of the magazine being called 'LOUD' is fun, young and vibrant which is also the reason why I have chosen the house style colours to be black, white and hot pink.

The pug fits at the top of the page below the masthead and on the right as this also needs to be seen as the '1st issue' is relevant to the magazine. The pug does not look correct underneath the cover lines and next to the main headline. The '1st issue' stands out as the font is a different style and is also white rather than pink. the pink stroke with the black background also makes it stand out as they are contrasting colours.

The main headline needs to be bold as it is the most important thing inside the magazine. Therefore I  have used capital letters and a stroke for emphasis. I have changed the headline from 'PAIGE HITS #1' to 'PAIGE' and added a tag line underneath so 'PAIGE' can be larger to stand out as she is a new object. I have moved the head line around the page from the middle to bottom, this is because I had to fit the cover lines in where there was space.


The cover lines I have reduced from three to two, made them smaller and experimented the layout. The artists names are larger and in a bolder font than the tag lines, this is because they are most important and need more emphasis because it is who the audience want to read about. the cover lines have a faint white background because without it the audience wont be able to read the text because of the black and white background. the cover lines being at the bottom of the page is unique but I feel that the visual syntax is not very appealing.


The subject of the image makes eye contact and is facing the camera which attracts the audience and intrigues them to buy the magazine. The house style of pink, black and white also stands out as they are bright colours and attract the eye because it is different from the classy red of other magazines. The plus sign is bright pink and emphasised by the black glow around it this shows there is more to expect in the magazine. The barcode, release date and the prcie need to be altogether as they associate with each other and would not make sense if they were different corners of the page, these are small as they are not ov