On the front cover of my magazine. i have used quite bland colours which is probably a negative because it wont be eye-catching enough but it looks well set out. the ain focus is an image of a girl striking a pose with a smile on her face. This connotes that she is having fun and is entertained which is what i want my magazine to do to my readers.

On my contents page i have a main focus image of a girl directly addressing the audience to show confidence. i have a red background which makes my text stand out like my front page. The tag line at the bottom shows that it is the more important thing on the page and draws your attention.

This is the contents page for the Q magazine edition featuring James Blunt. Because this is a special edition there is a main focus image of him featured on the contents page. this automatically engages the reader because they become curious as to what the interview with him will be on. The image holds the whole right hand side of the page whilst the text takes up 50% of the other half. the titles of the topics are in bold to show that they are important and stand out. the smaller text is just a brief preview of what is to be in the magazine and creates enough interest for the reader to read on. The colours are quite neutral creating an Indy effect this is the aim of that specific magazine targeting young Indy rockers and their likes.

For my contents page I used the same colours as my front page to create regularity. this regularity lets me create my own style and identity. I have on my contents page a masthead saying CONTENTS which obviously explains what this page is. Because of the colours on my front page I had to change the colours of my contents as well which conforms with the front page. I have small titles underlined showing the topics that will be covered in my edition with the more important topics in a slightly bigger font and size so these stand out and catch the readers attention.

To show a bit of irregularity and variation I used different fonts from the front cover to change the effect of the magazine and try to show it is a fun entertaining read. hopefully readers will see this in the contents page where there is a wild messed up effect that works and be enticed to carry on reading further and read  the articles.

The magazine has used three different colours that contrast well to create a vivid front page. A black background has been used with the white masthead and white cover-line used to stand out big and bold. The yellow puffs also stand out against the black background. These three regular colours create regularity throughout and creates their own personal identity through this.

Because the magazine is specialized around rap/hip-hop the colours relate quite well because if they used bright colours such as red green or purple I don't think they could have created the same effect. so when they've used black, yellow and white these colours look cool just like Drake who is holding a striking pose with his arms crossed  in a cool manner. This could all be seen as stereotypical or common in that certain genre of music with rap/hip-hop music seen as cool and something that lots of people liked.

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this is an example of a front cover from the music magazine VIBE. VIBE has a specific target audience aiming to persuade fans of hip-hop, rap and grime. Their main focus image in this edition is an image of Drake the rapper/ RnB artist who is big in the music industry. This automatically grabs the target audiences attention as they can relate to Drake because of their love for that type of music. VIBE is the masthead on the page in big bold white print behind Drakes head and this helps the reader notice the magazine on the shelf because if the title was put in small print it wouldn't be very noticeable. Around the masthead there are small puffs of snippets of information that are to be shown in the magazine. The text is quite minimal which leaves the image to be the main focus point which is what the magazine is trying to do. UNSTOPPABLE is the cover line for the magazine also in big bold white letters which gives the reader an insight into what's up for reading.

A cover line is a sort of tag line that gives you an insight into what goes on inside the magazine but in a snappy clever way. The cover line is normally short and placed above image to create interest or show that this particular image is important or a big story inside the magazine. They stand out against the other puffs on the page as well because they are big bold and are the other main focus point as well as the main image.

The amount of text on the front page is limited because I want my audience to focus more upon my main image of the girl having fun striking a cool pose. Limiting the text means that the image is focused upon more and other  text such as my cover line in big bold text is also highlighted and shown as important.

For my front cover I used the image of a girl standing in a fashionable pose to try and entice my target audience to buy my magazine. The image is the main focus on my front page as it is the largest image.
Around my main image I have small boxes or (puffs) that give the reader an insight into what will be in my magazine such as interviews, reports and persuasive sentences help to entice the target audience with small incentives inside the magazine to win in small competitions. i have only used the colours grey and black which is not very appealing to my audience so i will be changing these to more vibrant stand out colours such as reds, yellows and blues. These all help for the reader to notice my magazine on the shelf and for the reader to become intrigued upon a first glance.

Anchorage- this is a term that refers to how images are referred to. In magazines, images will be anchored by captions(directly explaining what the pictures depict), by coverlines, or by articles and headlines. Anchoring an image helps give it meaning, as it helps the reader understand the significance.