Front Cover Annotations

MastheadThe masthead is written in capital letters in order to stand out to my target audience. The colours I will use within my masthead will be part of my colour scheme that can be seen throughout my whole magazine.

Cover LinesMy main cover line ‘JAE-B, Golden Child’ is seen in the middle of the magazine filling part of the centre thirds. The text is bold and capitalised so that it stands out and is recognisable as the main cover line. My main cover line is also linked to my main image as this gives the audience something to relate too. My other cover lines will be bold to attract my target audience. I do not want my magazine too look bare or either too busy. I have chosen these cover lines as they relate to hip hop music and will interest the readers.

TagI have used a tag through the word exclusive to promote an interview within the magazine. This is highly effective as this allows the reader to know they are reading something which cannot be seen anywhere else which increases their likelihood to buy the magazine.

Strapline/Bottom StripThis is positioned at the bottom of my magazine front cover in order to give the reader more information regarding what else can be found within the magazine. This may give them more reason to read on.

BarcodeShows the issue of which the magazine is. This shows the price of my magazine- a highly important part of the magazine.

Colour SchemeThe colour scheme of my magazine is going to be darker red, platinum and black. These are going to be used throughout the whole of my magazine to give my magazine recognition when reading.These colours will mean the audience will continually recognise my magazine throughout several publications.

Main ImageThe main image will stand out on the magazine as this is where the human eye is drawn too. The image will be a medium close up of a black female in order to relate to my music genre of hip hop. The main image will also anchor my main cover line as this a convention which magazines use.