Finished Front Cover

Here is an image of my finished front cover, I decided to call my magazine Hustle which is across the top of the magazine. The font i used for the name of the magazine best suited the genre (Rap) in my opinion as it sharp and unique which represents the genre well. It is also very eye catching because of the yellow colour and the style of the font.

Above the masthead is the price and date the magazine was isued, the reason this is in smalle font is because it does not need to take up much space. Slightly below the masthead is the website for the magazine.

The articles around the sides of the main image are inspired from other magazine such as VIBE which is my main inspiration. Using different fonts and sizes for specific parts shows that some articles are more important or more exclusive than others.

 

The main article is placed in the centre of the magazine in large text to ensure it stands out from the rest so the reader knows that this is the main article. By being in the centre it is made clear that this article is related to the main image.

 

I also placed a bar code in the bottom left hand corner, because this is where they are commonly found.

 

My house style is red,white and yellow. This is because it stands out well on the background and shows the importance of certain aticles. It is also eye catching and gets the readers attention. I was careful when placing certain colours as in some places they could not be seen clearly and would take away the eye catching effect.

Font

To the left are fonts that i would'nt use as some of them look more for young children as apposed to my target age. Also some of the fonts are difficult to read which be frustrating for readers aswell as my work being pointless. Also considering my genre is Rap non of these fonts fit that genre and will therfore not look as proffesioal or effective.

To the left are fonts that i would use as they are clear and easy to read, therfore the readers can understand exactly what i have written. Also these fonts look proffesional and fit well in with the target audinece as they are not too childish but are not to plain and boring. They also suti the genre of Rap well as they are unique fonts which best relates to the genre. Also some of these fonts will give the magazine lots of variety making it stand out aswell as being unique.

Mood Board

My magazine will be based on Rap music so the artists i have used for my mood board are best known for this genre.

Typography

After analysing several music magazines it is clear that the popular colours used are Yellow's and Red's as these colours are eye catching. Another thing that i have noticed is that all the magazines all have at most 5 colours on the page, this is because they do not want the page to be full of colours as it may lose its effectiveness and will look messy and out of place.

Due to this the colours that i will be using on my front cover will be bright colours like red font on a white background so it looks simple and professional. I chose this because out of all the magazines that i looked at Q magazine was the one that i first noticed which is the effect that i want my magazine to have on the viewers, as apposed to "We Love Pop" which although uses bright colours like pink, it doesn't stand out as much because there is to much on the page and it looks messy and unprofessional, and is more likely to appeal to young children.

Below is a print screen of a mockup of the style of font and layout of my magazine, also there are images of magazines which i have used to decide on my Typography.