Friday, 7 November 2008

Further Research - Magazine Cover

From the research I have done into magazine covers, I have been able to understand the layout and design my magazine front cover should follow. Below, I have looked at some magazine covers and their genre, target audience etc.


NME- This magazine looks to be for a young adult audience, around the age of 14-21. The picture is the obvious focus point, and the coloured ext around it also grabs your attention. This genre is Indie. The text is all aligned to the sides, apart from the main headline, which uses colour, font and size to get the readers attention. Other details used are blocks of colour with text on top, as well as highlighted text.






Pop Rocks- This magazine is for a much younger audience, around 8-14. It is obviously a pop magazine, and this is made obvious due to the picture, layout and tag line. By using the childish tagline, it makes the page look to be for a younger audience instantly. The photograph is obviously aimed to catch a younger child’ interest.




Uncut – This is a magazine for an older male audience, about 21-40. The photograph is a simple headshot, though it does have some attitude. The tagline doesn’t really stand out because of colour or style, and the text follows this idea, using a set colour scheme and similar fonts throughout.




Q - This magazine is a magazine that looks as though it is aimed at women aged 21-40. It uses a glamorous photograph on the front, and follows a set colour scheme throughout the headlines and blocks of colours. The headline is very big and grabs the readers attention, and the stories fit around the focus point of the photograph well.





Overall, from these designs I think my cover will look most like the NME cover. It will be a fun photograph with a bit of an edge to it, and have numerous headlines around it, with a large tagline at the top of the magazine. The text ideas will be similar to those chosen on the NME cover, and will follow a set colour scheme that is similar to the colours the model for my photograph will wear. The magazine will be aimed at a younger audience, of around 16-21 year olds, and will have to follow a 'fun' style to be attention grabbing to them.