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XXL MAG
The masthead is in capital letters and is a Sans serif font. It is in a silver colour and has the effect of diamonds which make up the letters. There is also a background for the masthead and the colour used is red, which makes the masthead stand out. The same style of the red background is used for a strapline on the front cover near the bottom of the page. The font is of a large size and has a slight shadow of black around each letter and that makes the silver letters more sharp on the page. The masthead unlike most other magazines is not the full width of the page, but is only half and is placed on the lefthand side of the page. The celebrity Birdman's head is partly blocking out the last letter of the masthead and that means that the magazine may have an established house style so the readers could still recognise the magazine with a letter not being shown.
The masthead attracts the audience by being a different colour to the plain black, whites, or bright colours as it is silver it has a ''shiny'' effect to it which looks glitzy.
The main picture on the front cover is a medium long shot as it is from the knees up. It is of two well-known
**The background of the front cover is a faded pink and white colour which doesn't clash as the celebrity is wearing a white suit. The black bowtie drapped around his neck instead of being done up, adds a formal element to the magazine while still being unformal. I think this photograph was taken in a studio with not to much lighting but you can see light in his face. The celebrity on the front T.I.s expression is that he is smiling with his head slighty tilted and he is front facing the camera. He is also centered in the middle of the page with the straplines placed around at either side of him.
This photo appeals to the target audience because he is a well known celebrity who makes music and well as acting, so people would read it if they liked the films he has been in as well as his songs, another thing is that he is good looking so that might appeal to the females.
Most of the other texts on the page are bold capital letter writing which would stand out quite a bit if it was on a shelf. The only text that is not in bold are not really important as they dont tell the reader anything about whats in the magazine. The colours that have been used are the deep red (same as the masthead), black and a green-yellow colour and this font is also sans serif. There is also a couple of shapes which have text in them.
The front cover established a house style by keeping the masthead font and size the same for every issue so that if some letters are blocked out on the cover the customers will still be able to recognise it.
This magazine cover will not really influence me a lot in the design of my own music magazine front cover as the cover is a bit plain, but as the masthead font is a sans serif font I will probably do the same for my masthead. **
XXL MAG
The masthead is in capital letters and is a Sans serif font. It is in a silver colour and has the effect of diamonds which make up the letters. There is also a background for the masthead and the colour used is red, which makes the masthead stand out. The same style of the red background is used for a strapline on the front cover near the bottom of the page. The font is of a large size and has a slight shadow of black around each letter and that makes the silver letters more sharp on the page. The masthead unlike most other magazines is not the full width of the page, but is only half and is placed on the lefthand side of the page. The celebrity Birdman's head is partly blocking out the last letter of the masthead and that means that the magazine may have an established house style so the readers could still recognise the magazine with a letter not being shown.
The masthead attracts the audience by being a different colour to the plain black, whites, or bright colours as it is silver it has a ''shiny'' effect to it which looks glitzy.
The main picture on the front cover is a medium long shot as it is from the knees up. It is of two well-known
**The background of the front cover is a faded pink and white colour which doesn't clash as the celebrity is wearing a white suit. The black bowtie drapped around his neck instead of being done up, adds a formal element to the magazine while still being unformal. I think this photograph was taken in a studio with not to much lighting but you can see light in his face. The celebrity on the front T.I.s expression is that he is smiling with his head slighty tilted and he is front facing the camera. He is also centered in the middle of the page with the straplines placed around at either side of him.
This photo appeals to the target audience because he is a well known celebrity who makes music and well as acting, so people would read it if they liked the films he has been in as well as his songs, another thing is that he is good looking so that might appeal to the females.
Most of the other texts on the page are bold capital letter writing which would stand out quite a bit if it was on a shelf. The only text that is not in bold are not really important as they dont tell the reader anything about whats in the magazine. The colours that have been used are the deep red (same as the masthead), black and a green-yellow colour and this font is also sans serif. There is also a couple of shapes which have text in them.
The front cover established a house style by keeping the masthead font and size the same for every issue so that if some letters are blocked out on the cover the customers will still be able to recognise it.
This magazine cover will not really influence me a lot in the design of my own music magazine front cover as the cover is a bit plain, but as the masthead font is a sans serif font I will probably do the same for my masthead. **