This is my first draft music magazine. I have included all the conventions of a typical front cover; masthead, house style, web address, sell lines, page numbers, main image and feature images, banner, USP, bar code, price, date and a skyline.
I looked at another recent pop magazine and used conventional colours like pink and white, these colours are central in pop magazines because these colours represent young girls (target audience). White is a nice contrast to pink also could connote pure and innocence.
I called my magazine ''pop girl'' because its a pop magazine and it's a stereotypical magazine for girls. I chose the colours to be pink because it's a conventional colour. I also shadowed the font with purple to look more professional and lastly stroked it with white because conventionally top of pops is always stroked in white this makes the masthead appeal the audience quicker. The font style is quite feminine and looks like a young girls fancy hand writing. This font also connotes happy and joy because it's bubbly and curly. The masthead to be behind the models head is also a conventional technique this connotes that the model is featuring/promoting this magazine company.
The sell lines are white to stand out on the pink background and the slang language like ''pics'' and ''celeb'' is also a conventional way to inform the readers this is because the audience are young and this will make the audience feel comfortable and happy. The page numbers beside the sell lines are also conventional and it helps the readers to quickly skip the pages in the magazine to the topics they'd like to read. The explanation mark beside the two sell lines connote excitement. The pull quote underneath the banner is in pink because it stands out from her white background.
The two feature images were separately edited and then put on the cover this is because I wanted it to look professional and not messy. Pictures of boys appeal to young girls a lot so I took a picture of a boy form my class to make my cover look conventional, I also put a box around him stroked with pink because it's a conventional technique and I think this makes the picture of the boy to stand out. The small feature image of Emily at the bottom is informing the audience what the magazine includes about her, however I do wish the lighting of that image was a bit better she looks quite orange due to the lighting in the photography room.
The main image was a practise photo shoot but because I didn't have time to take another neither did the model I ended up choosing this image to be my main image, and luckily she's wearing white because conventionally female stars that feature on a front cover are always wearing neutral colours to connote purity and good. It would have been better if she was wearing a dress to look sophisticated and elegant. The posture connotes confidence.
The price is £1 because Emily is new feature to the magazine and people would be less interested as she isn't popular but the price would make the magazine worth to buy. Also it's not a conventional price however I believe that pop magazines are expensive especially if the young girl has to buy it put of her pocket money. I made the font size of the price big and bold to appeal the audience eyes.
The USP is in a shape of a circle stroked with yellow and white and the background pink to stand out. I chose to giveaway nail varnish because it's quite a conventional free gift.
The banner is in pink and stroked white similar to the masthead this is so that it will appeal to the audience quicker. another appealing text is ''world exclusive'' black and yellow is conventional for this text. I chose to place the text on top of the name banner because I saw it another magazine.
The two feature images were separately edited and then put on the cover this is because I wanted it to look professional and not messy. Pictures of boys appeal to young girls a lot so I took a picture of a boy form my class to make my cover look conventional, I also put a box around him stroked with pink because it's a conventional technique and I think this makes the picture of the boy to stand out. The small feature image of Emily at the bottom is informing the audience what the magazine includes about her, however I do wish the lighting of that image was a bit better she looks quite orange due to the lighting in the photography room.
The main image was a practise photo shoot but because I didn't have time to take another neither did the model I ended up choosing this image to be my main image, and luckily she's wearing white because conventionally female stars that feature on a front cover are always wearing neutral colours to connote purity and good. It would have been better if she was wearing a dress to look sophisticated and elegant. The posture connotes confidence.
The price is £1 because Emily is new feature to the magazine and people would be less interested as she isn't popular but the price would make the magazine worth to buy. Also it's not a conventional price however I believe that pop magazines are expensive especially if the young girl has to buy it put of her pocket money. I made the font size of the price big and bold to appeal the audience eyes.
The USP is in a shape of a circle stroked with yellow and white and the background pink to stand out. I chose to giveaway nail varnish because it's quite a conventional free gift.
The banner is in pink and stroked white similar to the masthead this is so that it will appeal to the audience quicker. another appealing text is ''world exclusive'' black and yellow is conventional for this text. I chose to place the text on top of the name banner because I saw it another magazine.
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