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Front cover layout designs

Brand Identity

My front cover is going to be aesthetically pleasing from the off as I will use bold text and have it at the top of the page, I will have contrasting colors on the page so that will bring out the name of magazine even more so, I will use images of well known artists so that the reader and audience automatically feels some sort of attraction and feel inclined to at least have a look, I have already designed three logos, all of which are related to urban music, such as 'Starz' and 'Endz' magazine, which will hopefully appeal to my target audience, the masthead i have chosen is the 'Endz' as it is direct at many young people will be able to relate and therefore be inclined to read or look at my magazine.

My magazine will include many young and upcoming artists which will be associated with urban grime/hip hop, which is an alternative type of music so will appeal to those interested in a niche style of music.

My target audience will be generally to teenagers/students as it is known that they are normally the type of people to listen to this music, seeing as it is a relatively new genre of music, around the ages of 13-20, I am going to relate this genre to the lifestyle of the readers, as many of the artists are young and in some cases have recently left school, therefore many people can relate, it will also appeal to those who are not interested in mainstream music as that is generally associated with young teenagers and can be described as more 'feminine', where as urban grime/hip hop is normally associated with male listeners.

My magazines identity could be enhanced, by the use of mass advertisement and possibly merchandise including clothes, CD's and competitions. Which would ultimately  hugely improve the brands identity.

Prezi Magazine Analyisis

Masthead designs

The first masthead is colorful and stands out as black and red are contrasting colors, the name 'stars' allows for the people in the magazine to recognized with a sense of prestige and is what readers will see them as, the use of a stars the letter 'A'  is original and will make the masthead unique.

The second masthead is 'Starz' again but this is not bold but is in black so therefore stands out as well, this simple masthead is easy to understand and therefor gets straight to the point.

The last one is completely different and is called 'Ends Magazine' which would relate to younger readers as 'Ends' is a slang term, it is underlined which therefore makes it stand out more and is easy to understand.

The masthead im going to use is the 3rd one as i think it will relate to my target audience the most and will seem the most appealing 

masthead analysis review

Generic conventions

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 These three magazines have a lot of similarities,for example names of the magazines 'Vibe' 'Hype' 'The source' as well as the names relating to urban slang its is evident they are similar in the way that they are all in capital and bold text On the first masthead the Red makes it stand out easily as red is quite clear, the yellow on the second masthead brings out the black text against the background , and purple stands out against the plain background.

Mastheads and my genre

My Genre for the magazine will be Urban Hip Hop as it is what i am personally interested in