Front cover research

In my magazine I should include a bold clear masthead to attract attention. The magazines that look more professional have a large statement image on the front cover therefore I should follow trend to make my magazine a higher quality.  I noticed most rock/metal magazines have a dark background and on top of that use contrasting and bright colours such as whit , orange, pink, yellow and red. The contrasting I found very effective so my colour scheme will include black, white and a bold colour. The cover lines tend to alternate in colour to separate and draw attention to them and stops the text from merging into one large paragraph, this was an effective technique I will copy for my magazine, along with a range of font sizes on the front cover to separate different aspects of the page. In the magazines I analyzed the graphic features ranged in sizes and positions on the page, I preferred smaller graphic features as the don’t take away any focus from the main image, I also like how they were positioned at the bottom right hand side, i found this most effective as it didn’t steal any focus of make the page look busy instead added to the page, for my magazine I will use smaller graphic features and position them in a way that doesn't steal away any focus. The most effective sell lines were on the left hand side under the masthead as it was very noticeable I will position my sell lines so that they are noticeable.