Three similar magazine front covers

By Melissa Howard

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Top left third This area is visible when the magazine is part of a stack on the shelf. Masthead The proper name for the title of a magazine of newspaper

Logo-This is the name of the magazine, and is printed in the largest writing on the cover. For this case the two words in the title are separated with different shades of blue and fonts. This adds emphasis and makes it stand out, that it is the well known rolling stones magazine.

Main feature- a medium close-up of a well known celebrity used to attract the target audience through their knowledge of a popular band/artist.

The grey/black and white effect, really works well and is simple but effective. It makes it seem as though it is limited edition and is like an antique.

headline- the largest text for the main story, designed to grab the target audiences interest Bar code- this is an ugly but necessary part of a cover and is often disguised or creatively placed in an unusual way.

Cover line-Is a heading for an area that is included in the magazine.

Masthead The proper name for the title of a magazine of newspaper Cover line-Is a heading for an area that is included in the magazine.

Top left third This area is visible when the magazine is part of a stack on the shelf. Main feature- a medium close-up of a well known celebrity used to attract the target audience through their knowledge of a popular band/artist.

Logo-This is the name of the magazine, and is printed in the largest writing on the cover. For this case the two words in the title are separated with different shades of blue and fonts. This adds emphasis and makes it stand out, that it is the well known rolling stones magazine.

Pug-this is placed on like a sticker to stand out and make it look 3-d.

headline- the largest text for the main story, designed to grab the target audiences interest Polaroids- these pictures look like they have been printed and stuck on afterwards, like a pug. The way the figures seem to burst out of the frame of the pictures is eyecatching and unusual Banner - a thin rectangular background designed to look like a tape stuck over or wrapped around the magazine

Secondary featuresThese extras attract the audience but not as much as the main feature, which appeals to the core target audience.

This magazine has gone for the whole bold/bright in your face thing, making it seem 3d with the main image and putting the title in the background, it really stands out and draws the potential reader in.

Bar code- this is an ugly but necessary part of a cover and is often disguised or creatively placed in an unusual way.

Logo-This is the name of the magazine, and is printed in the largest writing on the cover. For this case the two words in the title are separated with different shades of blue and fonts. This adds emphasis and makes it stand out, that it is the well known rolling stones magazine.

Top left third This area is visible when the magazine is part of a stack on the shelf.

Masthead The proper name for the title of a magazine of newspaper

Pug-this is placed on like a sticker to stand out and make it look 3-d.

headline- the largest text for the main story, designed to grab the target audiences interest

Main feature- a medium close-up of a well known celebrity used to attract the target audience through their knowledge of a popular band/artist.

This magazine goes for the bright bold effect also, with the large text and bold font, also it has vibrant colours, but it doesnt look overdone or cheap.

Cover line-Is a heading for an area that is included in the magazine.

Secondary featuresThese extras attract the audience but not as much as the main feature, which appeals to the core target audience. Bar code- this is an ugly but necessary part of a cover and is often disguised or creatively placed in an unusual way.