Music Magazine- Front Cover (Step 3)

Step 3

The next step in making my front cover was to include the price. I decided that this would be the first issue of the magazine and so I planned on an introductory price of £1.50- cheaper than most music magazines; because of this, I put the price in an orange, circular shape so it was clearer for the readers to see. I enlarged the price so it stood out from the rest of the writing. The use of the colour orange meant that it was more eye catching and noticeable and so people would play attention making them more like to notice the buy the magazine.

I used the same font i used on the heading Segoe Script as it was clear and readable.

However, from the second issue onwards, I would raise the price to £2.50 so that it would be easier to afford the making of the magazine.

I then included on the front cover a reference to the main feature, It will be on the new upcoming star, Lulu. I changed the font here to Blackadder ITC- this is a much swirlier, girly font. The change in font allows the readers to differentiate the contents of the magazine from the main feature. The use of the words 'heat things up' is a pun on the magazine name and also connotes a funky, fun and saucy artist!

The last thing I did in the third step towards the making of the magazine was generating a barcode using the internet website, http://www.barcodesinc.com/. This is a key element in any magazine front cover.