Initial Design 2 - Front Cover.

This front page wwould have the image as it's background, taking up the whole A4 page. The image will be of the artisit 'Joker' doing a pose, it will be a close up image so the reader has the full effect of the artist.

The title of the magazine will be on the side vertically, this is un-conventional to do, but i have decided to challenge this convention because i think that it will make the magazine more 'edgy' and different, also by having the title vertically on the left side will keep the main focus on the image of the artist, the title will be in the color red, to fit into a theme of the red black and white. The masthead will be positioned just at the bottom, under the face of the artist, (along her neck) this will be in the color red and white, i will make the name of the artist bigger, so it draws more attention of the readers and stands out more to them.

In the top right corner of the page i will have a bar code, this is conventional as every magazine has to have a bar code, it will be placed in the top right corner so it is out of the way and not over any text. Also another convention i will have will be a puff, this will be positioned at the bottom right corner. A puff will be used because i think it will be a good advertisement idea to show the readers what the magazine is about, the puff will say 'The ONLY Dubstep/Drum&Bass magazine' the emphasis on the word only stands out the readers this magazine is one of a kind.

Also on my front cover, to not make it look so playing i will have a feature called a 'Band Index', this will be a little box that will inform the readers what bands will be in the magazine, i will use celebrity endorsement, by mentioning real music artist to draw in the attention of the readers. This text will also be in red to fit in of the color scheme of red, white and black.