Music Magazine Cover Planning

This is four sketches drawn to decide which one will make the front cover. The first cover I chose to draw  the photo in the centre of the page. It is a mid long shot of a female singer. The masthead is positioned at the top left hand side of the page in sans serif font. Placed next to the picture is the main cover line, underneath is the 2nd, 3rd and 4th cover lines.

On the right hand side of the top corner is where the second sketch of the front cover is. The masthead flows down the left hand side of the cover, instead of mastheads always being at the top I though placing it down the side would be better and different than other magazines. Leaning against the masthead is a medium long shot of the character that will be featuring in the magazine. At hip height of the character, along to the right hand side of the page is the main cover line. Above and below the main cover line, is the less important cover lines that tell us what other smaller story's or interviews that feature in the magazine.

On the bottom of the paper are two other sketch's of the front cover. On the left hand side is the third drawing. The masthead is positioned at the top left hand corner. In the centre of the page is a mid shot of the character in the magazine. In front of the person is the main cover line that stretches across the middle of the page. Below the main cover line are three more cover lines, these are positioned on the left and right hand side of the page and then the third smaller cover line is placed below both other cover  lines and the main one too. This is so readers focus on the bigger, more important feature rather than the less important stories.

On the fourth and final drawing, the masthead is at the top right hand side of the page. On the bottom right hand side is the character sitting on the floor holding an acoustic guitar. Opposite to the picture is the main cover line, in big bold writing to help get peoples attention. Above the picture and main cover line are two more cover lines. These cover lines don't stand out as much as the main cover line as i would like people to focus on the picture and the story behind it. This front cover is a lot more simple than the others as it only has a total of three cover lines instead of four.