Creating my masthead

Italic style, loopy, handwritten style typeface to give a girly ‘Barbie’ font.

I added a stave with music notes on to highlight the musical element of the magazine

Bold block colour capitalised letters to create emphasis on the genre and catch attention

I replaced the dot above the ‘i’ with a lollipop to tie in with the title I added a sparkle to make the title

seem special and to make it stand out. As if the word is perfectly ‘polished’ and gleaming.Connotations of princesses due to it’s precious look

Creating my mastheadI then changed the alignment and shape of my masthead as I have separated the word lolliPOP onto two lines.

I did this to create more space for the main image on the right hand side of my cover.

This challenged the typical conventions of magazine which I will address in my evaluation.

Masthead/title across one lineEmphasis on „pop‟ by capitalisation to signal the magazine genre.

Cover line story to fill pug area. Includes secondary lead (photo)

Splash- Cover photograph

Stand first to entice the readers to want to read on

Kicker –article decided from questionnaire results

Barcode

Draft- key points

Draft Following my initial ideas, sketch and photo shoots, I began creating my cover page.

Firstly, I chose a pink to white gradient background to match my decisions from my initial ideas- I wanted a girly, feminine theme. I added my double page spread, „Tours of the Month‟ to the cover as an article and secondary lead which I made stand out using Bevel and emboss aswell as Drop shadowing the text. I created a clipping mask for the leopard print behind the „N‟ and „M‟of Nicki Minaj in my cover line as I thought it was a unique and eye catching look which suits Nicki‟s style and would attract my audience. I quickly a few issues with my cover: I discovered that my pink theme was too much as the different pinks such as the hair, background, title, bars at the top and bottom were clashing therefore I knew I had to change something. Also, my title didn‟t allow me much room so it needed re positioning. I decided to redraft in order to sort these issues.

Revised issues

Masthead across two lines to the left to create space

Tag line above title- challenges conventions.

“Exclusive interview” added to catch the eye and interest the reader in something „special‟

Barcode moved to create space. Website, issue date and price added to follow magazine conventions

More articles added to create a full, busy and exciting cover

In order to eliminate the problem involving room to write due to the title, I decided to spread it across two lines and have it in the left corner. This challenges the typical conventions of a magazine as usually the masthead takes up the top third over one line but I have seen this before and it allowed me more room so thought it was more appropriate and made my cover unique.

I also changed the background colour to remove the clashing shades of pink. Introducing the blue really helped my cover to come together as it made the pink stand out more and made it look more vibrant and interesting to look at. I zoomed out of the photograph of my model to add more room and to show the position and outfit more. I also added an eye catching logo and more articles to my cover to make it look busier to appeal to my audience more. I changed the position of the bar code and added the website and date to follow the conventions of a magazine. I challenged the conventions by having the tag line above my title on the top pink bar as this is usually below the title- this again adds uniqueness to my house style.

Revised version