This is the draft of my front cover.There is only going to be one image for my front cover, reason being is so it can have more impact than if there was six different pictures and avoiding the over crowding look which may put people off from potentially purchasing my magazine.

I intend to put text on both sides of the magazine so that it does not look to formal, but less text near the picture so that the picture can have more influence and effect. This is the layout used in one of the magazines that I studied as you will see below.

Less text on the side of the main image.

Here at the start, through Adobe InDesign I inserted perimeters to make sure everything will be in line making my cover look professional and neat.

Above you'll see with professional magazines there is a clear perimeter between the borders and text.

How to put text in?1)Click on the rectangle tool.2)Draw your desired size.3)After clicking on the ‘T’ you then can enter text in.

I chose 'sound for the soul' as it can be interpreted in various ways from both a Christian and a non – Christians perspective as I talked about in my statement of intent earlier.

Spiritual viewpoint : This magazine speaks truth for the soul.Music viewpoint: music for the soul.

It is important to let your slogan be known,hence why I made mine bold and yellow (a colour that stands out), so that when people see or hear it any where else , they will associate it with my magazine. It should be clear for people to see that it is the slogan and like my case study I put it at the top of the masthead sticking to the conventions as this was the most well-suited place. Generally we read from top to bottom making it hard to miss. You can see an example of a slogan on top of a masthead to the right.

Slogan

Even though I originally wanted three colours I want my slogan to stand out from the rest of the text that is why I chose yellow- a bright colour that represents excitement. As well, with my subheadings I have been putting specific words in different colours and sizes. The words and numbers highlighted are those that will be significant or appealing to my target audience e.g. ‘X- FACTOR’, much of my target would have watched this family programme one time or another so even though the rest of the text is not as big, this alone encourages passers by to read the rest.

How to change the colour?

1)Highlight the text in which you want the colour to be changed.2)Then you can choose the colour you want through the tool bar on the right.

Here you can see me following through with my plan of more text on one side than the other. I am using two colours for my subheadings this creates a noticeable layout of the patterns and sections of the magazine. Below is an example of the colour code technique used in a magazine.

But I am avoiding using more than four colours overall with my front cover's text because if I do my magazine might resemble that of a child’s magazine - unsuitable for my target audience.

AligningPutting the text next to the border of the page.

Though all of the text is in line, the text looks squashed and looking at my research products there is always a spacious gap between the text and the borders. You can see an example of this code in the 'U-ZONE' magazine below.

Here however when I keep within the perimeters it looks more like a magazine. When it comes to inserting words, InDesign is well equipped for making your text look spacious and presentable..

I used four cover lines, one less than one of my case studies (below this text), a variety of texts avoids it from looking to plain and I avoided using too many as this could potentially make my product resemble that of a newspaper. Cover lines are important as they are what attract people to even buy your magazine in the first place. All of my cover lines are from different areas this is to avoid the magazine from being too narrow minded and so it can appeal to a wider audience even outside my main target.

Cover lines

There are hundreds of songs produced each year, the use of the number 10 shows this is the best of the best creating a mood of anticipation. Using second person is important as well as it creates a connection between the magazine and the potential purchaser. People are generally curious, especially youth, in the interest of others and what the ‘trend’ is. This headline will encourage members of my target audience to see ‘what's hot and what's not’.’ All these work together in persuading the target audience to buy the magazine.

‘mixtape’ shows that it is a music magazine and is that of the rap/hip-hop genre. This links into the top 10 cover line as well.

A regular family show that many youth watch. Exclamative sentences show the audience, this article is something to look forward to and that if they do not buy this magazine and read it they will miss out on this major story. The word reveals shows their going to find out what no one else knows and people all always interested in finding out the unknown.

A striking quote that will draw people into buying the magazine so they can find out the full story.

If you want to see a page without borders on the tool pointed out, highlight it and click ‘apply none’.