Throughout all of my layouts created, I have put the masthead in the top left hand corner. I think this is the best place for a masthead to go due to the visual syntax, it will be the first bit of text seen. It is also reinforcing the features of an indie-rock magazine as all the others also have their masthead in this corner such as NME and Q.
The shape for my pug/puff is going to be a circle. That way, I can design it to look like a vinyl. This will be a good feature to my magazine as even though a record player is an old fashioned device, many of my target audience have these products as they are interested in 'vintage' products. As well as it being vintage style, it is music related, so that is further adding to the characteristics of my music magazine.
I want the font of my anchorage text to be larger that the font of my cover lines. This is because the anchorage text is related to the main image so it is more important and it is also the main headline of the magazine. Because of that, it has to be easily seen as it will be the story which will attract the audience the most.
I like the look of cover lines being on the sides of the magazine. I think this looks very professional and allows it to be easily read. In one of my designs, I have put cover lines going across the bottom, this could look good but depending on the type of photo I use this may hide important features of the photo. I would also prefer my anchorage text to be placed here.
I also have featured a slogan. These are usually linked to the masthead, so I have mainly placed it above or below the masthead. In one case it is placed at the bottom of the magazine. I think this would be better if my slogan was a longer phrase.
No comments:
Post a Comment