The document discusses the design choices for a magazine masthead and cover. The title "Mash-up" was selected to appeal to fans of rock and metal music. A distinctive but readable font was used for the masthead. A centered photo of the author with a serious expression was used as the main cover image to suit the magazine's tone. A barcode was placed in the bottom corner out of the way but following industry standard. A brief advertisement on the cover highlights some inside content and aims to attract the target readership.

1. I selected the title Mash-up as my Masthead because its related to
the demographic I am aiming for which is rock/ metal band lovers, I
used a font that wasn’t to plain but wasn’t to much, so that it caught
your attention but it didn’t look a mess.
The main image
I used was one I
took of myself
and I centred
the image so
that it stood out
more, also I was
pulling a straight
face to make the
magazine look
more serious,
with this pose I
think it was
appropriate for
the type of
magazine.
I added a barcode to the bottom corner so that it was
out of the way and didn’t clog up the main image, doing
this allows me to take the audiences eyes away from the
less important stuff. However putting a barcode on my
front cover is a good idea because most big named
magazines also but the barcode in obscure places.
This is a little advertisement telling
people what is also inside the magazine,
this is good to get peoples attention
because they will see this and want to
read up on the story if there in the right
target audience.