- The document discusses the preliminary front cover and contents page design for a music magazine. - For the front cover, a sans serif font called "Nova" is used in capital letters to make the masthead stand out. Larger fonts are used for important parts like the masthead. - On the contents page, a separate sans serif font called "Franks" is used to emphasize the magazine's brand identity while providing variety. - The front cover image shows a musician staring arrogantly at the camera to portray them as a well-known figure and attract readers. It is in black and white with strategic lighting to eliminate shadows.

1. MY PRELIMINARY
MAGAZINE FRONT
COVER AND CONTENTS
Griff williams

2. Front cover

3. Contents

4. Fonts
 For the font on the front cover, I stuck to one single sans serif font
as it is simplistic, looks neat and it is bold and easy to read, I used
only capital letters to make it stand out even more I think this font is
good because it's the type of font that looks like it belongs on a
magazine front cover as it is recognizable. The name of this font is
'Nova'.
 In relation to hierarchy of font size I used larger sized fonts for the
most significant parts of the magazine such as the masthead
because these are the areas that you want the audience to notice at
a first glance, other areas such as the quirky names given to the
articles that will be contained in the magazine which can make the
audience curious as to what that article will entail. On the contents I
again used a sans serif font, keeping the 'Nova' font for the
masthead to emphasize brand identity, I used a separate font called
'Franks' I chose this font because I thought it sat nicely along with
the 'Nova' font as it is again simplistic and doesn't give you too
much to look at but looks neat and tidy as if it belongs inside a
magazine. Overall, I think my choice of fonts was good because
they acted as simple yet effective which is something I think a lot of
music magazines tend to do.

5. Language used in coverlines
 The language used on the front cover aims to attract the reader’s
attention for example ‘seagull fiasco’ is an unusual subtitle which
makes the reader curious

6. Image
 The image taken is a medium close up shot` of the subject who I've
attempted to create as some kind of musician/aspiring pop star by
asking him to stare in to the lens of the camera in an arrogant
manner, I chose to do this because it makes him seem like a well
known, appreciated figure which can attract the attention of people
who might see this magazine on the shelves.
 I decided to put the photo in black and white due to the fact that it
was simply more appealing to the eye under this effect in my
opinion. The lighting I used consisted of a back light, main light and
a filler light, this eliminated any shadows on his face or behind him
which is what I intended to do. The location where this image is
taken is in the TV studio, I chose this location because I wanted it to
be in an artificial, simplistic environment where the only thing the
audience can see in the is the subject.
 If I could change something about the image, it would be the
costume, I feel as if it blends in with the background a little bit which
is slightly unappealing to the eye as the rest of the magazine is bold
and contrasts the background.

7. Colour scheme
 I chose the colour scheme of, white for the background,
blue and black for the fonts, because these three
colours stand out amongst each other and works as an
effective colour scheme, I think the blue and black fonts
stand out against the white background as they are both
quite dark colours, whereas colours such as yellow or
pink wouldn’t have the same effect because they are a
lot lighter. The colour scheme follows a pattern of
alternating between blue and black which I think is good
because it shows a good balance between the two
colours. The contents follows the same colour scheme
which gives the magazine brand identity by carrying on
with exactly the same colour scheme.

8. Overall evaluation
 I think my preliminary task has been an overall success, although
there are some factors that could be improved upon, one of those is
the image:- It appears to be slightly stretched on the magazine front
cover which is something I need to avoid in the future, I feel this
could be avoided by using right alignment text rather than left
alignment because it made me feel as if I needed to fill some space
another thing I need to improve on is the linking of the two fonts, I
need to include more of each font on both the front cover and
contents to increase brand Identity. There was quite a few changes
from the flat plan which I made a change to because I realised that
it needed to be a mid shot of a single person. However I feel I have
met the targets I intended to meet including the colour scheme, and
making it appealing to the eye.