This is my contents page for the preliminary task, and similar to the front cover, i tried to make the colours bright and interesting so that the magazine would appeal to my target audience of students at school. Again, i think that this is eye-catching and successful at grabbing potential readers' attention.

School Magazine Front Cover

This is my final front cover for my School Magazine preliminary task. I made sure that I kept reffering back to my mock-up to make sure that the layout ended up how I initially wanted it to. I'm happy with mthe end result as it is eye-catching due to the bright colours I used, yet it stays with the theme of a school magazine.

Mock-Up of School Magazine Cover

This is my mock-up for my school magazine cover. I have done this so that I clearly know where everything on my front cover will be positioned, so that I have a good idea of what will look good and whether it will be appealing to my target audience or not. I like this layout because it is simple but still shows off each feature clearly. For example, the way the kickers or coverlines are postioned around the sides of the front cover make sure that the main image is still prominent enough to catch potential readers' attention.

Billboard Music Magazine Analysis

Masthead- The house style of Billboard magazine is centred on the masthead – sans serif font, with colours circles filling in the spaces of the letters. Similar to most magazines, the masthead doesn’t actually have to be seen completely for potential readers to know what magazine it is, due to the iconic masthead.

The covers are colourful and striking, and although the font and placement of the various cover lines changes throughout the different issues, the reader can clearly see that they are reading Billboard Magazine.

The main images that Billboard use of their covers often compliment the colour scheme used in that issue, or they match up to the font colour. For example on the Carly Rae Jepson cover, she is wearing red lipstick, which matches up to the red font used. Alternatively, on the Drake front cover, the photo is in black and white so the font matches this.

Rolling Stone Music Magazine Analysis

Masthead: Even though the mast head is party covered by the main image, you can still tell it is “Rolling Stone” magazine, as the house style of the magazine is very iconic, therefore you do not need to see the whole masthead to know what magazine it is. The font of the masthead is punchy and eye catching, as the bright red contrasts against the white background.

Main Cover line: “Justin Bieber Super boy” connotes that Justin is not an ordinary teenager in the sense that he is ‘super’ and capable of huge amounts of success. The font of the main cover line, and all the other cover lines, is sans serif, and in very bold colours of red and black, matching the masthead and keeping a theme running throughout the cover.

Cover line: “The clash: the secret history of punks greatest band” implies that there is something scandalous that the public do not know about a band they have been fans of for a long time. This cover line is intriguing and would probably encourage potential readers to buy the magazine.

Main image: The main image of Justin Bieber is made to make him look quite rough and edgy, as if he is care-free and shows an unusually rebellious side to the teen singer.

The house style of Rolling Stone magazine is generally kept the same through out the different issues of the magazine, for example the Mast head is always the same font, however the colours sometimes vary. In addition to this, the layout of the covers are generally the same, with a main image in the middle and various cover lines and plugs placed around them, occasionally overlapping the image and masthead.