Here is another issue of the rock magazine 'NME'. As you can see from the previous magazine i analysed the magazine editors have kept the colour scheme the same: Red, black, white and bits of yellow. This is so it is recognised by the buyers. Compared to the other magazine, this front cover is quite empty, It has one large kicker and main image. This is what our eyes are drawn to at first because of the rule of third. There is no strap lines which is unusual for magazines because they show the readers what the magazine contains which sells the magazine. But i think that this layout is very effective because it is a well known magazine brand, As you can see half on the mast head is covered this is because the title can be recognised without seeing all of it because it is a popular magazine that is familiar worldwide. The costume that has been chosen for lily Allen reflects the colour scheme of the magazine the red and black compliment each other which makes the magazine stand out.

This is a rock magazine that would target teenagers and Young adults that are into rock music, gossip and artists. There are three main colors in this magazine they are: Red, black and white. The two main things that stand out in this front cover is the Main image and the kicker. The main image has the rule of third principle. It draws the reader in because the women takes up alot of the page and has eye contact with he audience. The women links in with he colour scheme her lipstick is red, her hair is black and her skin is fair which ties in with he rest of the magazine. Also the another thing that stands out is the kicker this is because it is big and bold. The contrast between the black and the white colour theme make it a key feature of the magazine, The font has a worn effect. The whole of the magazine is packed full of information, you can tell this by the kicker, strap lines and skyline.

Mock up of magazine front cover:

This is mock up that i hand drew and then scanned into he computer. As you can see i have stuck to this plan, The only things that i have changed is that my main image has two people on instead of three and i have no pug in the top right hand corner of my front cover.

Contents Page:

This is my contents page for my magazine. It shows what my magazine contains and what pages it is on. I have kept the colour scheme through out the magazine this is so the pages flow on from each other. I have also kept the font the same. I added stripes to the bottom of the page to make it more interesting for the reader and to keep the colour scheme.

Final design:

This is my final magazine front cover. I have stuck to three main colours on my magazine. I choose green as my background colour and black and red for my font colour. I used these colours because they are up to date and funky which will attract my target aundience. Also my straplines apply to all students for example " top 10 revision tips" will attract students and help them with there work. Another one of my straplines is " common room gossip" this concerns all students and will draw them into to buying my magazine.

Second Stage:

This is the second stage to my college magazine front cover. As you can see I've added 3 different strap lines. Ive placed three images onto a Polaroid background this is to make the front cover More exciting and modern. Ive kept the captions short and sweet so its not to boring for the target audience which are students. I also added the masthead "Freshhh" i decided to go with this name for my magazine because its a brand new magazine that has a funky name to relate to students. I exaggerated the word "Freshhh" and added two other "H's" to emphasize the the meaning behind the masthead.

First stage:

This is the first stage for my magazine front cover, this is the main image. It shows two female students at Lordswood sixht form in the common room, the two girls close together show that its a friendly college and the girl on the left smiling shows that's shes happy with her surroundings.