Rock N Roll Magazine Mock Up

This is my final magazine mock-up for my music magazine that has the genre ‘ROCK N ROLL’ From doing a lot of research I have now come up with my final mock-up, as we can see I have included a lot of features on my front cover that I believe will stand out from the other Rock magazines and catch peoples attentions. I also want my final magazine to look as professional as possible and I believe with this mock-up it will be professional.

The first thing on my mock-up is my Masthead and logo, I have placed this at the top of the magazine as this is usually where the title of the magazine goes and I want people to know what my magazine is called instead of getting confused with everything else going on, on the mock-up. I will use a bold font for my masthead and a dark colour as this will make it obvious and clear. I will also use a font that resembles the theme of Rock but it will also be clear and keep to a formal, professional look. I have decided to place a logo next to my masthead which will hopefully make it easier for people to recognise my magazine as this logo would always be next to the masthead.

I then decided to place a header underneath the masthead, on this it will include the date. This will show that my magazine is a monthly magazine as from my questionnaire monthly was the most popular answer. The header is one of the key features the front cover of my magazine; I will use a smaller font for the header as this is not as important as the masthead. However the font will still be clear and simple and I will use a colour that will not clash with the central image.

I have also decided to place cover lines along the left hand side of the magazine. These will be short and snappy but then very informative at the same time as it will basically be a sneak peak of a story that is inside the magazine. The cover lines have to be good as these could be the difference between making sales and then not making sales. A good clear font has to be used as well which people can read from a distance, but it also has to be readable over the central image.

I have decided to have one main sell line that will be spread across the central image, this main sell line will have to be clear but very informative at the same time. I will use a clear, bold font but I will make sure it doesn’t clash with the central image. Underneath the sell line I have placed another cover line which could link in with the sell line above it.

I will also place a thumb nail picture on the bottom right of the magazine to make the magazine look exciting and to draw people into buying the magazine. This thumb nail picture will be something really exciting that will then have a story inside the actual magazine about it.

I have then placed a barcode and price on the bottom right of the magazine. This is one of the key features that should be on a magazine, as if it wasn’t here then it would look messy and unorganised which could give off an impression to the readers that the quality of the magazine isn’t very good inside. However because I have placed a barcode and the price here it looks neat and professional and that is what I want my magazine to be known as.