EVALUATION - Compare and Contrast of Completed Magazine Cover and Real Life Products

Masthead - Both magazine front covers have a big and bold masthead positioned on the left hand side. They both include two plain colours with a white stroke to give definition to the outline of the letters. They are both of a similar size.

Free Posters - Both magazines share the same lure at the top right hand corner. The lure of 'free posters' is used to grab the audience's attention as it shows extras that are featured in the magazine. The use of freebies are a good way to lure people into buying the magazine as they are getting something extra for their money. Both magazines portray an image also.

Key Image - I chose this example of an existing magazine to look at mainly because of the key image. This is because it is an image of a band rather than an artist. Therefore, I looked at it to see how I could position my image of a band on the front cover. The similarities with both of the images is that the lead member of the band is in the foreground, with the rest of the band members in the background. This is done to emphasise the lead singer's importance as perhaps the band's most recognisable/liked member. In addition, the band on my magazine is wearing dark colours which is similar to that of the NME front cover, which represents the genre of music magazine.

Coverlines - The coverlines on both of the magazines are listed down the far left ahnd side of the page. The heading is written in a bold colour with a block background behind it. This is done to highlight the importance of this heading and makes it stand out from the rest of the page. Both sections of the coverlines are similar as they both have two different colours - a bright colour to grab the attention of the audience and a neutral colour such as black or white to give further information

Main Coverlines - On both of the magazines the band's name is written across the middle of the page in a big and bold text. This signifies the importance of the band and that they will be the main feature of this issue. It is also the biggest text on the page which, again, emphasises this.

Puff - On the NME front cover there are no puffs, but there are extra images on the page instead. On my magazine cover the 'explsion' effect of the puff enforces the idea that this issue is a must read and creates the urgency that the audience must read it. The binary opposition of the colours makes the puff stand out against the rest of the page.