Research: Front Cover

BASIC CONVENTIONS OF A FRONT COVER

 

• A front cover should have a one main image, a mid shot of somebody. They should look straight down the camera to gain eye contact and attract the buyers.
• A front cover needs a headline that stands out. It needs to be bigger and bolder than the rest of the cover lines.
• The cover has to have a main focus such as a celebrity, this would be the main feature of the magazine.
• Your magazine needs to have attitude.
• There should be three main sections to your front cover. The main section with a large image and the main cover line. Second section with the main cover lines and the third with a few smaller cover lines.
• Make sure there is contrast between your colours, if they clash you will not be able to see the writing.
• The positioning of the masthead is not important. It can be at the very top of the page or a cover line can be written above the masthead.
• Magazines are stacked in the shops so that the left third of the magazine is visible. The most attention grabbing cover lines and pictures should be on this part of the magazine so that you attract your audience.
• Photography sells more and looks better on a front cover rather than illustrations.
• The background of the image you take should be a solid colour. Patterns will make the cover hard to design when it comes to adding text.