House Style - Colour Schemes and Mastheads

Colour Scheme Ideas:











Usually on magazine covers there will be a chosen colour scheme that is carried on throughout the front cover and the magazine. The colour scheme should be eye catching and bold as this will attract and entice the most amount of people to the magazine. Also the colour scheme can almost determine what audience you are attracting e.g. if a magazine cover was predominantly pink, this could suggest that the magazines audience are girls.

Masthead Ideas:

I believe that this masthead would go well on a music magazine cover because firstly it does not specifically target a certain gender, by doing this it can widen my audience. Even though my magazine is aimed more towards women, if it is also attracting a male audience it wouldn't be a problem as the magazine will be doing well. I also think this magazine would suit a music magazine because the colours I have used are bold, and make an 'impact', and this is showing what the music magazine is doing, making an impact. 

This masthead is fun and less series than the first. Using a masthead like this on a music magazine can change the feel of what the magazine is putting across, this can work to your benefit and attract a larger audience as it is giving off a happy feel which is what an audience may want rather than it being serious. The colour scheme that i have used here again can attract either gender audience, however mainly women as purple is usually related to this gender.

This masthead would suit a music magazine as the font is edgy and different and would stand out on a front cover, this is the main idea of a magazine to stand out and attract the customer and draw them in. As well as this on my research for the different masthead designs, this design got voted most for the font which would most suit a magazine. I believe the reason why this got voted to be the favorite is because it is not boring and 

Also on magazine covers there will always be a large masthead, usually at the top of the page. This is one of the ways that the magazine will get most of it's recognition, which is why its important to have a memorable masthead name and design. Sometimes when a magazine brand is established and so recognizable, the main image is used over the masthead, but the audience will still know the brand.