1. Salford City College
Eccles Centre
AS Media Studies
Foundation Portfolio
Masthead
The typography of this issue is quite soft and
curved, suggesting a quite relaxed, informal and fun
theme to the cover, the connotations usually
associated with pop and dance music. The stark
white colour of the title allows the title to stand out
against the dark background of the cover.
Model credit
The credit is situated right in the middle of the
cover, which will attract reader's attention as it
takes up alot of room whilst also allowing a clear
picture of the cover models so that the audience
can distinguish who they are.
Coverlines
The cover lines will attract readers as one is offering
the chance to win a DJ set in Ibiza, which fans of this
style of music will enjoy and the promotion of a new
album will attract readers as they will be intrigued to
discover new music within the genre.
Main cover line
'The world's biggest dance music and clubbing
magazine' suggests that it is the best magazine in
the entire world for information for that particular
genre of music.
Colour
The colour scheme of the cover is very plain and dull
with a dark grey background and white and grey text,
which is very unusual as these colours aren't really
associated with dance music and clubbing
Photography Lighting
The lighting is high key, which is especially essential
and effective with this cover since there are five
models on the cover and the high key lighting allows
the reader to clearly see the faces of every model and
recognise who they are.
Comment on how the design of the magazine cover attracts the target audience:
Main Image
The main image consists of the five members of a
group and having them all in shot emphasises that
they are a group. However, the man in the middle is
the more dominant of the group as he is larger and
more of his body is shown when compared to the
rest of the group, suggesting that he is possibly the
most well known of the group and that he will be
more likely to attract fans to the magazine.

2. Salford City College
Eccles Centre
AS Media Studies
Foundation Portfolio