Drafting and planning

This is the official masthead for my magazine.

• In the end i decided to go with this font because its clear and distinct to the readers because its simple and isnt too bold. I also like the sharp edges on the 'N' because it gives a cool edgy look to my magazine
• For this magazine i chose to have red as the masthead colour because it has connotations of danger, making out that my magazine is exciting and contains content of a serious and potentially explicit nature which i aim to achieve with my double page spread
• I will be positioning it in the top left hand corner to comply with the 'left third' carried by almost all music magazines. This is because when the magazines are stacked, the brand of the magazine is easily visible from the side.
• I am choosing a size similar to that of NME's, big enough so its clearly visible but small enough so it doesnt draw attention away from the main cover star and main cover line.
• Around it i shall also palce my selling line as well as the date like many other music magazines like NME see here in an NME magazine i researched http://stevesasmedia.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/magazine-cover-analysis-killers.html