Market Research

I have researched alot of magazine front covers, with the genre of music and other. They all feature a famous cover star as the prominant image to attract the potential audience, in most cases the cover star is partly covering the masthead. Text image cohesion is also used with the main image, plugs and subheadings, and a simple colour scheme is used throughout to make the cover more asthetically pleasing and easy to read. As i will also be making a contents page and double page spread, it was necessary for me to also research into existing versions of these, and analyse how the genre is represented, the layout, and the key features.