LO1: Sample Materials

Most of these mastheads are similar because of there bold and straight to the point mastheads or most other mastheads have unusual font designs that can connote the genre of music which is linked with the rebellious theme. Magazines like the 'NME' and 'Q' are bold and stand out through out of house style colour for example the 'Q' magazine most of the colours on the front cover is black and white however the masthead is a bright red making it obvious and bold. Also the 'Kerrang' as its unusual cracked effect connotes the rock style music genre thus making it straight forward and directly appealing to the reader. All the fonts are san serif, this making it easy to read and recognisable, All mastheads have connotations of the genre of music inside the magazine. Other mastheads on the magazines have a either one letter or 3 letters these decisions on the amount of letters shows that the magazine company is professional and also making the title snappy making it appealing to the reader.

• The font style links with the Q magazine, the font is linked with the san serif font and professional style of the magazine.
• The unique letter 'a' gives a personality to the masthead to make it stand out.

• Diagonal straight angle on every letter connoting a aggressive tone which could connote the genre of music which is Alternative rock, rock being aggressive and unique.
•  The difference in size connoting not normal which can be linked with the music which is seen as not normal/ traditional.

• Shape style e.g triangle style for the 'a'.

• Aggressive style through jagged edges.

• I decided to use the writing in a square design as I believe it gives a simple message as the square is not big and is easy to read.
• I also think the square design gives a sense of professionality as it does not have any sharp and out of place edges.
• I went through different shades of colour e.g yellow with red letter or yellow with green letter.
• I tried different types of fonts for the individual letter I chose the Colonna MT font as it still has a professional style to it as it is still San Serif but has a extra line overlaying it to give it unique style to the other letters next to it. Making it stand out also backing up the white colour that works better with the red square and is more visible.