Research: Front cover 4

Masthead

The masthead uses white  colours. This shows a clean colour. This is a house style of Pianist magazine because I have had a look at a few other issues and it is the same on every one. The masthead is in a good position because it is on the left hand side of the page and the masthead can still be seen clearly. Due to the writing being in white and the grey background, the large text stands out against the background and immediately catches someone’s eye.

Images

The image is aimed at an older target audience of around 50 - 70. It is of a middle aged man sat at a piano. It isn't very eye catching because it uses dark colours so it is not easily visible. It does not appeal to a younger audience and the featured musician doesn't look very happy. Through various research, target audience want to read a magazine with an artist who looks like they are enjoying doing what they're doing. They also appeal to the audience by using a "free CD" which is in a puff. This makes the "free CD" stands out

Fonts

Most of the text on the front cover is big and bold. It is easy to read because the font style is clear and due to the colour of the text being white and yellow, it is clearly visible on the grey background. The text style is mainly serif. This mean that the writing has small curves and lines at the end of each letter. The masthead and some of the text is however sans serif. This means that is hasn't got small curves and lines at the end of the letters.

Feature/ Cover stories

In this issue of Pianist magazine there is one feature story and a number of cover stories. They all link to the classical genre because they are all pianists and the target audience of this magazine is mainly the older age from 50 - 70.

Codes and conventions

This magazine cover uses conventions like "pedalling" and "posture". These are conventions to do with the instrument. The magazine breaks no conventions.

Language


On the cover, the word "magical" is used. This is used to suggest that you get a wonderful feeling when you here the way Cole porter plays. 


















How research has informed my creativity and planning

• I like the use of conventions in this front cover.
• I like how it is quite busy
• I like pull quotes that are used