Masthead

The masthead of my magazine is going to be in the form of a banner, and it will be positioned either at the top of my magazine, or along the side. I have decided to have options as depending on the positioning of everything on the front page, I will know where to place it. I have kept my options open, as I want to have a masthead that contributes to and effectively conveys the brand idenity of my magazine and also want the main image to convey confidence, so I want both main elements of my magazine to be portrayed in a positive way.

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Banners

Banners will be used throughout the front page to highlight mainly sub-headings. I will be using these mainly in sections that coverlines are placed to draw attention to the heading of the content inside. Also, the masthead of my magazine will be presented in the form of a banner.

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Strapline

The strapline of my magazine is going to be presented in the form of a banner and it will simply say 'The UK's NO.1 Afrobeat Magazine'.

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Coverlines

The coverlines of my magazine are going to be very beneficial in how I stamp musicality onto the magazine. My coverlines are going to feature exlcusive content (interview), major artists related to the Genre ( Fuse ODG, Burna Boy, Eugy, Mr Eazi and Tiwa Savage), I will also add significant sub-headings followed by brief content ( AFOBEATS' BIGGEST YEAR YET, WizKid Tour 2017, Artist of the Year, Upcoming Albums and also The New Dashiki Trend) in order for my magazine to be appealing. 

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Main Image

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Headline

Main exclusive as well as main headline: The RE UP: Revolution. Rosa & Amrit on 'Their Get Go!'

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Barcode

For the barcode, I am just going to use one from the internet.

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Magazine Logo

I am yet to design my logo for my magazine, however I am keeping it very simple. As the magazine is going to be called 'AfrocentriX', I have decided the logo will be 'AX'. The 'A' will be alternating colours, and the 'X' plain white to represent the masthead as well as the brand identity. This will be on a mini- banner.

 

Artist Quote

"Charge your psyche, with the rhythm of the beat". I have tried to make this rhyme so that it is appealing to the mass market audience.

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Date

The date that my magazine will have on it will be '31st Dec 2016', New Years Eve Edition.

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Design Elements

For the design element of my magazine, I am going to focus on the maintenance of the colour scheme, banners, the logo and also the typeface to keep up the afrobeat genre feel.

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Price

From looking at my research (audience expectations & pricing and page numbers), as my magazine will be published monthly I am going to make it £3.99.

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Issue Number

This is going to be a random number, I am going to make this 228, so it's seen as quite new which shows the upcoming popularity of afrobeats.