Reflection Point : What Have I Learned About Independent Music Magazine Front Covers?

 From researching and understanding both The Wire and RnR as independent music magazine front covers, I have came to the idea that they both of their front pages include information and pictures that will immediately engage an audience, whether they are familiar with the magazines or not.

Furthermore, on each of the editions of The Wire and RnR, the masthead remain the same across each, this, I believe, is to give audiences a sense of familiarity to each brand, allowing them to clearly see the magazine in which they are reading. In addition to this, the typography on the editions of these particular independent magazines are bold and clear, allowing audiences to read clearly but also be drawn to the colorful and bold printed copy. Also, the independent magazines include main images on each edition, this engages an audience due to them either knowing or wanting to know more about the particular artist. I have came to the understanding that with each edition, a new artist is being focused on, the front cover gives the chance for audiences/readers to see who will be included in the edition. Similarly, the use of covellines broadens the range information which will be included in each edition, giving insights to the stories or music that will be spoke about, this engages audiences and will further influence them to purchase copies of these independent magazines because of the array of topics included. 

In conclusion to this, I have learnt that independent magazines maximize the use of their front pages, including bold typography, ranges of colors, images and covellines to enlighten and engage potential consumers, creating an eye catching but informative magazine front page.