Masthead ideas

 

 

 

 

The masthead name I decided to use for my hip hop/ rap magazine was Platinum, I chose this as current hip hop magazine names such as XXL have connotations of size and supreme. This is why I decided platinum as we know that platinum is better than gold and silver therefore it is seen as the best, this is the image I wanted to portray through my magazine. This is also appeals to the chosen genre as hip hop artist are known to get platinum disc awards as a prize for their great efforts. The first masthead has a diamond pattern overlay which is appealing as it fits the idea that hip hop rap artist wear shiny jewellery in addition it is very eye catching which is important. However I did not choose this as I felt it wouldn’t fit well with the rest of my text on the page.

 The second masthead uses a red banner with black font text, although these colours portray the connotations of hip hop and rap, I felt the bubbly font did not fit the genre type.

 My third masthead used a gradient fade for a banner and an appealing red font for the text which had inner and outer glow as well as being bevel and embossed. However I felt the banner wouldn’t be suitable for my chosen background.

My fourth masthead also used gradient banner which made it unsuitable for my magazine although the font used was appealing and with the correct colours.

The fifth and final masthead was my chosen masthead as I used a strong bright red which was eye catching and met the target audience as had connotations of blood and power, for the letter I, I used a platinum disc for the dot as it made my masthead more appealing and eye catching.