Front Cover Rationale

As for colour, I will by sticking to the strict colour scheme below. It will feature with very restrictive use of the grey, which will highlight the important features of the cover. This grey colour will convey masculinity, appealing more to my more masculine audience. The colours I will use for my front cover of the magazine will be masculine themed colours such as shades of blue, black and grey, similar scales to other male fashion magazines.The colour scheme will have connotations of masculinity,hence the main target audience of the magazine are men. The use of these colours will appeal significantly to a male audience.Font of the front cover will be bold and stand out to be effective of the reader to see clearly what the front cover entails. The cover's layout will be spaced out so there is enough viewing of the main image yet also so that pull outs and essential information is also seen substantially.

The one image I intend to use here is an eye level close up of my model, directly addressing my audience. This will challenge my audience to read the magazine. The body language will be relaxed, showing confidence  within the model. I feel this will be accompanied by a natural and inviting facial expression which will hopefully engage my male audience in a sophisticated manner. Costume will simply be a casual outfit, reflecting on the model's personality. The shot type will by a medium close up, almost portrait styled. Lighting will also be low key to add to the mystique of the model and cover.Images in the magazine will be of my own. The photos in the magazine will heavily focus on male fashion in cohesion with the main concept of the magazine. The models of the images will have an appealing and charismatic approach, in effort to persuade the reader to purchase the magazine. 

A high calibre of vocabulary will be used to entice the reader and persuade the reader to realise the quality of the magazine.Moreover, a use of teasers will be on the front cover so the reader will have to go in depth of the magazine and inevitably purchase it. Sub headings will also be included on the front cover to tease more of the magazine.