In my opinion, the masthead is just as important as the star image, it helps sell the magazine, giving the target audience a preview of what they’re going to get before they buy it. It gives the magazine a brand, selling it as best as it can through the front cover. With that in mind, having a well thought out masthead is important, ensuring that your masthead and star image mirrors your genre.

To give me some guidance of what specific type font/graphic design would suit my genre the best, I experimented on InDesign with my title, experimenting with different colour palletes,font and font sizes.

In the end, I’ve chosen this one to be my masthead. I’ve chosen this in particular because I feel as if it reflects my genre the best and is compatible with what I want to do with my star image. I really like how I’ve made some of the letters capitals to give my masthead some definition and attract my target audience more.

Focusing forward, after I’ve taken pictures of my star image, I will start to piece together my music magazine, using this specific masthead.