Front Cover; Flat Plan

Masthead; Black (with my chosen font) and bold. This is to ensure it stands out and is visible to the reader.
Main Headline; The main headline will be a different colour (red) to the rest of the sell lines (grey/blue/black). This is so that the reader knows that the specific colour represents the most important article within the magazine.
Dominant Image; The dominant image is the only image on my front cover. This is so it stands out to the audience and furthermore, my genre of magazine only has one image on the front cover. My model will have a direct mode of address and a teeth smile to engage the reader. Furthermore, she will have a guitar a a prop and it will be in front of her next to her side to show an equal importance. There will be no background as I will edit the image on photoshop to get rid of the background, the lighting I have used for the image is natural lighting so that it shows my models true beauty and I feel artificial lighting effect the models facial expression. The photo will be taken as a long shot and the camera angle will be somewhat eye level.
Sell Lines; the sell lines will be positioned down one side, this is because it looks a lot more professional rather than them scattered all over the front cover.
Bar Code and Essential Information; the bar code and other information will be situated at the left hand corner of the front cover. This is so that audience know where the price etc is and they don't have to look at other corners of the page to find every bit of essential information.
Pull Quote; I have added in a pull quote to engage the reader. The font colour will be the same as my main head line as it will be pulled straight of that article. I have chosen to do the same colour as people will instantly know that it is linked with that headline.
Slug; I have also added in a slug to further engage the reader and make them want to browse/ take a look at the magazine. This will be blue as I think it would stand out and draw attention to the sell lines which some will be blue.