Planning my Masthead

A few Masthead Ideas 

Here are a few masthead ideas that I created for for my music magazine. I chose the colours red and black because I thought they would attract my target audience. I tried to make these mastheads standout however I didn't really think any of them suited the look of my magazine. 

I then came up with a more simple font which I believed to be the perfect font for my masthead. As well as this, I created a heart rate line on InDesign which I added to my masthead. I gained a lot of positive feedback from friends in my class and college and most of them told me they preferred Design 2. Therefore I made this my overall decision and I decided to use this design as my masthead for my front cover. I knew this design would be perfect as it attracted my target audience and by making it plain and simple, it really bought out the heart rate line. This linked well with the title of my magazine 'PULSE!' as it shows an actual pulse rate. Also unlike the other mastheads, this one does not take up that much space and therefore gives me the perfect chance to fit as much as possible into my front cover and it is all very eye catching as well.