Radio Times

For the front cover of my soap magazine (your tv) i did not want it to be compared to soap magazine such as 'Tv Choice' and 'Whats on tv' as i wanted a more sophisticated contemporary look, therefore i used 'Radio Times' as my main influence.
Magazines such as 'Tv choice' have a varity of bright bold primary colours, a main eye catching image superimposed over the background with spoilers and teasers for othe sopas and tv dramas included in the magazine, they also have pictures of famous characters to attract the audience.
However 'Radio Times' has a modern classic magazine style. For example, the font cover constists of one image which is the size of the front cover acting as the main eye focus of the page. Like 'Tv Choice' it doesn't include other pcitures of soaps and tv daramas

the one image which is the whole page as the the main eye focus of teh cover. Th cover stays minimulistic with just the main title, main image and a strapline, although simple it is powerful enough to attract the audience and stand out from the rest.

In order to base my front cover on 'Radio Times' i had to establish what it was that made is a successful tv guide. Below are notes which i made on a what a 'Radio Times' front cover page consisted of:

• White bold capital letter title at the top of teh page
• top right corner to advertise partner companies
• large capital letter strapline running across the bottom of the page, also a smaller starapline 'RT Exlusive' underneath with a tag line.
• A large superimposed image the whole length and width of the page also include the baftas medal in the backgroud suggesting it to be a special issue of the magazine.