The tagline on a magazine goes under the masthead, and sometimes can be attached to it. It will either show what the magazine is about or who its aimed at. For example Q's tagline is 'THE ULTIMATE ROCK 'N' ROLE'.

The central image is the most important part of the front cover on a magazine as it's this that catches the readers eye. The image will be relevant to the magazines purpose, audience and it usually strongly related to the main article within the magazine. Alot can be denoted and connoted from the central image.
*Denotation - what you can see thats obvious.
*Connotation - idea that you take from the image,
                         - the way you interpret an image.

For many magazines a cover model is used, usually a celebrity or well-known individual that is connected with the magazines genre. If a magazine has a well-known celebrity on the front it will help the cover sell because they have their own connotations for example people might expect to hear about fashion from Victoria Beckham. Photographic models also help sell the magazine because people that "it could be me".

A Mast Head is the title of a magazine. It's almost always at the top because its the first place you look and when its in a rack you can only see the top half of the magazine. The font is also chosen to work with the genre of the magazine, if its quite a laid back magazine the writing can look as if its been handwritten, where as if its a girlly magazine the writing can be quite flirty and swirly. Using lower letters would also show that the magazine is laid back but if its in capitals its as if its shouting out at you, so the magazine would be quite serious most likely to be a factual magazine.
The colour of the font is also important as it can relate to what sex the magazine is aimed at. If the writing is pink its more likely to be aimed at women, likewise for blue being for men. Pink is the stereotypical colour for women.

I researched how different front covers from different magazines. This helped me to design the front cover of my magazine and also what different genres magazines cover.

Vibe is a magazine about about music artists, actors and other entertainers. Its owned by Quincy Jones. Mainly covers R&B and Hip-Hop music artists.

Rap-Up was originally a website about hip-hop but was later made into a magazine. It's sold in more than  20 countries

Q is published monthly in the UK. The magazine has an extensive review section which features: new music releases, music compilations, film and live concert reviews, as well as radio and television reviews.

This is this image i am going to use for the front cover of my magazine.

I called my magazine Student Voice. I chose this name as it will have different students opinions on the topic of the week. The Topic of the Week will be a debate where students can express their different opinions so their voices can be heard. The topic can be about anything the students wish, even an issue within the school. Also in the magazine, will be a list of different TV Programs we think students would watch.

This is a mock up for my magazine. Instead of calling my magazine The Student Voice, i have decided to change it to Student Voice.