I shall now look at how one particular music magazine has changed over the years. To help me develop my own ideas on a front cover I will look at how the style of languages, font, colours and positioning of covers have changed over the years. The magazine I have chosen to base my research on is Rolling Stones. Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, politics and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph Gleason founded Rolling Stone in 1967.
The first issue of Rolling Stones featured John Lennon dressed in an army outfit. The photo is very old looking and goes with the rest of the cover. the cover is in black and white this could be to save money on printing cost there is an article on the front of the magazine similar to a newspaper, this is to save money as well as illustrating the article and its importance as it is the first issue.
This issue was published in 1985 with two famous movie stars on the front. This issue looks more like a magazine as it has strap lines, headings and names of the article to draw an audience in, giving it a typical magazine layout. The font is the same as when the magazine first came out, however the magazine now has a theme that it follows white backgrounds with black font. It is a simple look which works.
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