Magazine Cover: Key Features

I have created the image below to show a magazine and the main features of the cover.

Masthead: The title of the magazine, usually accompanied with a logo.
Main Image: A picture of the subject of the main article in the magazine.
Subhead: A quote or information about the main article.
Price: The amount of money the magazine is.
Date Line: The date the magazine was released. It can be a full date or just a month depending on how often the magazine is published.
Sell Lines: Smaller articles which capture attention and draw the audience in.
Main Sell Point: Builds the image of the magazine.

AS Media Studies Brief

Preliminary exercise: using DTP and an image manipulation program, produce the front page of a new school/college magazine, featuring a photograph of a student in medium close-up plus some appropriately laid-out text and a masthead. Additionally you must produce a mock-up of the layout of the contents page to demonstrate your grasp of DTP.

Main task: the front page, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine