This is my first attempt at creating my music magazine front cover.
I have used my chosen title ‘Tune’ and located it in the conventional place at the top of the magazine, in bold, where the audience can clearly see it and understand what it says. I used a basic style font as this means it will be easy for the target audience to notice, read and understand.
I have used an appropriate main image with the subject staring into the camera lens to give the audience the feeling that they are looking right at them and making eye contact drawing them into the magazine. The subject is also an attractive female pop singer which will appeal also to the secondary audience as well as the target audience.
I have also used other conventions throughout to persuade the target audience to buy the magazine. For example I have used a bold, red banner saying ‘Exclusive’ which over laps some of the sect and the main image, I have done this so that it is very noticeable to the audience and they feel like they will be getting something ‘exclusive’ to this magazine which no other competitors have. I have also places the main bulk of text containing the subheadings on the left hand side of the magazine as this is where people have been known to look at first as individuals read from left to right.
I have appropriately used left side their as this is where i have put the seal of approval, which contains a competition the magazine is holding to 'Win tickets to see One Direction live', this feature gets the audience more involved with the magazine, the company who runs it and their favourite boy band.
I have used the colour scheme of my front cover as light pink, dark pink, white and black. I used these specific colours as i believe they would appeal to my target audience and the genre of the magazine. I used the colour pink in the background of my front cover to connote grisliness to the magazine due to the fact that my target audience are young females aged between 11-20 therefore this will appeal to them. I then used hot pink to highlight the stories and different features which are important on the front cover.
I also used a vary of my own features and cover stories to the magazine to make it original, I have also used a vary of conventional components to make it look professional and to help my young audience understand it. I have used conventions such as the bar code in the bottom right corner of the page with the price of the magazine shown beside it and the website URL above it, I have also included the date of the issue next to the title.
I have used my chosen title ‘Tune’ and located it in the conventional place at the top of the magazine, in bold, where the audience can clearly see it and understand what it says. I used a basic style font as this means it will be easy for the target audience to notice, read and understand.
I have also used other conventions throughout to persuade the target audience to buy the magazine. For example I have used a bold, red banner saying ‘Exclusive’ which over laps some of the sect and the main image, I have done this so that it is very noticeable to the audience and they feel like they will be getting something ‘exclusive’ to this magazine which no other competitors have. I have also places the main bulk of text containing the subheadings on the left hand side of the magazine as this is where people have been known to look at first as individuals read from left to right.
I have used the colour scheme of my front cover as light pink, dark pink, white and black. I used these specific colours as i believe they would appeal to my target audience and the genre of the magazine. I used the colour pink in the background of my front cover to connote grisliness to the magazine due to the fact that my target audience are young females aged between 11-20 therefore this will appeal to them. I then used hot pink to highlight the stories and different features which are important on the front cover.
I also used a vary of my own features and cover stories to the magazine to make it original, I have also used a vary of conventional components to make it look professional and to help my young audience understand it. I have used conventions such as the bar code in the bottom right corner of the page with the price of the magazine shown beside it and the website URL above it, I have also included the date of the issue next to the title.Improvements
I do however think i can improve this front cover by photoshopping the image, making a smoother edge round the crop and making the image look a better quality, this would also allow me to exit any blemishes or imperfections on the subject to give the image a more luxurious look to it. This would also improve the look of the front cover as the main image is the first thing which draws the audience to the magazine, and will in effect make the magazine look more professional. I also think there is too many blank spaces on this cover which would connote that there also isn't much inside the magazine. I could solve this by using more images and text on the cover I could also consider putting more detail into the background.
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