Lauren's Evaluation

My magazine front cover has the typical conventions that real magazines use. My masthead was in the top-left corner and had the biggest boldest font so it stood out more than anything else. I also made the main cover line stand out by using bright colours and a different font to the rest of the texts. Other cover terminology I used was boxed text. At the bottom of the page I was giving away free posters so to make it stand out I put the text into a box. I put a bar code, along with the price, at the bottom of the page to make it look more real like other magazines. I done all this for my magazine front cover so it was like other magazines and so it looked a lot more authentic.

 

 

The representations of the people on the front cover are very different. While two of the images match the genre of the magazine the main image has a totally different theme. The main image represents a very old style which is not often seen in this day and age. The way the people are posed and how they are dressed shows just what they are representing. With the one on the left with the 'peace' sign sends the signal that she may be a hippie. Also the way they are both dressed and with the signs on their faces makes the reader feel like they are hippies. This could help get another separate audience to the audience the magazine is originally aiming at. 

The media organization which might issue our magazine would be from the ‘hip-hop’ music institution. This is because it is a ‘hip-hop’ music magazine. This will help the fans keep up with all of the new up and coming artists and stay up to date with already established artists. Also a couple of the front covers we used could be appealing to other social groups such as the ‘hippie’ groups.

 

 

My magazine aims towards a teenage audience but it also has a slight reference to an older generation because of the ‘hippie’ twist. Because of this it might attract an older audience who might be put off by the hip-hop theme.

I addressed the audience by using all sorts of media techniques.   I used a catchy masthead which was also colourful to make it stand out even more. I also tried to make the magazine as colourful as possible to make it stand out and catch the audiences attention.

 

During this media project I have learnt a lot. Not only have I learnt new media techniques to do with magazines but I have also learnt to use Photoshop  which wont only help me for collage but could help in later life.

 

 

If I would have to do another magazine front cover I would probably make it a more conventional ‘hip-hop’ magazine cover. I would still keep all the bright colours and fonts but the images would change because their too different and could make it less sellable.

 

 

Although I have had to go through a lot of obsticals to make the perfect magazine I am happy with the final result and im proud of how good it looks.