2. Front Cover
I tried to make the magazine cover to attract teen
readers. I did this by using bright colours but still
staying with the colour scheme.
The colour scheme of blues attracts the reader
towards the redness of the hair of the model; and also
the red banner across the cover with Betty Davison’s
name attracts the reader further and also suggests that
the magazine is multi-modal as it attracts both Male
and Female from the stereotypical colours of blue and
red featuring.
The young girl on the from cover suggests that their is a
teen reader as she looks like a teenager. This addresses
the reader to want to pick this magazine up as they
would be able to relate to the language terminology
and lexical choices just from the suggestion of the
magazine model.
I also used the lasso tool to hide certain letters
within the masthead ‘Hit’ and the tagline ‘Your
Favourite Music At Your Finger Tips’. This could
suggest that the magazine is a very well-known
magazine as it will still sell to the audience even
though part of the text is hidden.
3. The magazines that I researched
Each magazine that I researched is at a very high standard, all show a very good
quality. They address and attract the reader in various ways including that they
already have a very established magazine company. For example, most people
have heard of Q, Rolling stones and Billboard magazine.
This Magazine cover shows the
power that Q magazine has. For
example, the use of the lasso tool
by placing Lady Gagas head infront
of the ‘Q’, the ‘World exclusive’
textbox ,’Lady’ and ‘Ga’.
For a not very well known or new
magazine business, this may be
quite risky to do as the audience
may not be able to recognise the
title.
4. This magazine cover shows a quite simply and
passive representation. However, the masthead
‘Rolling Stones’ is yellow with a backdrop and also
use of stroke is bright. This will attract the eye of
the reader and they will be able to realise this a
‘Rolling Stones’ issue. The ‘Madonna Looks back-
The Rolling Stones Interview’ will attract and
address the reader as they may be able to relate to
this if they grow up listening to Madonna.
Unlike the ‘Rolling Stones’ cover; this cover looks far more busy and
more colour dynamic. The use of the blue and white colour scheme
is similarly used in my magazine cover also. The slight use of red,
and green could be to suggest that these colours are used quite a lot
in other sections of the magazine or that it represents the company
colours. This will attract the reader if they are regular readers as
they will recognise the colours. The use of text ‘women’s Music’
addresses women as it could suggest dominance and power that the
magazine is often dominated by men.
Again, the lasso tool has been used in this to put the ‘Billboard’
masthead behind ‘Beyoncé's’ head.
5. In addition, I have
The Masthead
positioned the
I have tried to make the I have also used the effects
masthead behind the
masthead clear and easy to create this two-tone look.
models head, this is
to read. I did this by using colour
because my audience
overlay, gradient overlay,
would be able to
pattern overlay, satin, stroke
realise what the
to apply a more professional
magazine is and also
look.
‘your favourite music
at your finger tips’ is
also slightly behind the I have also made the strap
models head, this line ‘plus!! Sam Ace
addresses the behind-the-scenes tour’,
I have made this bold
audience as they this shows the reader that
and eye catching so
would be already be there is extras to the
the reader would be
familiar with the magazine from the lexical
drawn towards it.
language. choice of ‘plus’. The use of
exclamation marks attract
the audiences attention as
they are imperative.
6. The existing magazine masthead and
mine
I similarly used the lasso tool
to place the models head in
front of the masthead.
The masthead shows clear use
of lasso tool by placing ‘lady
Gaga’s’ in front of the text.
7. Pricing, Bar-coding and Issue Date
The pricing and bar-coding to present the magazine as a real magazine that you
would see in your local News agents. The price of the magazine is £2.60; I priced it
at this price as the audience is teenagers to young adults so they may not be able
to afford an expensive amount although I would presume that they would have a
disposable Income that would at least be able to afford a monthly amount of
£2.60.
I have put the price in
the top right corner,
this doesn’t distract
the audience from
the main stories but
is still visible to see.
8. Bar-coding
• I have bar-coded the magazine cover to make
it look like an actual magazine cover so it
would be sellable In a shop.
• A bar-codes is used with machines, a barcode
transfers data.
• In this case of my product, the data will be
transferred from the barcode to the till
machine so it can be sold.
9. Main story on the page
I have used the bright blue
colours to show the main
story. This attracts the eye of
the reader as it shows a
contrast between the blue
and slight red tones.
The colours of blue are similarly
used in the ‘Billboard’ to my
magazine. The use of 2 tone of
white to blue shows an effective
use of colour which will address
the reader if they enjoy Beyoncé's
music.
10. Content page
This is the contents page to show
where the pages are placed in the
magazine. I have tried to keep it
Professional and high quality. The
reader would be attracted to ‘The
Mode- Talk about their success’ and
also the ‘Betty Davison- Is the grass
always greener?’ It addresses them by
showing them the pages to quickly turn
to by the use of use of the large
numeric uses of ’14.’ and ’16.’ .
the web address also present so if the
reader wants to get in touch with the
magazine they can do. This addresses
them as they know they are not just
paying for the magazine, there is a
website too.
11. The Contents pages that I researched
All of the contents pages which I have used
for existing research look at high quality and
produced. This one has a UK top 40 section
where the reader can quickly find their
favourite artists and bands.
It also shows pictures that are also featuring
in the magazine also with the matching
page numbers like I have done.
12. This contents page shows a simple yet well-
present and clear. The page as a whole functions
very well. It also shows a small blurb in the top
left corner which similarly used in my double
page spread. In addition, the contents page has
the similar structure as my original contents page
before I re-did it.
This contents page on the other hand has a more
busy structure showing a lot text and image. I
have similarly used the structure of putting the
contents page numbers and titles on the right.
13. The title-Contents Page
The contents page title for
Billboard magazine is quite
clear. It is written in bold, block
capital letters in a dark-heavy
font in black.
I have similarly written the
contents page in upper-case
lettering but It is written In
dark purple. I have also used
the stoke tool in black with
the magazine brand name of
‘Hit’ also to address to the
reader the company brand.
14. Extra information
The use of
placing the
page details
and taglines
below show
the reader
the main
stories that
they can
view. This
addresses
the reader to
the
navigated
pages.
15. The Contents Page Numbers And Info
I have similarly used the structure of
having the main title of the page with
extra information that the reader can see.
As you can see, the ‘Rolling Stones’
contents page follows the similar layout.
This addresses the reader to their chosen
page.
I have chosen the colour scheme of blue but
the red works very well too like the
‘Rolling Stones’ contents page.
16. The Double Page Spread
I have tried to make my
double page spread as
professional as possible.
The layout of the double
page spread attracts the
reader.
I have kept with the red use
of colour scheme which I
original planned to use in
my planning stage. I have
used the cover line.
17. The existing Double spread pages that
I researched
The double page spread
shows Florence welch
as the model in the
image. She is sat on
what looks to be a
American flag will ‘USA
got the love’ written
behind. This addresses
the reader as they may
live in America or be
interested in America.
18. Double Page Spread
The double page attracts the attention of the
reader from the poison pen letter style cover line
of ‘people think I'm an attention seeker, but I'm
just honest’, this attracts the reader as it looks
fierce and attention grabbing and addresses them
by the actually lexis content that will give the
reader a reaction to it. In addition the semantic
field of being defensive and attitude by the
position that ‘Lily Allen’ is stood.
This double page spread attracts the reader of
the readers by the use of the bright white
colour and image in front of the dark black as
it shows the contrast between the colours.
19. The titles
The ‘Betty Davison’ in Similarly to this, it grabs the
red stays with the red readers attention by the bright
colour scheme but also contrast. This addresses the
shows a diverse of the reader also as it will address the
red colour. reader as they will react to the
lexis.
20. Images
I have tried to relate my magazine image to my existing research
double page spread image by similarly having red as part of the
colour scheme. I have tried to make this image of ‘Betty Davison’
clear from text as much as possible so it can double up as an
poster for the reader. This will attract the reader as it is a freebie
which promotes the artist.
However, I created a blurb which addresses the reader to another
page for a promotional offer to win something.
21. The main Story- Article
The beginning of the of the article
is written larger than the other
The main article is written text. This is to intrigue the reader
in a column of 2. I tried to by attracting them towards the
space it out to attract the article. This done in my article by
audience as it doesn’t look the colour use of red with the
overpowering and boring. larger ‘I’ and in the existing
I have also added the web research page of ‘I’ also.
address and page number.
22. Quoted Text
The quoted text on the
‘Madonna’ double page
spread is used on the image.
This attracts the reader as it
is usually something that is
really interesting that would
intrigue the reader.
I similarly used a quote from the
article in a different colour to the
rest of the text. This attracts the
readers as it sound interesting and
addresses them also as they may be
able to relate to this.
23. The Blurb
This small piece of text at the top left hand
side of the image in the double page spread is
to show the reader that is interested in ‘Betty
Davison’ can turn to page ’25’ for a ‘chance of
winning a Betty Knows Best’ black suede heels
exclusive to Topshop. This adds effects and
attracts the reader even more as they could
have a chance of winning something.
Many Double page spreads do have a
small blurb on images but unfortunately
non of the magazines that I researched
did so I cant compare this to my
research.
