2. FEEDBACK
• DURING THE PROCESS OF MAKING MY MAGAZINE, I UPLOADED UNFINISHED SCREEN SHOTS OF MY
MAGAZINE. BY DOINGTHIS, I HAD THE CHANCE TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM MY CLASS MATES/TARGET
AUDIENCE. THE OVERALL FEEDBACK ON MY FRONT COVER WAS TO INCLUDEMORE COVER LINES AND
CONTENT - AS THERE WAS A LOT OF WHITE SPACE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY MODEL. AS WELL AS THIS
THE OVERALL FEEDBACK ON MY CONTENTS PAGE WAS TO ADD DROP SHADOWSTO MY TEXT AS IT WAS
HARD FOR THE READER TO READ THE TEXTBECAUSE IT WAS ON A COLOURFUL BACKGROUND. IN
ADDITION TO THIS, SOME OF MY TEXT COVERED MY MODEL THEREFORE I RE-ARRANGED IT SO THAT IT
DOESN’T CLASH WITH HER OUTFIT.
3. COSTUME
• THE OUTFIT THAT MY MODEL IS WEARING IN THE CONTENTS PAGE IS ALLWHITE AND FITTED TO ENHANCE HER
BODY SHAPE, AS IT IS A TREND FOR GIRLS WHO GO CLUBBING TO WEAR REVEALING/EXPENSIVE CLOTHES. THIS
IS BECAUSE THE YOUNGER GENERATION IS VERY MATERIALISTIC. THE COLOUR WHITE HAS CONNOTATIONS OF
WARM, PURITY AND INNOCENCE. I WANTED MY MODEL TO REPRESENT THISAS SHE IS A ROLE MODEL TO
READERS OF DOPE MAGAZINE, WHICH IS TEENS STARTING FROM 18 YEARS OLD.
• ON MY FRONT COVER AND DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD, MY MODEL WEARS BLACK SKINNY HIGH-WAISTED JEANS
AND BLACK BRALET WITH BRIGHT RED HEELS. USUALLY ON A NIGHT OUT GIRLS TEND TO COLOUR BLOCK THEIR
OUTFITS WITH STATEMENT HEELS OR A CLUTCH BAG. WEARING BLACK HAS CONNOTATIONS OF NIGHT TIME
AND MYSTERY, WHICH I WANTED MY FEATURED DJ TO REPRESENT, ATTRACTING MORE READERS.
4. LOCATION
• FOR MY LOCATION PHOTOGRAPHY, I HAVE USED BRICK LANE BECAUSE OF ITS WELL KNOW VARIETY OF
GRAFFITI. GRAFFITI IS FULL OF BRIGHT COLOURS JUST LIKE THE LIGHTING OF A NIGHT CLUB. BY HAVING
THIS IN MY BACKGROUND, IT SHOWS THAT I HAVE RESEARCHED MY AUDIENCE AND I HAVE CONSIDERED
THEM IN THE CHOICE OF MY LOCATION PHOTOGRAPHY. THE BACKGROUND OFMY CONTENTS PAGE IS AN
IMAGE OF MY MODEL IN FRONT OF SOME GRAFFITI, USING THIS AS MY BACKGROUND MAKES MY
MAGAZINE SEEM MORE INTERESTING AND MAY INFLUENCE MY READERS INTOBUYING DOPE MAGAZINE
5. ASPIRATIONAL MODEL
• MY DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD (DPS) IS ALL ABOUT HOW MY FEATURED MODEL FOLLOWED HER DREAMS OF
BECOMING A DJ AND SUCCEEDED. BY WRITING ABOUTTHIS, IT SHOWS THAT MY MODEL HAS
CONNOTATIONS OF YOUTH, ASPIRATION AND INDEPENDENCE. THIS CLEARLYSHOWS THAT MY MODEL IS A
ROLE MODEL AND A GOOD INFLUENCE TOWARDS HER FANS. I WANTED DOPEMAGAZINE TO PROMOTE
SUCCESS THROUGHOUT MUSIC - WHICH I HAVE DONE.
6. FONT & COLOUR SCHEME
• THE FONT OF MY MASTHEAD AND HEADINGS ARE SIMPLE, YET MODERN, ASIT LOOKS LIKE GRAFFITI
WRITING BUT VIRTUAL. USING THIS FONT FITTED IN WITH THE LOCATIONPHOTOGRAPHY OF BRICK LANE
BECAUSE BRICK LANE IS FULL OF GRAFFITI. USING THIS FONT HELPED TO ATTRACT MY YOUTHFUL
AUDIENCE.
• AS WELL AS FONT, I USED A CONSISTENT COLOUR SCHEME THROUGHOUT MYMAGAZINE OF NEON PINK,
GREEN AND YELLOW. THESE THREE COLOURS ARE NORMALLY USED IN THE LIGHTING OF CLUBS AS THEY
ARE BRIGHT AND EYE CATCHING, WHICH I WANTED MY TEXT TO REPRESENT.
7. LANGUAGE
• THE LANGUAGE I USED THROUGHOUT MY MAGAZINE IS COLLOQUIAL AS I WANTED TO ATTRACT A YOUNG AND
FUN AUDIENCE AND I WANTED TO KEEP MY READERS ENTERTAINED. ON MYFRONT COVER, I USED A PLAY ON
WORDS TO KEEP MY READERS ENTERTAINED. INSTEAD OF USING THE WORD‘COLLABORATION’, I USED
‘COLLAB-TASTIC’. THIS MAKES MY COVER LINES LOOK AND SOUND MORE ATTRACTIVE. ALSO, ON MY
CONTENTS PAGE, I USED THE PHRASE ‘COMIN’ UP’ AS MY HEADER FOR THINGS THAT ARE TRENDING. I
SHORTENED THE WORD ‘COMING’ TO SHOW THAT I HAVE INCORPORATED SLANG THROUGHOUT MY MAGAZINE
– AS THE TARGET AGE OF MY READERS ARE YOUNG AND USUALLY TALK IN SLANG. LASTLY, IN MY DPS, I CREATED
EMPHASIS ON SOMETHING MY FEATURED ARTIST HAD SAID DURING HER INTERVIEW, “ART IS MY
INSPIRATION.” BY USING THIS AS MY PULL QUOTE, THIS TELLS MY READER THAT MY ARTICLE IS
INSPIRATIONAL AND ALSO ATTRACTS A YOUNGER GENERATION WHO USUALLY LOOK UP TO ARTISTS THEY LIKE.
