Drakes front cover of Vibe

These two magazines were my main inspiration of my magazine. I really liked the way that they were set out, they were the two magazines which caught my eye when looking through different ones. Even though Kerrang is a rock magazine, I felt like the structure and format of the contents page which is shown above, it a powerful way to make it look successful and really crasp the readers attention. Vibe's edition with Drake was appealing to me personally because I am a fan on his music. Looking beyond this, I felt like the image was a statement on it's own. The fact that it is such a simple image, but it set inbetween such powerful text was the part I enjoyed most on this front cover. The colours really appealed to me and I think it fits in with the genre and mood of the magazine they were aiming for. It fits well with their target audience also, as Drake is a popular choice for the target market.

Last minute photo

This is an image that I chose to take of Dominic, who is in another media class. I took this picture last minute for my magazine as I got feedback from my teacher that I had too many pictures of my original model on one double page spread. I thought it would be a good idea to include a picture of a boy as it shows that my magazine is targeted at both genders. 

Last minute photo - edited

Continuing on from my previous picture of Dominic, I also used this image as the black and white affect looked good against the colours that I had used in my magazine. I liked the clothes which he was wearing on this particular day, as it has more of an urban twist to it and it isnt as formal or dressed up. The image doesnt look to posed either, which I think looked good when I put it in my magazine as it made the page look more relaxed and broke up all of the colour nicely.

Audience Feedback

The audience feedback which I carried out with Hannah was done during class time in a small room. We did this to ensure both of us know what other people think of our magazine, so we can make changes on it and hopefully improve. The audience feedback was done with Hannah because she is part of my target audience. As I targeted ages of 16-25, I thought it would be appropriate to use someone who is at an age between those, and get feedback on what she thought was good, or what could have improvements. From my audience feedback I did make changes to my magazine, and I feel like it benefited me because it made me feel a lot happier when I handed in my final piece at a higher standard. 

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In my last lesson, I was working on my front cover for the whole lesson. After a talk with my teacher and some of my other class friends, I didn't feel like my front cover was as eye catching as I was aiming for. After doing my audience feedback I realised that all of my colours need to be brighter. Therefore I added a blue to the text. I colour picked from my models top so it looks so much more effective and bold.