When creating my magazine front cover and mock up of a contents page I had to keep in mind and encounter
the production details and how I would go about producing the magazine and
any problems that may have come up. Firstly, I would use Photoshop to process and produce my project, ensuring that I used all sorts of different resources within Photoshop, which would finalise my piece having successful outcome. I was originally going to make the subject of my magazine Dance but then I made the decision of making the subject Art and Design based instead.
The sort of language within my front cover and contents page are rather formal but not completely formal, due to my audience being 16-18 year olds, I didn't want the language being either too formal or too informal. Therefore I used persuasive language to interact with my reader and draw them into the magazine. By using phrases such as "Read inside for more" I am drawing attention to stories, meaning people will purchase the magazine and therefore read inside for more of what they want to know, meaning these words will appeal to my particular audience as they are interested.
Due to my particular audience being teenagers at college who study art based subjects, mainly textiles, I had to make my magazine college based, and I also had to include certain topics which would appeal to that audience. By doing this I am guaranteed readers which is obviously essential when creating a magazine.
This also affected the way I presented my work. I had to use certain colours and type styles that would appeal both to girls and boys but would appeal mostly to girls. Therefore I stuck with mainly lilac and grey colours so that there was no contrast between the two and that they suited for both girls and boys. The reason I wanted to direct my magazine to girls mainly is because its mostly girls who study art based subjects such as textiles, therefore I wouldn't make the main colour blue as it would not appeal to the main people who do study the subject.
As a result of the audiences's ideology, I had to overall process a front cover and contents page of a magazine which would be useful and would be suitable for that audience. It has to live up to their expectations or it will not be successful, this applies to any type of magazine. If it's unsuccessful then it's a waste of time and effort.
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