Front cover final design

After listening to the feedback from members of my target audience, I have adapted my magazine to be more desirable for my audience as it is important it fits their criteria.

The colours I have used compliment each other more then the previous pink background. The light blue colour now highlights the pink and black texts and compliments the red masthead. I incorporated interesting topics on my front cover in order to appeal to my audience and insure that it has a stand out effect when getting sold against competitors.

I changed the text size and font whilst also alternating the colours of the writing along the right side of the magazine.

This is a convention of magazine covers as they usually include a range of styles and colours within the text. I believe it is more exciting to read and makes sure that the text is not dull to read or blends in with any other information on the magazine. The change in colour highlights the importance and significance of all the different artists listed.

Double page spread contact page

For my double page spread I took the photos in a festival environment. My main cover model can be seen on the right dressed in a typical festival outfit with her friends. I edited one of the pictures to more of a sepia tone and changed the warmth of the photo so that it was more retro looking. A dance tent is visible in the background and the crowds of people are similarly described in the article making the text and image link clearly. The laid back and fun tone of the picture is also reflected through the description of festivals in the article. I wanted to chose an image showing a group of girls rather then one as festivals are described in the article as groups of people having fun to the music.

Contents Page contact sheet

This is my updated contact sheet for my contents page. I had two of each style to chose from and I have decided to chose all the ones on the left hand side. I have done this because I believe they are the best at portraying the fun and youthful image that my magazine promotes.
When choosing these photos, I looked closely at the colours within each picture and insured I could edit the pictures effectively to go on my contents page. It is important that the photos i chose to go on my contents are interesting and grab attention to make the reader want to view the article the picture is associated with. This is why choosing my final images was crucial in the success of my contents page.

Double Page Spread analysis

How do magazines make money?

How magazines make money?

There are many ways in which magazines can generate money. They have different ways in which they can do this in order to grow their magazine audience and their brand.

Circulation and Subscriptions

Magazine companies usually have the address so they can renew magazine subscription when it’s due. They can also pitch any other magazines they may produce that they think could be of interest to the customers. Meaning they could make the money.

The magazine company must pay the newsstand company for providing space to sell its magazine. Magazines make far more money from subscriptions since they cut out at least one of the intermediaries and get their product directly to the consumer.

Classified Advertising

On the back pages of most magazines, you will see a classified section with want ads. Magazines sell want ads by the word or the line, and the ads can be quite expensive in popular magazines with a large circulation. Even moderate magazines with smaller circulations command large prices for their want ads if they target a specific area or group of people.

 

Other Advertising

The single best way that a magazine makes money is by allowing advertisers to use its unused space throughout the magazine, including the covers and inside front and back cover. It is normal for a full-page back cover ad to run several thousand dollars or more in popular magazines with national coverage. Not only does the magazine make money with this form of advertising, it also fills up the pages by placing ads in space on pages around the story lines. The magazine looks better and its revenue increases

 



 The structural triangle shows the factors that form the base model when media producers try to sell their product. The three different main factors of the triangle make up the ways in which a magazine can grow and become better known within the industry.

Video Questionnaire

 

This video shown is where I asked simple, effective questions to two girls who fit my target audience. They gave me their opinions so I can now relate it to my magazine and improve it where appropriate.

Updated Cover design

I have designed this as my front cover so far due to the feedback of my audience and the way in which the cover line links in with the main image and the double page spread.

I am planning on editing and expanding the information on the contents page in order to make it more interesting and make it the most effective it can be in giving readers an  insight to the aim of my magazine which is to give an insider view on previous and upcoming festivals and house DJs.