How did you attract your audience?

These two shots are of my front cover and contents page.

I organised a focus group of some of my fellow students; Tom, Oli, Katie and Sellars. I asked them about how my magazine attracts their eye and gets them interested in my magazine. I asked them to comment on my front cover and contents page.

Sellars told me that, "The first thing that my eye is dragged towards on the cover is the dominant image of the model, the way he is dressed makes an urban feel to the magazine". I purposely chose Will as my model because of the way he was dressed, and i thought i could create an urban feel with him in the centre of the page.

Tom commented on my front cover by telling me that he likes the colour scheme as it is consistent and the sell lines are well placed. The colour scheme is something that took up a lot of my time when creating the magazine, i tried to keep it consistent as possible so it would look professional.

Oli told me that, "I like the turquoise color on the black and white colour, the text contrasts well and it is easy to read. I also like the models positioning, his head covers part of the title and this looks professional as many other magazines do this". The reason i positioned the models head so that it covers part of the title is so that it looks more professional.

Katie told me about my contents page that, "I think that the large A in the middle/top left third looks professional, it looks good as it links in with the magazine name, Alive", I purposely placed the A in the position as it is similar to the contents page from Vibe magazine as this is where i got my inspiration from.

These two shots show my double page spread, also a one half of a professional double page spread.

I tried to attract the reader with this double page spread by centring a large image of my featured artist on the left hand page. I think that the image is suitable for the text as the strap line says "On top of the world".

I have tried to attract my audience by making a similar double page spread to one from 'Classic Rock' magazine, I have went for a plain background with a similar logo to the professional one located on the right. I have used a large capital letter to start the interview as this is a professional thing to do and it indicated the start of the essay. i have also included two small pictures of the featured artist to make the page more interesting for the reader.