How did you attract/address your audience?

Does you magazine use conventions from other professional magazine that might help attract an audience

MastheadThe main title for the

magazine you’re selling. It is to be bold, big and thick. I also never goes over the

main image.

Sell LinesThese are implemented

rather briefly as a form of an article in order to reveal what

is inside the magazine

HeadlineThe headline is placed to relate to the main image

providing a brief insight on the specific details in the

main article.

BarcodeEvery magazine consists of a barcode with an issue number usually in several currencies

MastheadI used my masthead in order to

attract my audience as it connotes the genre of hip-hop.

The name it self provides a clear indication that this magazine is based on hip-hop with a rather short and quick to remember

name “Trademarked”. I used a paint mark font as it managed to

work as a hip-hop magazine despite being different to the

typical masthead titles such as “VIBE” etc

HeadlineSeeing the headline is the

go ahead part of a magazine I made sure it was

bald and attractive alternating between black

and red. I used a short dramatic sentence to create

suspense across the headline to make it

attractive and appealing to the reader making them buy

the product.

Strap LineAs seen in usual

magazine’s I decided to implement this idea to

entice the reader to continue reading on.

Using the pronoun “Your” to involve the reader

personally will create a sudden appeal to the magazine instantly.

Sell LinesI made it clear that I would

make my sell lines as short as possible yet

interesting at the same time. I used short

dramatic sentences to attract the reader quickly and efficiently “There’s no

limit”

Main ImageI managed to make the main image and headlines

work together efficiently as the main image creates a sudden curiosity to the magazine with the close up shot of my model enticing the reader along with the headline increasing the appeal even more. “I’m not

done yet” develops a hand in hand combination between the image and headline.

ButtonAs my magazine is used to keep my audience updated I used a button with tickets to a famous artist gig

making it likely for them to pick up the magazine for that purpose.

Did you choose language techniques, layout design, font, colours, locations, props, costumes and models to communicate particular idea to your audience?

ColoursThrough my survey I decided to use the colours Red, Black and White as my

audience believed these three colours

would work well together making the magazine more hip-

hop

FontsI took advantage of the dissolve effect on my masthead to keep my magazine consistent

throughout. I also managed to maintain a

font selection to just three in order to keep the reader in the magazine without confusing them.

ModelsI attempted to make my

target demographic rather equal by involving different ethnic groups despite not involving a female model.

This will help keep my magazine unbiased.

Layout DesignI kept my layout simple and effective just like

other hip-hop magazine making my magazine

easier to comprehend and manoeuvre around the

magazine.Location Design

As for my location choice, I went with the typical location of a dark and blurry location such as in the park or around

certain apartments in which I took them at night to conform to the

conventions of hip-hop