Evaluation: Question 1

The front cover of my magazine and the front cover of the VIBE magazine are very similar. First of all the masthead of both magazines are large and stretched across the top of the magazine, both are in red. I used red because it will attract the audience with it being a bright colour. My model and Eminem are doing the same pose. I used this pose to show attitude and masculinity just like Eminem. Along the side of my model I have a list of stories to gain the audiences attention. I have also included the main artists name in bright red this is to indicate that this is the main story of the magazine. I have not made the font so big that it overpowers the masthead as the masthead is the most important thing on the front cover.

In the lower left corner I have included a website that goes to the Sound Website. This is for easier access for customers so that they can get all the latest news. In the vibe magazine there is also a website. The website gives the magazine a modern look and gives it the potential to link with social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Social networking sites gives the magazine extra FREE publicity otherwise known as Word Of Mouth.

A difference I have noticed in both magazines is that I have put the barcode and price on the front whereas VIBE has the price and barcode on the back of the magazine. I think that VIBE puts the price of the magazine on the back because it gives the consumers a chance to look at the magazine and decide if they like it or not before looking at the price. Seeing the price first could be off putting.

My model and  the VIBE model are positioned differently on both magazines. On my magazine the model is right justified, I did this to create more space on one side of the magazine to list all the stories. Another difference in the magazine is that at the top of the VIBE magazine there is some text such as REAL RAP. This is to give the magazine a tag line. Maybe so that when people see this text the audience will know that it is related to VIBE. There is also another story up there this is more of a tag line question that will be answered at some point in the magazine. I did not include anything at the top because I did not have enough space due to the rest of my front cover.

On the right hand side of both magazines there is a list of artists names. I included the names because it informs the audience of what to expect in the magazine and it also clearly states the genre of the magazine. The names of artists each individually gets its own audience because if one of the names appeals to a consumer they may buy the magazine. Both magazines have a similar kind of drop shadow only mine is much darker to give the magazine a much sinister grime look.

Overall I re drafted my magazine plenty of times including changing the mast head from Soundproof to Sound. I could of maybe improved the magazine cover by changing the font of the masthead as I would of preferred something more sharp rather than curved edges.     

For my double page spread I covered one half of the page with an image of my model as the story is about him. I made the image large so that the audience will feel as if they are actually talking to the artist on a personal level. Making the image black and white makes the story stand out compared to all the other bright and colorful adverts that would be in the magazine. I also used black and white because I think that it makes the magazine feel much more personal and friendly. In the double page spread that I am comparing mine with there is not a close up of one of the artists because they are a group and it would take up too much space.

On my double page spread I have a title that says "This Is Me". Again this makes the personal feature consistent. On the other double page spread it says "Will He Wont He" again this is a title that is used so that the audience knows what the text is about before they even begin reading. On my double page spread across the top I have put a bar there so that you can see what this page is about. For example mine says TEMPLE. This being the name of the artist that the page is about.
 

Here on my contents page I have utilized some of the features from the vibe magazine contents page. These are; The contents text is all right justified with the page numbers on the left hand side; The model in my magazine and the VIBE magazine are similar with a woman's hand going over the shoulder of both of them. Also something that is also similar is that in both magazines the word CONTENTS is done in a different style than just having the word there. For example mine says CONTENTS vertically with the word SOUND coming of the S from CONTENTS. This is because SOUND is the name of my magazine.

A clear opposite in both of these magazines is the colour scheme. While the VIBE magazine uses white for the background and a black and white theme, I used a dark red for the background whilst my model wears a lighter shade of red so that they don't blend in. I used the colour red because it is very eye catching and lively. I also used black text over the page so that it fits in with the rest of my colour scheme.