MAGAZINE MOCK UP's AND AUDIENCE FEEDBACK

This magazine cover is good because of the layout of the text at the top, this follows conventions which is effective. The image is not very professional as it looks like part of a CCTV camera.  Therefore this image could be changed to a better, clearer one.

This magazine is an almost finished version and i think the colours are very effective and stand out from the image. It follows conventions for example the colours, barcode and the writing on the left third. However the image is not very clear and could be edited, or it could be seen as enigmatic which is a convention of horror.

AUDIENCE RESEARCH- MAGAZINE

I asked several people to answer a questionnaire about horror magazine covers and these are the responses i got. I used a questionnaire because it is an easy way of gaining information and the reason i used Facebook is because my target audience use web 2.0 and are easily accesible on there.

Audience research is important to gain feedback on the what should or should not be included in the product. These answers show an overall idea of what i would include in my magazine cover, most of which are conventions.

TYPFACES FOR MAGAZINE COVER LINES

TYPFACES FOR MASTHEAD

MAGAZINE MOODBOARD

It is very clear that the main colours which stand out are red, black and white. Therefore if i choose to follow conventional colours i would pick one, or all of the above colours. However, if i choose to have a non conventional magazine cover, i would use other colours such as green which is clearly seen in one of the covers above.