This is the final pullout of our 'good' magazine cover. On this particular cover we wanted to convey a "normal" type feel and used existing magazines such as 'Company', 'Heat', 'Now' and 'Elle' as examples. We wanted to follow the conventions in order to make the cover look as professional as possible. We also wanted it to appeal to our target age range as these are the sorts of magazines they buy. We wanted the 'good' cover to appeal more to females and the 'bad' side to appeal more to males. We wanted to appeal to both genders in order not to single anyone out.
We used bright and vibrant colours to attract the audience as well as emphasize the 'good' aspect. We also stuck to quite a limited range of colours in order for the cover not to look too busy and over crowded. We used a lot of pink to relate to the valentines theme of the cover. We used yellow too because it is bright, bold and stands out.
We put the name of the cover at the top of the cover because this is an obvious convention we picked up on for research. Our magazine is called 'Roxy' because it is simple and is similar to existing magazines such as 'Elle'. We felt it was short and snappy and fitted the genre of the cover. We also searched for current popular girls names and Roxy was one of the most popular.
We added a variety of stories on the page in order to make it look as "real" and professional as possible. We tried to make all the stories relationship/valentines related in order to link to the valentines theme.
We used a "happy" image of the main character Isa in order to convey the good side as well as keep to the conventions of existing magazines. We wanted it to have a real contrast to the 'evil' pullout therefore we emphasized the "happy" facial expressions.
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