This was one magazine that influenced my work the most, there are similarities between my work and this cover from VIBE but in some areas I have challenged this real music product where I felt was necessary to improve certain elements of my own work.
Masthead.
My masthead and the masthead from VIBE are slightly similar, however, I made a challenging yet conscious decision not to have my title in blue after researching different fonts and finding one that I believe to suit my work and reach my target audience and attract the social group of "pop" music fans. I introduced the strap lines above my masthead as they work well on the VIBE magazine and lure in the interests of different music fans, that perhaps would be interested in the celebrities Jessie J and Katy Perry. It also makes my masthead more prominent and draws attention to the title "THE BEAT". It also allowed me to play around with the colour scheme and to use it to make certain lures stand out from others and keep it looking interesting, fun and pop.
Cover lines.
The VIBE issue and my issue have both used cover lines to interest the target audience and lure in customers. I decided to use certain elements of the VIBE magazine to make my cover lines interesting and stand out. For example, "His 50 greatest songs" I have used on my magazine as "Her 50 geatest songs" fans of the artist will be intrugued by this and it works well.
Artist featured on page.
The artist on VIBE and my artist are completely different. Kanye West is seen looking stern and slightly glum whilst my artist looks fun and funky. I delibeitly challenged the form of a real music magazine as my artist works well with the genre of my magazine and attracts the social group that i intended of 13-20 year olds.
Layout
The layout between these two magazines are very similar, they both use the same colour scheme and the same layout. However, i didnt want to abide by this magazine which is why i changed and challenged certain elements such as the title, strap lines and barcode in order for my magazine to stand out on the shelf. I feel my front cover is simplistic in areas yet busy in others, I think this works well as the main image attracts my audience and the strap lines lure in other readers.
Layout
The layout between these two magazines are very similar, they both use the same colour scheme and the same layout. However, i didnt want to abide by this magazine which is why i changed and challenged certain elements such as the title, strap lines and barcode in order for my magazine to stand out on the shelf. I feel my front cover is simplistic in areas yet busy in others, I think this works well as the main image attracts my audience and the strap lines lure in other readers.
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