As you can see, I made a few changes from the front page I thought I was going to have to the one I actually would like to use. I edited the graphic in the bottom left corner turning it from yellow to red. I did this because I was told that the yellow doesn't really go with my colour scheme so I was advised by my peer to search for a colour wheel and whichever colour is opposite to the most used colour in my front cover, use that as it will definitely stand out more so I tried this and now strongly believe that it was a good change to make as it does really stand out. Furthermore, I duplicated the layer with the text of 'Look inside for your free Parker pen' as it made it stand out more because it made the black bolder meaning it is easier to read and will catch the reader's attention as people would like freebies if they are paying for something.
In addition to this, I was advised to add a picture of the prize that could have been won (a Macbook Pro) which made my front cover stand out more as I looked online and deconstructed other magazines which allowed me to come across this technique various times in various magazines. I did this so there was more on my page as it looked slightly empty. This made the perfect addition to my front cover because it filled up the page more and the colours on its screen are similar to the colours on the scarf of my model.
Lastly, I changed the text from 'A beginner's guide on how to make it through secondary education' to 'A beginner's guide on how to achieve more success!'. I did this because Mr. Varghese told me that the first line of text seemed as if anybody can make it and seemed childish. Although Mr. Varghese is not my target audience, I trust his advice as he has ten years of past experience in Media Studies classes and also, I asked younger students as to which they piece of text they found more attractive and most of the students chose that the second piece of text was better as it seemed more friendly due to the use of punctuation (the exclamation mark) and the fact that 'Secondary' wasn't used again which is bad because it felt as if the word 'Secondary' was repeated quite a few times even though it was only used twice. I used younger students, in years 9,10 and 11 as this magazine is targeted at them because they are reaching the middle/end of their secondary school careers meaning they will be doing their GCSEs soon.
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