Evaluation 3

My front cover fulfils the majority of the conventions of a front cover to a magazine. Unlike most magazine covers, I chose to put my main sell line on the right hand side of the page as opposed to the top left hand corner, this is where it is usually positioned. This is because the top left hand corner is usually the first place that the reader looks. I changed the position of the sell line as I thought it would make the cover look different as a whole in comparison to others, also, the text is bigger and bolder than the rest of the text which makes it the main focus regardless of its positioning on the page. I think that if the sell line was in the left hand corner, it would cover the model’s face and it would give off the wrong impression. Apart from the main sell line, all the other components are arranged in the expected way for a front cover.

  The language used through the magazine is formal in its style as the readers have to be able to understand what is being said. The sell lines on the cover include exclamation marks for emphasis on a point or to show excitement. This makes the page more fun and therefore enticing to purchase. Also, there is a rhetorical question asking whether the reader is ‘Going to a Festival?’ This makes the page much more personal for the reader as it is directed specifically at them. It persuades the potential customers. As well as the used of questions, there are commands to give hints to the reader to go to a certain page. This is used on my contents page. For example, the language used is directly aimed at the reader to get them to do something such as going to a page in the magazine.

  The main image on the front cover is typical for a front cover with the space completely covered and eye contact gained to engage the page more with the reader. There is another main image of the contents page which is not typical for this type of page. Usually, there are around six small thumbnails ‘dotted’ around the page to divide the text but on my content’s page, there is one main image at the bottom of the page and then one smaller thumbnail. I chose to make this picture presentation different to the usual layout as it would link to the pictures on the front cover and double page spread with similarities in style. This makes all three pages look smart and presentable which is appreciated by the reader when reading the pages.