I attracted my Target audience by making the colours on my pages very vivid and bold making them more eye catching so people would be more likely to be attracted to the product much like the Kerrang covers do. Also like the Kerrang covers, on my cover i have 'Hooks' such as my 'Festival give away quiz' which acts as an attraction to an audience as it's a competition to win tickets to a musical festival it will encourage readers to buy the magazine as they will want the chance to win the tickets. I also used smaller images to give the audience a slightly better idea of what to expect from the magazine and it's also more pleasing on the eye. My main image figure is making eye contact with the audience making it more engaging for the reader and makes it more personal to them. This is also a convention used by Kerrang magazine covers. I used another Kerrang convention of the Bold title introducing the artist with a smaller tagline underneath. Where the Kerrang cover has a slightly more stereotypical image figure on it with the long black hair, i went for a slightly more un-stereotypical approach but at the same time kept the alternative feel to it.
On the left is my original flat-plan design for my front cover and on the top right is my final front cover. There are still remaining features from the flat-plan such as the image positioning, the main image is central in both covers but there are also obvious differences such as the fact that he is no longer holding a guitar and the image in my drawing looks more 'Emo'. My final piece masthead is completely different from the drawn design, the final one is far bolder and stands out more.
This is a filmed response of someone commenting on my Media product after i asked him a series of questions about it.
