I have used these three magazines as inspiration for many different reasons. I am going to use some of the forms and conventions of each of these magazines in order to create my product (magazine) to have some realism to a real product. When I had put these on my questionnaire each of the magazines had been commented on by different people and what had attracted the audience to that specific magazine. I will discuss my findings and how I had taken inspiration from these.
30 % of the people in which I had questioned had said that they preferred this magazine cover due to the use of contrasting colours and a big image in which stands out when on display in a shop. Another person had said that the picture in which is the main image shows mystery behind the character and I think this is because the character is in the eye-line of the reader which could connote that they are equal as people. I am planning on taking inspiration from this by using contrasting colours and a large main image, but I feel that the use of this sort of image would not be suited to my genre so I am planning on taking this and using the two main characters as a large image to clearly represent the genre I am doing but in terms of the titles I will use a large text and the colours in which are similar to that of the 'Empire' magazine.
15 % of the people I had questioned had said that the magazine in which appealed more to them was 'total film' because it looks like there would be more action due to the three characters and it looks like it could be a love triangle that could represent more drama and suspense. Also other comments were that it clearly could represent my genre but needs to use brighter colours but the people questioned had liked the captions on this magazine because it shows some action. From this I have found that people aren't just looking for a romantic comedy but products which show the drama and suspense of the events also. From this I have taking this into consideration and I am planning on using a caption in which is like this saying 'would you take the risk?' and I am going to add more colour but the image I am not going to use because I have already shown the drama within that of my poster, where the two characters are seen separate and therefore replicating the title 'when two worlds collide' and shows that the two worlds that are meant to class meet in a whole new light, slightly like a modern Romeo and Juliet with a comical edge.
35 % of the people I had questioned had preferred the 'Entertainment Weekly' even though this is not actual a film magazine I will base my product around this largely. I am going to use a shot like this as the main image because it clearly replicates the genre I am doing and I feel it is most effective in terms of this. However, one person commented that it shows the love story instead of the drama in which they seem to prefer. I am going to use this as my full inspiration but change in so that it is not too similar. Furthermore, I am changing the colours so that they stand out more off the page and make it more eye catching to the reader.
In conclusion, I had asked the audience about another magazine and 20% had commented on this but the information given was not important to me in order to inspire the way I am going to make my magazine. However, one comment was that the colours and the captions but once again this layout wouldn't be fully replicating my genre as it is not an official magazine. Another comment was just about the film appealing more to them as they like fantasy films so I did not find this helpful therefore I am not using this as an inspiration of my magazine. I am using 'Empire', 'Total Film' and 'Entertainment Weekly' as inspiration but I have taken the main layout of 'Entertainment weekly' in terms of image, yet taken similar colours from 'Empire' and dramatic captions from 'Total Film' and combined these to appeal to a wider potential audience of both genres.
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