The above are images of my final double page spread, content and front cover.
When looking at my magazine it is apparent that I drew inspiration from magazines like supersuper and nme but didn't emulate them. I created a look which has an individual appeal I think it has the same effect as any magazine of a similar calibre. I strayed from the traditions of having writing all over the front cover to make it appear more artistic and focused on the main artist, I did make a feature of the magazine title , almost branding said artist as a part of the cover-star family of Billionaire magazine. I used a female on the cover of my magazine although the character i created was styled and based on a cross dresser which would highlight the gender ambiguity of my chosen genre. I think not only will this appeal to other women but also men and transvestites who see a strong female figure prominent on the cover of a music magazine. I used an unusual font for my title because i felt it was highly relevant to my genre (see post entitled Font/Title). Over all I wanted to create a magazine that would get former clubkids and enthusiasts of this movement excited, this is why I decided to make this issue THE CLUBKID ISSUE. My magazine is an Electro-Clash specialist magazine and so it has decided to create an issue to celebrate the 'hey-day' of the genre.
I don't think there is a specific social group that my magazine targets as all different sorts of people involve themselves in the electro-clash genre. The use of colour will attract these sorts of people, but I think as the style of such artists is so varied it would more realistically be the persons face that would lure them in, which is why I made the artists face my main factor on the front cover. I wanted to attract young people as well as older people who would have actually been club kids, which is why i paid homage to them in this issue. As my artist is someone who was and still is representing this movement of people it will lure in people who also still celebrate the early 90's.
In a previous blog entry I highlighted who I think my audience would be before and I think it still stays true to that after having finished my magazine.(http://mediacourseworkmaintaskchaniralayzell.blogspot.com/2009/10/target-audience.html) The only difference in opinion now is that I think there may be a select amount of older people (40+) who may have been around or even involved in the club kid movement and would buy this specific issue of BILLIONAIRE to reminisce.
I think I attracted my target audience also, by having a believable and proffessional looking layout. Writing voice is also important (referring to article) as it would have to be written using terms that the target audience will understand and maybe even use themselves to make it more relatable.
From the production of this magazine I have had the chance to experiment with InDesign and Photoshop, learning most from InDesign as (unlike Photoshop) this programme was brand new to my mind and so getting my had around it was a learning curve. My progress is visible when comparing this magazine to my preliminary task. The preliminary is definitely more basic and is lke this due to my basic understanding ofInDesign at the time whereas I like to think my main task magazine is much more believable and advanced looking as i have learnt and understood new techniques in the aforementioned programmes.
