Front Cover
· The magazine ‘Fusion’ has used clear conventions on the front cover. The font is a big bold font and has big red, black and white a 3 colour scheme. This stand out to the audience and make the magazine attractive. The white text colour has been used to make the text stand out from the background and also the black picture used.
· Capital letters are used exclusively for the title of the magazine, this is to make the audience look at it first and then read the rest. Also by doing this to the word ‘free’ in the top, right-hand corner, the magazine stands out as it would encourage the audience to read it.
· The cover does not give much detail of the content inside the magazine this shows that the main aim was to attract people and get them reading the inside so they carried on reading, by only using titles of what the magazine contains. This may make the magazine unappealing to an audience but it may also keep the focus of the front cover mainly on the black and white picture used.
· The text ‘words of wisdom’ used inside the black and white picture give an impression that the magazine will be detailed and interesting, but also gives an insight to the content of the magazine itself.
· A block colour scheme does not look very appealing to the reader. Since an attractive front cover is one of the main conventions of a magazine, this example comes across as not being very well put together and unprofessional. The front cover also contains no barcode because it doesn’t need a barcode.
Contents Page
· The contents page has been given a much better layout than the front cover. It is easy to read as the text is set out so it is not cramped it is spread out. The article headings are also brightly coloured, which makes them stand out and easy to read.
· However, the different coloured titles shows how the producer of the magazine has not stuck to a strict colour scheme, or the same colours that have been used on the front cover. This again shows how the magazine is poorly put together, which makes it very unappealing to the audience.
· The picture used at the top of the page is quite bright and attractive, but shows no relevance to the content of the magazine. Pictures that fit with the theme of Science or Clothes would have been a much better choice to use in this magazines case.
· The language used in the contents page appears to be varied and has no specific theme. The description of each article is also very vague and does not describe what each article is about enough to make the magazine appealing through the contents page.
· The editor has made a few different spelling mistakes. For example the caption ‘keep you eyes peeled for issue 2... .’. This again shows an unprofessional production of the magazine.
