Front cover

This is my final front cover for my final magazine.
I called the magazine 'Glimpse' as I thought it was a good name, because I saw it as a 'glimpse' into the lives of music celebrities/idols.
I thought it was a good idea to include the 'free poster' item on the front, to attempt to attract my readers into wanting to buy the magazine, even if it was simply for the poster and they glimpsed through the rest.
The main title of the interview with 'Chris', I included because I thought it would attract the young girl readers, because it is generally known if a male artist is in a relationship they become less attractive to the young girl audience, as they are then deemed unattainable by them.
The barcode and price was an essential feature as all magazines have them, so they are recognised in the shops when scanned. The date I also felt was a particular important feature to have, and the issue number. If people are intersted in the magazine and particularly follow it, then they are easily able to see what issue they have missed out or something, and what date the issue was in between.
The items down the left hand side I had were also used to mainly attract the readers, showing features that were coming in the magazine. I found out whilst making this the basis of a front cover is mainly used to actually show the audience what is in the magazine, more importantly attracting them to read it, and including features that they will be interested in.

Overall I am very happy with my front cover, if I were to do it again I think I might make it a bit more 'thrown about'. Every item on the front cover is perfectly in line, and although that is important, because it is for a young girl audience, it might have looked better a bit more put together, because then it would maybe appeal to them as it matches a young girl's personality.