Design characteristics.
I used a variety of fonts joined with colours. There is a reason behind this- because it would eye catch the audience as there isn't lots of distraction. I purposely done my title a dark bold red with a black line around because just like the actual kerrang magazine, the title is very striking. As shown in the magazine picture on the right. Although unlike the actual magazine, I didn't want to use white as the colour purely for the fact that I believed the red complimented the black much better than the white. I decided to use this image because I believe this image was a good suit for my chosen magazine because it's relaxed, with the semiotic pose of leaning on her arm. I believe this magazine is a good way of meeting the required target market though the lack of writing and variety of fonts, so the audience wouldn't get bombarded with writing.
Improvements?
I believe for my magazine to improve, I'd like to make a better copy onto the real magazine, however I do believe my magazine to hold some individuality to it. If I were to redo though, I would make the text (other than the title) much more suitable for my target audience- young adults, by making it more like the karrang magazine which is shown on the right and not as "boring". Furthermore, I would have liked to include more photos of different bands just like the example, however due to the lack of images I held, I was unable to do so- which is what I'd do if I were to redo. Another improvement I would make to my magazine would be to make it much more striking, perhaps by adding shapes with writing on.
Semiotics?
Personally, I believe the main semiotic that is portray in my magazine is the person them self. The all black clothes suggests a sort of danger and curiosity, maybe an upset emotion? With this joined by the pose, I believe it conveys a signal to my target market as a "can't be bothered" "too cool" way, just like the stereotypical young adult way of living.
