For my pre-production I am making a front cover for a
football magazine. I decided to base it on a particular FourFourTwo issue. I
decided to use FourFourTwo because it is a popular, famous and successful
magazine. It wasn’t the most popular magazine according to my survey but I went
with it as most people that answered said they “never” buy a magazine so I didn't
really count that. Red is a fairly common feature on my front cover. The the
name of my magazine is red because Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal are
all widely-supported teams, my statistics from my survey support this. The name
is one of the first things you see on a magazine, so if it is the same colour
as your team then that might attract you to buy it. It’s unlikely to stop
supporters of other teams buying the magazine so it can only be a good thing.
The answers from my survey also revealed that most people who buy these
magazines will play FIFA 15. With this in mind I included this on my front
cover. I think that if people see that the game feature in my magazine then
they might be encouraged to buy it. The “puffs” had things that I think would
attract customers. One of them was about Gareth Bale winning the ballon d’or. I
chose this because some people answered him as the best player in the world. He
plays for Real Madrid with Cristiano Ronaldo who people also answered as the
best, so I think this would open the audience even more. Furthermore, Bale is
very much appreciated by Tottenham fans which would expand the audience again
as they might want to find out about him. I also included the “10 richest
players in the world”. People are obsessed with money and they might be
interested to know who they are. The third puff is about David Beckham. Being a
well-known celebrity and playing for some of the biggst clubs in the world
Beckham is widley-respected throughout football and the rest of the world. He
is a fashion icon and putting him in could attract older customers and maybe
females. The other three players mentioned are three of the best in the league.
Alexis Sanchez, Diego Costa and Sergio Aguero play for Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City
respectively. Again these teams are very well supported but due to the immense
qualities of these players I think that most people would be interested by
them.The last thing I included was the “73 things Instagram has told us about
footballers”. I used this because I think that people would be interested to
see what these things are. Overall to attract a big audience I've tried to
please many people. Featuring games, popular players and teams with a big fan
base I've attempted to make it as appealing as possible. I think that a lot of
football fans would be interested by it and might buy it.
