Research: Examiners report

After reading the 2016 examiners report I have come to the following conclusions:

I will need to include elements such as a price, barcode, date and issue of the copy in order to make my front cover as realistic as possible. I am also going to keep some of the fonts the same over the the three pages. This will help to increase the sense of brand identity and link the three pages together.

On my contents page I am going to include a section of the page devoted to the regulars, for example "what I've been listening to" "recommendations" and "what have you got to say ?". I think these will help to reinforce the brand and they will also act as the magazines unique selling points. The "what have you got to say ?" section will also introduce a fan interaction with the magazine and will help to stress the friendly tone and vibe that the magazine has.

I am also going to use a mini masthead across each of the three pages, this will, once again, help to reinforce the brand identity.