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This is a prime example of what i was aiming to archive whilst making my magazine front cover. I chose to produce something similar to this because its the uk's leading and most popular BMX magazine. I attempted to create something like this by the text i used, the sharp image, and other things on the front cover that may persuade the audience to buy it, like the free sticker pack in big letters. The think i like mostly about magazines like this are, that they are so tidy and simple, with a very limited amount of writing, yet it gives you all the information you need to be persuaded to buy the magazine.

Analysis of Existing Products

Photoshop Print Screen

Evaluation -Movie Poster


Fitness for purpose – I think my product does its job because it has all of the things on it that most movie posters have. However, not many BMX films are shown in cinema, so the cast and directors are not included on the cover like they will be in the film. I included a little slogan that might give the audience an idea to how extreme some of the footage is in the film. I also included a website at the top of the poster for the audience to check out for things like, merchandise, other DVD episodes, and just general information about the riders…etc. I added the wiped paint effect just to make the poster look more aesthetically pleasing overall.



Format – The size of this poster is 27x40cm, I chose this size because I wanted to keep things average/simple. Most things related to BMXing are fairly average, and all sizes seem to be the same. The font I used what Arial black with no special effects to the text as I wanted to keep it simple, and looking sharp. The slogan I used was also Arial black, but the colour of each of the lines is light green, blue, and yellow because this stands out against the faded black paint splattered background.


Typeface The font I used for all of the text on my poster was Arial black. I aligned the title at the bottom right hand side of the poster ‘ CLICKED BMX’ with ‘DVD’ vertically beside the clicked BMX font, I did this because it would have been boring if id just aligned it with the other text. The slogan I used, I put on a slant just to add effect. I also did it because I got some influential ideas from my client feedback.

Evaluation – Double Paged Spread

I think that my finished product does what its intended to do. It has many of the features that the popular magazine ‘ Ride BMX ‘ has, including big sharp images, small questionnaires, and just keeping the page simple. There is a questionnaire with a BMX rider, this informs people, because the question are about his life, which could be useful and interesting for the audience ( fans ? ).

This magazine is mainly aimed at teenagers to early 30’s. I think I’ve reached my audience because in the spread I used things that would be relevant to this age group. I included a prize to win some DC shoes, which all BMXers love. I also included ‘ Greg’s Top Ten Tunezz ‘, even though many different people like different genres, the majority of BMXers like rock/rap/indie, or branches from these genres, e/g instead of listening to rap, they might also like rap rock, or hip hop. However In this page spread I used the genre rock.

The size of my product is 224x229mm, this size is the standard size of the average magazine, like Mojo. I chose this size because I wanted to keep things simple.

Like I mentioned, I planned to keep it very simple. I related to other products similar to mine, like ‘ride bmx’ and ’MBUK‘. In these magazines I noticed that the font, and size of the font is fairly simple, they either used times new roman, or Arial, in a size 12 font.

My use of columns are fairly complex, I didn’t use illustrator to create any of my products, I have always used Photoshop and I have had a bit of experience using the program. Basically what I did was I put equal columns wherever I wanted the text, titles, and pictures to go, and I can tell from the end result that it was successful.

Evaluation – Magazine Front Cover

Fitness For Purpose – I think that my front cover does a good job. I think that this cover is slightly complex, where as most bmx magazines are very simple. Although I tried to keep things simple, I think I could have simplified some of the things like the effect on the font, and the picture. I made some changes to my front cover, and the client feedback told me to do so. One of the clients said I could have put something to persuade the audience to buy the magazine more, so I then put a sticker effect on the cover, and ontop of the sticker, I put ‘ FREE STICKER PACK’. It looks quite eye catching as the font is black on a yellow background.

Target audience - This magazine is mainly aimed at teenagers to early 30’s. I think ive reached my audience because in the spread I used things that would be relevant to this age group. In the front cover I included a prize, saying ‘win a united squad frame’ which I’m sure many bmx’ers would love to get their hands on, and I also included other persuasive texts, like ‘trick tutorials’.

Format - The size of the front cover is 112x114.5, I chose this because it’s the standard magazine size (mojo) as I planned to keep things simple.

Typeface – Like I mentioned, I planned to keep it very simple. I related to other products similar to mine, like ‘ride bmx’ and ’mbuk‘. In these magazines I noticed that the font, and size of the font is fairly simple, they either used times new roman, or Arial, in a size 12 font.

The Grid - My use of columns are fairly complex, I didn’t use illustrator to create any of my products, I have always used Photoshop and I have had a bit of experience using the program. What I did was I put the grids wherever I wanted the text, and images to go so everything was nice and evenly spaced out, or tucked together. This was why I knew where everything was, and not just randomly placed somewhere on the cover.