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I wanted my magazine to appeal to 18-25 yr olds who enjoy partying and who live in London. I chose the title 'GAME' as it seemed memorable, and fits in with the theme. The image was taken at the Ministry of Sound in Elephant & Castle which I later edited on a Windows Media editing program. I tried to experiment within a limited colour palette so that the visual information wasn't to over bearing. However the brightness of the colours combined would have a striking effect. The clubbing scene in London is something which young people relish in and I think that my product challenges conventions and forms of real media products as it is an original idea with useful information about safety aswell as all the fun stuff.

Mixmag is a british dance and clubbing magazine. The first issue was released in 1982 by the DMC/DJ mailout service. I think that if someone were to produce and distribute GAME it would be them as they have hold the same topic of club and dance within their media product and few other well known mags do.

Contents

The background image was taken on fireworks night in Hampstead Heath. The bright sparks and optical illusions seemed to fit perfectly with the theme of Game so I decided to use it as the backdrop for my contents page. I thought the font and the simple colour code worked as it wasn't too busy, but the text and the image combined created a striking affect and the inconsistency of the colours of the font were simply due to the inconsistent colours of the backdrop, therefore I had to make it work for the text to stand out so I experimented with luminous colours, changed the image to black a white and tried to use a red instead, but then I ended up with the idea of the back of a CD [ a tracklist] which was inkeeping with the music mag theme. Whether you can tell that I tried to do this or not, I think that it appears to be quite interesting. The slightly less sophisticated layout would attract a younger audience so I think it works well.