The colour of the production piece is also one of the improvements I have made. This improvement will attract the readers and persuade them to buy the magazine. I have used alternating colours when describing the story and the page number so that the appearance of the page doesn't get too plain. I have explained what is on the front cover and also the best bits of the magazine, giving a wide range of articles to attract a wider audience. I have used a lot of pictures on the contents page to show all the different features of the magazine. One picture shows the fashion in the magazine and a model has a stylish dress on and looks very elegant which is very persuasive because it says that you can look like the model if you buy the magazine. Another of the pictures shows a model in an exotic destination with a bikini on. This ties in with the front cover, which shows the date on it as "May 2003" making it a summer magazine. The final picture is of three models showing their different hairstyles, all new looks for the summer to "stay cool and collectable".
The typical codes and conventions used for my chosen genre, which is teenage girls, would be: contrasting, eye catching colours. The design and layout would be fun and exciting, it would have to have enough pictures to keep the readers focus. The models would be attractive and yet not intimidating, the reader would have to feel that they could relate in someway to the model and not that they are an unrealistic representation of young people. The articles advertised would have to relate to the readers life and the feelings and experiences they have lived through.
All these techniques are used in the code and conventions of my specific genre, teen girls, to attract the greatest possible audience.
I think that my magazine would do well in comparison to all the other magazines because it is a reasonably cheap price and I have created a name that people could easily remember.