First draft of magazine cover

This is the first draft of my magazine cover, I deliberately used colours of red as it is associated horror. I used Photoshop CS5 to create the magazine as I was very experienced with it. I decided to get feedback from my target audience as they are the people who will buy the magazine. 

"The overall appearance of the magazine is good, especially the main image but the text lets it down."

From this comment I totally understood what they meant as the text could appear almost all the same except for the title of thirteen. I feel I should give subheadings a different font or colour to make it stand out more. 

"The subheadings don't stand out enough, even though they are all different topics it appears as though they all say the same thing. However the colour scheme goes really well I like that the smoke seems to go around the main actor." 

Another target audience member see the problem with the subheadings this is a major problem as it lets down the whole magazine piece as the text takes up so much of the magazine layout. 

As I compare my magazine subheadings to a August 2015 Film magazine I can understand that my fonts do not stick out, this is important as the subheadings draw the audience in as it lets them know what is in the magazine. 

"The title of the film Th1rt3enth stands out but because it is written in typical font is makes the film title blend into the page. I think you should change it to the same font you used in your trailer."

From this piece of constructive criticism I realised I had spent a lot of time making the main image look professional, and seem to let the text be a after thought. 

"There are no social media links or even a website most film posters contain at least one."

This is something else I will be adding as it is a key convention in a modern day magazine.

To conclude, the feedback from my target audience review I received many comments on the subheadings so this is something that I will be amending, as well as this I have decided that the title for the film on the magazine will be changed to the same font that was used in the magazine cover. It keeps a certain level of continuity to both of the ancillary texts, as well as this I will add a web address for the magazine too.