We have now finally hit the stage with our Listings Magazine where it is effectively finished as we feel we have hit a limit in terms of what we can do with the content. Overall we feel that this is probably our best product as it fits in perfectly with codes and conventions of Listings Magazine covers, and does not attempt to bend the rules in ways that our over products have done. The most notable change between the 4 stage of development and this, the final stage, is the inclusion of images on the LM itself. As previously mentioned in other posts; we held back from adding images until the last stage as we needed to add everything else that was needed in order for it to be effective, and for us not to mentally believe it was done, purely because it contained imagery,
The imagery itself we have chosen as it is representing typical aspects of an LM. For instance, the picture we used in the right hand corner has been edited in a way that will make it appear to be apart of a soap reference, and as such acts as an indirect inter-textual reference for the cover. Of course, the most notable image is one of the main characters of the soap, whom we chose not to name, purely as there wasn't an overall need. We asked her to face directly to the camera as this seems to be a standard code and convention so that they are viewable by the audience. Notably, we also got her to put a big smile on her face in an attempt to lure an audience with a positive agenda to the magazine.
