Magazine designs

When I first started this magazine design, I just wanted to play around with a few ideas. However, I think the outcome has made a great first design. There are probably areas that I need to improve or parts that I've missed out which I will find out once I gain some feedback. On the other hand, I'm proud of how this design has turned out. 

I made a few changes to my magazine cover to make it more realistic and catchy for the audience. I moved the slogan 'BEST SELLING MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR!!' so it was below the magazine title. This is so the title is the right at the top, making it the first piece of the magazine. When I was looking more into my research for magazine covers, I noticed the use of circles to draw focus to the main article of the magazine. Because of this, I added a circle shape just below the title and slogan to draw the audiences attention to this specific section. This lets them know that the information within the circle could be very important. In the circle I put 'Exclusive interview from the cast of...' and outside the circle but still connected states SILENT CRIES. This states the main article of the magazine and makes it stand out.

Peer feedback: Make SILENT CRIES bigger so its completely clear to the audience what the main article is

Add a social media link, such as twitter to make it look more modern and realistic

This is the next design that I created with all the changes from the feedback that I received. Overall, I believe the presentation of the new magazine cover is a lot better that the previous version; it definitely looks more realistic and has started to look professional.
The last piece of feedback that I got was to put 'Exclusive' from the circle on a separate line above the other text so the circle is slightly more filled out.

This was the last draft that i created before finalising it completely. I feel like the only issue is that there is a bit of a gap above EXTRA so I think I should make the text underneath a bit smaller and move it down slightly so I can add another strapline and text above it so it doesn't look empty.

Feedback I got from my teacher was to include the SILENT CRIES or elements of it from the trailer so they are linked together better.