Magazine Analysis

1. The title of the magazine is
red, a conventional feature for
this magazine. The red
instantly stands out, which This promises a 7day TV
The white bold lettering
then encourages the audience guide inside the magazine,
signifies importance to the
to buy the magazine and which is another selling point
audience therefore wanting the
convinces them that they have for the audience; if they are to
audience the read the
the best information on the buy this magazine they will
information provided.
current soap storylines. know the times of when soaps
are on as well as the plot lines.
The shots of the
The tag line of the characters show to
magazine is big and bold the audience the
and stands out. This is an circumstances they
instant eye catcher for are in. The facial
the audience; this is expressions connote
another convention that different emotions to
all magazines use, the audience;
therefore meaning the therefore the
audience attracted to the audience can make
tagline making them predictions based
interested and more upon the shots.
likely to buy the
magazine.
Here the magazine is
advertising a one
offspecial live episode.
As this is a live show
and this section has
taken up a third of the
page, the audience will
This magazine uses text and images as their main conventions. The big be drawn to watch this
bold lettering makes the cover look busy immediately drawing the episode and buy the
audience to the photo’s behind the text. magazine to find out
It shows a multiple choice of storylines from the different soaps giving more.
the audience the choice to read about others or their favourite soap. As
the photos are close up it allows the audience to see the circumstances of
the characters and their present emotions.
I will apply these conventions to my magazine to make it successful, by
covering the cover with appropriate bold text and also with
photographs to catch my audience’s attention. I will ensure I use one
main photo and others around. I will apply a tagline and other
subheadings and mini storylines making it relevant to my soap.