Front cover analysis template disclosure

1. The
Target Audience andgenre
The target audience forhis
particularmagazine wouldbe
teenagersaged14 to adultsaged
30. The genre of theirmusicis
house/deephouse music.
Main Image
The main image of the magazine is
disclosure themselves. Youcansee
that bothboysare quite youngand
bothbetweenthe age 14 to 30 and
are bothdressinquite urban
clothing.
Model credit
The model creditis‘DISCLOSURE
bringingthe heatthissummer’.
Main CoverLine
The main model creditis‘IBIZA2013
ALL THE CLUBS, ALL THE DJs,ALL
YOU NEED’This supportsthe genre
as deephouse musicisthe main
genre playedinclubs,andDJ’s.
Colours/Typefaces/House style
The main colours areblack,red and white. They vary from very dark colours to
quite bright colours.The font of the text is quite thick and bold, it’s also in various
different colours which helps the writingstand out more to the reader. The house
styleis havingthe main cover linecentral and havingother cover lines,spread out
across thepage. Also the main image is central but behind the cover line.
Masthead
The Masthead is‘Mixmag’thisisthe name of
the magazine itself.Thismagazine isadeep
house/dance musicgenre magazine. Theyalso
focuson clubculture.The magazine was
previouslyanewslettertoDJsbut changed
whenhose musicbegan.
The GutenbergDesignPrinciple
The primaryoptical area isthe topleftcorner.
Thisis where itstatesthe maincoverline.This
iswhat the magazine editorswantthe reader
to notice first.Youthenlookfromthe top leftt
the bottomright; thisiswhere the mainpicture
image andmodel credit.You’re theninthe
terminal area,thisissmall type andthe
barcode I, therefore isn’tasimportantasthe
restof the magazine.The strongfallowareais
the top rightDaft Punk’salbumismentioned.
Finallythe weakfallowareaisthe bottomleft,
thisiswhere the lessimportantwritingis.
Coverlines
Othercoverlinesusedonthe frontcover are “ultra-
hitsKorea”“Win a DJ set at Creamfields”Also“Daft
Punkalbum:The verdict”Thisis additional
informationusedtocatchthe reader’sattention.
Banners/Flashes/badges
The flashin the magazine is
“The world’sbiggestdance
musicand clubbingmagazine”
Whichis a brief explanationof
the magazine.Bagesusedare
“Plus…”Thisis additional
informationwhichisusedon
the front coveras it maybe eye
catchingto the reader.