Regional Magazines

1. REGIONAL MAGAZINES

2. LIVING NORTH MAGAZINE
• Content: Lifestyle magazine including a range of articles from cooking to gardening and other lifestyle
topics from the North East.
• Layout: Like other mainstream magazines with text along the sides of the page but left out in the
middle to see the dominant image.
• Language + Register: There is some play on words used but the language and register is aimed at
working adults from the North East of England from the topics it includes linked to local areas.
• Images: Images of food and baking so will follow the everyday lifestyle.
• Colour Scheme: Red, White and Blue mainly with some Black and Grey in parts, could symbolise the
Union Jack with it being a regional magazine.
• Fonts + Style: Bold fonts in the heading with average fonts elsewhere.

3. LIVING NORTH MAGAZINE
• Content: Lifestyle content such as things linked to cooking, household items, entertainment etc. and
other day to day information.
• Layout: Similar to national magazines in the way that the contents has numbers linked and titles and
sub images etc. included too.
• Language + Register: The language and register appeals to a adult audience who will be reading about
their local area and lifestyle topic vocabulary is used.
• Images: Sub images which are used relate to the lifestyle and other relevant topics in the contents page.
• Colour Scheme: Overall a few bright colours used and then black for the main information itself so it
stands out more.
• Fonts + Style: Basic thin style of fonts and a overall neat and basic style throughout the page.

4. LIVING NORTH MAGAZINE
• Content: An interview and informative piece about a local regional broadcaster and throughout there is
other lifestyle, sport, fashion etc. content.
• Layout: A layout similar to other national magazine with a dominant image being on one side and the
article itself being on the other side with the usual elements such as title, drop ca, page numbers etc.
• Language + Register : That of a typical everyday adult nothing too over complicated or colloquial and
appeals and both link greatly to the context of the piece.
• Images: One dominant image which took up the left side of the double page spread was used to
indicate who the piece is about.
• Colour Scheme: Light colours and black text used to stand out.
• Fonts + Styles: Thin small font used for the main text with bolder font used for titles and italics used for
quotations to show an overall professional style.

5. THE CRACK MAGAZINE
• Content: The content is news such as music, local events etc.
• Layout: Includes the main elements needed but has the least amount of detail needed on the page as
possible leaving the dominant image highly visible.
• Language + Register: The language is using everyday vocabulary but follows the register of it being
connected to the topics and relevant to the audience.
• Images: There is only one image on the front cover which is the dominant image so it puts the focus on
that image.
• Colour Scheme: The colour scheme is mainly dark and has a puts focus on the masthead and the
dominant image.
• Fonts + Style: The font for the headings are bold and the other text is much thinner.

6. THE CRACK MAGAZINE
• Content: The content is the contents page of what is included in the magazine along with other
information and sub images.
• Layout: The layout is separating the sub images from the text and is quite box like.
• Language + Register: The language is appropriate and set around the topic and the language and
register links to the target audience and location of where the magazine is set.
• Images: The sub images included are linked to the content on the page.
• Colour Scheme: The colour scheme is mainly black and white with some red apart from the sub images
which gives it a professional look.
• Fonts + Style: The fonts are bolder for the heading and subheadings and the rest of the texts fonts are
thinner which gives it again a professional feel.

7. THE CRACK MAGAZINE
• Content: The content of the piece is about local music creators from the local area of the North East.
• Layout: The layout has the dominant image covering the whole of the page with the text being
overplayed in various places and mainly on the bottom of the page
• Language + Register: The language used suits the topic with relevant vocabulary and the language and
register suits the target audience by the way it is worded.
• Images: There is one main dominant image to draw attention to those involved.
• Colour Scheme: The colour scheme is mainly black, white and red apart from the image which keeps it
minimal and looking professional.
• Fonts + Style: The fonts is normal apart from when it is bolder in the subheadings and drop caps.

8. VIBE MAGAZINE
• Content: Describing and highlighting events which are going on in the region of Sunderland and the North
East.
• Layout: The layout is typical of other mainstream magazines with the dominant image being the highlight of
the front cover and the text surrounding it, with the masthead and other information at the top of the page.
• Language + Register: The language and register that is used appeals to adults as it does not give the amount of
information to grab an audiences attention than what it would need to for a younger audience.
• Images: The dominant image which is used concerns the topic of the edition which is Christmas so that the
reader has an immediate idea of what they are going to read.
• Colour Scheme: The colour scheme is dominantly dark but then has lighter shades in the text and dominant
image.
• Fonts + Style: The fonts are the same bold style throughout to help them to stand out of the dark background
with the masthead being the boldest to stand out the most.

9. VIBE MAGAZINE
• Content: Giving an insight into what content from local news is on which pages in the magazine with a
note from the guest editor etc.
• Layout: The typical layout of a national magazine having a the contents along side sub images with a
title.
• Language + Register: Appeals to the audience as it is simplified for the contents and the guest editors
note has everyday vocabulary in it.
• Images: A few sub images which are linked to the content on the page with a dominant image as the
background for the page.
• Colour Scheme: A bright and mainly yellow/green colours used to give off a spring vibe.
• Fonts + Style: The font for the contents is quite bold and for the start of the guest editor note whereas
the title is more of a thin font.

10. VIBE MAGAZINE
• Content: Local up to date information from the North East of England.
• Layout: Having the dominant image in the background with the other content spread around the two
sides of the double page spread.
• Language + Register: The language is suited for the audience and has average vocabulary on it and it
registers to the target audience of the locals by including local information.
• Images: There is one dominant image used in the background of the and a sub image to go alongside
the article.
• Colour Scheme: The colour scheme is predominantly red and white to go with the theme of the football
club of Sunderland AFC and the use of darker colours in the background to make it stand out.
• Fonts + Style: The fonts quite thin apart from the titles which have thicker fonts and the style is quite
boxed and professional.