A short powerpoint about analysing magazine front covers.

1. Studying Magazines
Media Studies

2. Masthead.
Uses young person
terminology and is written
in a text message style
which connects to young
people.
Pink and purple theme is
feminine.
Attracts young girls.
fashion is seen to be
more feminine so they
have included this on the
front cover.
Posters of young male celebrities shown on
front cover will attract young girls who are
fans of the celebrities shown.
More popular young celebrity boys shown on front cover
half naked to attract fans. In this case its one direction who
have a massive fan base.
The main cover line is
“Cheryl” as it is the largest
piece of text.
Its also hot pink which
ties in with the colour
theme.
Other storylines are
about male artists who
could also attract young
girls.
The model on this magazine
is of Cheryl Cole who is a
role model to many teenage
girls. She is placed on the
right side of the page so she
isn’t covered of the
masthead. She is looking
directly at the reader which
attracts them. Her makeup
and outfit are quite toned
down.
This magazine
suggests that their
primary target
audience is young
girls aged between 8-
15.

3. The colour theme for this
magazine is black, red and
white. These are very rock
kind of colours.
The main cover line is
Madonna is large bold red
letters and it is telling the
reader who this is issue is
based on. The colour red has
connotations of danger.
Madonna is placed over
part of the masthead
which suggests that she is
more dominant.
Madonna is wearing very
minimal makeup and is
dressed in black which is
makes her blend into the
background and also makes
her skin look lighter and
highlights her face to make it
stand out.
The grey banner across the
bottom titled “Women in
Music” which will attract
women to the magazine.
Madonna is placed on
the right side of the
page and a medium shot
is being used.
The headlines round the
edge of the cover tell the
reader what other stories
are in the issue. White
writing is mainly used so it
stands out with the black
background.

4. The masthead of this
magazine is placed over the
models hair but isn’t
blocking her face. However
the placing of the masthead
suggests that the
model/celebrity isn’t as
dominant as the magazine.
The red writing over the
green hair makes he writing
stand out more. This is also
enhanced more by having
the white and black border
round the title.
The close up of Katy Perry is
placed in the centre of the
magazine and she is looking
directly into the camera
which draws in the
audience.
The headlines of the
magazine are in white text
which stands out against
the dark hair. Where the
background is lighter, black
text is being used.
The main story of this
magazine is about Katy
Perry but this isn’t too
dominant on the page but
it is he largest piece of text
on the cover.