The document summarizes and analyzes several existing magazine covers from different genres. It describes the cover of a heavy metal magazine, noting the dark color scheme and violent poses of the masked band members. It then analyzes the formal style of GQ magazine, highlighting the high-quality photo of James Corden and professional layout and colors. Finally, it examines a video game magazine cover featuring the main character from Resident Evil, relating how the central image and background draw in fans in a similar way celebrity photos attract readers of fashion magazines. The document concludes by identifying common elements like central images, titles, smaller stories and barcodes that will be included in the researcher's own work.

1. Research
Your Name

2. Existing Product
Front cover Double Page Spread
Audience Profile
Mainly image
Language
relates to the
genre
Headline
Free posters
Band members are stated
to present part of the
magazine

3. Existing Product
The main imagine is a picture of the band
with the background cut out, they are edited
in front of a dark wall. The main story is
about the band covering all of the cover, the
band also cover the magazines name which
is quite common in heavy metal magazines.
The magazine has 2 smaller stories at the top
and some free posters.
The cover plays into the conventions of a
heavy metal magazine well, it has a dark
color scheme with a small variety of colors
used. All of the band members are masked
and doing violent gestures. The other stories
and pictures aren't laid lout orderly, instead
they are positioned at angles.
The writing style on the cover is informal and
uses words often used when describing
heavy metal bands, for example ”untold,
unseen, unhinged”

4. Existing Product
Front cover Double Page Spread
Audience Profile

5. Existing ProductExisting Product
The GQ magazine is written very formally, the
font and language choice is professional and
formal rather than chatty and informal. The
center image is a very high quality photo of
James Corden in a suite, this would appeal to
the target audience of the magazine as it is
very professional, middle/upper class and
generally fancy looking. The text is laid out so
that it follows the curve of his head this
maintains the professional look. The font and
color used also matches this look and the main
color pallet. The main image features a glass
with a goldfish in it, since this fish is orange it
matches the subheading colors. The colors of
the logo and other subheading are gold, this
also is targeted at their viewers as it is a color
showing wealth, there readers of this magazine
will be proud of owning a magazine that looks
this professional.

6. Existing Product
Front cover Double Page Spread
Audience Profile

7. Existing Product
Logo for magazine is green which s the color associated
with Xbox, the logo is positioned behind the characters
head only showing the very top of the X. this is a
convention used in video game magazines and others
genres of magazine, the target audience don’t need to see
the full logo and will know what it is from the Xbox image
and the box, a big enough fan could even tell just by seeing
the primarily green color pallet. Subtle things like thee are
easy to notice for fans as xboxs competitor use a primarily
blue color pallet.
The main image of the magazine is the main character
from the newest resident evil game, having this
character as the main image is like a fashion magazine
having a celebrity for their main image. The character is
in front of a background from the game as well, this
bring fans of the game in and lures in new fans with high
quality images creating hype for it

8. Research Analysis
• What common features do the researched products have?
• A central image
• A main title
• Smaller stories
• Barcode
• Colour scheme
• What aspects of the research will you include within your on work?
• A central image
• A main title
• Smaller stories
• Barcode
• Colour scheme

9. Bibliography

10. Bibliography
1. Interviewees, Name. (2018) Target Audience Interviews (conducted on
DATE)
2. Interviewees, Name. (2018) Target Audience Interviews (conducted on
DATE)
3. Publisher. (Year of Release) Magazine Name