The magazine cover aims to attract a wide range of audiences through its diverse cover lines about TV, music, gossip and other topics. It uses eye-catching techniques like capitalized text and vibrant colors to draw readers' attention. The natural posing of the model on the cover also makes the magazine seem real and down-to-earth rather than processed. Overall, the simple and artistic design aims to portray an independent and original feel through its casual style and inclusion of a unique lyric-less soundtrack CD.

1. Lace Ormrod

3. The image they have used is to reach
out to an older audience as Michael J
Fox is the face of the 80's, so in doing
this and dressing him in a hard rock,
leather, punk outfit is to portray an
image of older rebellion and a sense of
'young at heart'. This 60's 'Greaser'
effect gives Fox a reflection of Marlon
Brando in The Wild One and I think
this is to make people relate the film
history of Michael J Foxand to
correlate that with the fame and
glorification of Marlon Brando. The
retro style is very fashionably relevant,
making the reader think that the
magazine has some knowledge of style
as well as everything else on the cover
lines, The way they explain his article
as his 'Triumph' would also show how
they think of him highly.
The magazine is clearly aimed towards a wide variety of audiences;
Firstyly we can see that the cover linescover majority of the genres of
magazines, for example, TV ( Breaking Badand Homeland), music ,
(Kings Of Leon Party On) gossip(Sexting Shame & Suicide), and
general information articlesof interest (TV's smartest people of their
favourite shows, UN Climte Report). By doing this they have allowed
themselves to become avalible for a wider range of peopleand
therefore, more popular with a larger group of people.

4. The banner here is the only
There is an horizontal colour
form of vibrant colour which
split almost exactly half way
automatically attracts the
down the page, this could
reader’s or buyer’s attention.
represent an edgy and
Also the way that the banner
contemporary side to the
is covered gives off the
magazine and this is mirrored
impression that the company
as Michael J Fox has this also,
clearly know that they are
half of his face is in shadow,
iconic enough to not have to
this would show a mysterious
show their title every time. It
side of him, therefore making
could also seem as a sense of
him seem like a visually perfect
selflessness as they are giving
match for the magazine.
Michael J Fox the limelight as
they don’t need it and the
issue is all about them.
The cover lines are eye catching
but not just because they are
relevant and interesting topics,
they are also in capitals. Doing this
will automatically draw the
reader's eye to the magazine. On
this cover they have used
Homeland , Breaking Bad,
(Popular TV programmes) Michael
J Fox (Being a well known actor in
the 80's) and Sexting Shame and
Suicide (additional appeal as it
described as an epidemic and the
assonance) .

6. The way the model (Laurel) is
posing obeys the conventions as
she is looking directly into the
camera and essentially at the
reader or potential buyer. This
sense of attraction and looking
directly at you links with the eye
catching cover lines and how the
first thing people see on the cover
is the model and by looking right
at the reader pulls them in to look
more at the cover lines. However
the natural look to the model
breaks the conventions of a
processed image and model who
doesn’t look like herself. This
would also tell the reader that the
magazine is real and won’t give
you fake anything, which is
different and therefore a key
selling point.
The colouring on this issue is very natural with many
normal shades duller. This creates a calm feeling about
the magazine and reaches out to a variety of audiences
as the cover looks very artistic and modern as well as
‘indie’ music listeners.

7. The overall impression that is
given would be a sense of raw
originality, this is clear through
the way the model is dressed and
how casual the overall feel is, also
the way the sans serif font gives
the cover a crisp and modern
atmosphere. The use of the free
cd isn’t very original but it is
explained as a lyric-less
soundtrack that has been tracklisted together to comply with the
theme of that magazine, doing
this is extremely unique and gives
the magazine an added edge that
makes it more artistic.
The banners and cover lines are very simplistic, this
portrays, again, the artistic feel to the music themed
magazine. The key name that the reader can see is
‘Laurel Halo’ and this initially could attract
fans/admirers or curious collectors of the magazine
looking for other recording artists to listen to. The
way her name is bold, clear and the main eye catcher
would suggest that she is someone of importance or
someone that should gain attention.