Media course work

1. The masthead on this
magazine is in a large and
bold font, two features
which would normally
draw the most attention.
However, on this cover
the masthead is framing
the model making her
the firstthing that you
see showing that she is
the main focus of this
magazine.
The barcode is placed in the
bottom right corner to conform
to the codes and conventions
of a magazine front cover.
The colour scheme of this magazine
mainly consists of pink and black.
The connotations of black are
elegance, mystery and formality.
The connotations of pink are
femininity, affection and intimacy.
Together these colours represent
power and uniqueness and give the
audience a sneak peek into the style
of the magazine.
Boldfont and enticing sentences
used for the cover lines have
been especially picked to intrigue
the audience and draw their
attention.
I believe that the audience
of this magazinewill be
mainly interested in more
rock/metal music genres
and the artist on this cover
since this is clearly what
the magazinewill mainly
be based on. As for the
class and age I believe that
the primary audience will
be from a BC1 class and be
aged between 16-25. The
gender of the primary
audience is mostlikely
female due to the large
amount of pink used and
they will also most likely be
of a white American/British
ethnicity.
The women on this font
cover is obviously a well-
known artistfrom the rock
music genre so will bring an
inheritedaudience to the
magazine. This is why she
has been placed to take up
most of the page and is the
main focus point; to grab
people’s attentions and
entice them to read about
her.
The typography of this
magazine is very bright,
bold and capitalising making
it stand out and drawing the
audience’s attention.
The use of different sized
fonts makes the magazine
more visually effective
making the audience want
to read each one of them
as each one looks unique.
The clothes that the artist is
wearing connotes the rock
themed music showing the
audience the genre which she
represents. Furthermore, the
colour of her clothes contrasts
with the background of the
magazine and the colour of
the fonts, this makes her
stand out more and draws the
audiences eyes straightto
her.
The fact that the artistis breaking
the fourthwall makes the magazine
seem more personalas the audience
may feel like she is looking at them
enticing them to read the magazine.
The magazine will be
targeting a niche audience
as it is clearly directed to a
small group of people who
are very influential. This
means that they will be
filling a spacein the
market which only a few
people will like and relate
There is very little white space on
this font cover showing thatthe
magazine wanted to useup the
majority of the space and havea
more in your face type of house
style so that it will catch the
audience’s attention more.