1. Comment on how the design of the magazine cover attracts the target audience:
House style– The first impression I
get when looking at the contents
page is that it looks like a
newspaper article. This gives a
formal and sophisticated effect
which relates to a more mature
target audience. There are various
different fonts used, both serif and
sans serif, making the page look Design Balance – The contents page
fairly interesting and different. seems to be pretty much informally
Also, some of the text is in upper balanced. In the centre of the page
case almost as if the text is there is the biggest image on the
shouting at the reader and drawing page, indicating that it is one of the
them in. The header of ‘inside this main stories. There are other stories
week’ again gives a newspaper around the centre image, making
effect, as this is something that the page look informally balanced
may appear in a newspaper. In but easy to read and understand.
comparison to a typical contents The primary optical area of the page
page, the layout is not set out in doesn’t really contain much that is
columns and in boxes and sections attractive to the reader. However, it
instead, this again is interesting to leads the reader to look at the
a reader and draws them in. header of the page and read it. It
also leads the reader to start
Imagery – Lots of various pictures looking at the stories and images
are used on the contents page. The around the page. The page is quite
images are all connected to stories image heavy and the images stand
that are in the magazine. A lot of out more to the reader. This may
the images has a quote or headline attract a more immature target
underneath, followed by a short audience as it gives them less to
insight of the article and then the read and more to look at which may
page number. This is a more be interesting to a reader.
interesting way to give the reader
an insight of what is to come in the
magazine rather than it just be text
listed. The images are fairly related
to the target audience as the artists
are generally part of the music
genre. The centre image in the page
is the biggest image; this indicates
that it may be one of the main
stories in the magazine.