2. Barcode
Date of issue
Cover price
Main
Picture
Masthead
Main cover
line
Lure
Strapline
Strapline
Strapline
Strapline
Strapline
3. MASTHEAD
The masthead is the name of the magazine. This is the biggest text
on the page as it is in some way the most important. When people
are looking to purchase the magazine they look for the Brand that
they want. The masthead on this magazine is also at the back of
the page. We can see this because Barrack Obama’s heads is in
front of the text, this makes the masthead look like its in the
background. The font is red because it catches the readers
attention also it relates to what the magazine is about, fitness,
going to the gym working out hard which involves blood, sweat and
tears.
4. MAIN COVER LINE
This is the largest font on the page that isn’t the masthead. So
when people are reading the front cover this will be the first thing
they read about what will be inside of the magazine. As the
audience of this magazine is men who like working out they will
see this and this will entice them into purchasing the magazine.
5. LURE
This is the lure on the front cover of the magazine. The reason that
this is here is to lure people into buying the magazine. By this we
mean the editors are trying to put something on the front cover that
will make people want to read the magazine. As the people who
read this magazine are health fanatics they will feel that what the
lure is saying that they could benefit from it.
6. MAIN PICTURE
This is the main picture on the front cover of the
magazine. It is a picture of someone who has a very big
influence in the world, the president of the USA Barack
Obama. When people see him on the front of the
magazine they will want to read on and see why he is
on the front cover. Even though this is the main picture
it also acts as a lure as people will want to read why
hes on the front cover.
7. STRAPLINE
Here is one example of a strapline. On the example they
have stated the words ‘success without stress’. This
strapline will give people motivation and also make them
want to read the magazine. They are targeting an issue
that there target audience suffer with, stress. This will
make the audience feel like the magazine is relating to
their life and they will want to buy it.
8. COVER PRICE, DATE OF ISSUE, BARCODE
Here is the Barcode of the magazine. This is a new convention
which modern technology has changed in the past few years. The
barcode is here so that shops can scan through the magazine for a
price to come up for people to buy. This is the difference that
modern technology has made when it comes to magazines. The
date of issue is so that people that collect the magazines have a
reference to what date the issue was released and so people can
see when the next issue is out. The cover price is always small on
the front cover so that they see the large font for the headlines and
that will entice them into buying it which will make the people not
care about the price as they just want to read it.
10. MASTHEAD
The masthead is in a gold font which represents what the issue of
this magazine is about, The 50 best hip hop songs of all time.
Therefore the gold text reflects the popularity of the content. As you
can see half of the title is missing due to the crown of the Notorious
B.I.G is in the way. We can see that the Masthead is in the
background and is acting like a wallpaper of the magazine. The
font comes from the Rolling Stones album covers which when
people see the font it make them relate to music which is what the
magazine is about.
11. MAIN COVER LINE
The main cover line is the second largest text on the front cover.
This makes it one of the more important pieces for people to read
as it stands out. From this text it tells you what the magazine will
be about. The number 50 and the words Hip-Hop are the largest
bits of text in the main cover line this is so that the they stand out
the most as they are the most important words on the front cover
as it simply says what will be included in the magazine. The colour
of the text is white so that it stands out from the red background.
12. MAIN IMAGE
This is the main picture of the magazine front cover.
This will make people want to buy the magazine when
they see it as because the front cover is the King of
Hip-hop which is the target audience for people
reading this magazine. Also it is the only image which
is on the front of the magazine which makes us think
that there will be part of the magazine which will be
about The Notorious BIG which will bring fans of him
to read the magazine. This image is central to the
magazine, they have used direct mode of address
within this image, the reason for this is so that the
people looking at the front cover feel like the image is
looking at them directly.
13. STRAPLINE
On the strapline they have tried to used a question which
will make the audience engage into the magazine.
Referring to drugs in the strapline may shock some people
and entice them into reading more. Also the fact that it
mentions the President of America Barack Obama in the
same question about drugs will make people wonder about
what's going on. Also It is a subject that people feel
strongly about so people when they see the text they will
want to read it. Also the other strapline states information
into the secrets of a blockbuster film. This will make people
read more and works with the other strapline.
14. COVER PRICE, DATE OF ISSUE, BARCODE
Here is the Barcode of the magazine. This is a new
convention which modern technology has changed in the past
few years. The barcode is here so that shops can scan
through the magazine for a price to come up for people to
buy. This is the difference that modern technology has made
when it comes to magazines. The date of issue is so that
people that collect the magazines have a reference to what
date the issue was released and so people can see when the
next issue is out. The cover price is always small on the front
cover so that they see the large font for the headlines and
that will entice them into buying it which will make the people
not care about the price as they just want to read it.
