The magazine cover targets a female audience aged 20-30. The main image features a woman posing in simple clothing to portray an attainable lifestyle. Pink fonts and colors are used throughout to appeal to stereotypical female interests. Celebrity images and alliterative text are intended to draw readers in with promises of inside stories. The price is displayed discreetly as magazines are an expensive product.

1. October 19
Analyzing
Magazine
Cover
2012

2. The main character name is
mentioned on the front
page to enlarged font size.
The font is pink to be in
contrast with the
background as well as to
question the reader’s mind.
‘’The
Magnificent
Seven’’
shows that
these
actors are
popular
and well
known by
the target
audience
and they
have loads
of fans.
Price - £2.55 this is
shown in small
size because it is
expensive but if it
was cheap it
would of been in
big font.
Barcode
Masthead- It is dark pink colour which
Main Image – The Main Image Is of a Women posing
Audience – It is Obvious that the plays the part in creating the colour theme on
as she is meant to be the role model for this
magazine. For the readers it shows them how to look the front cover. It is very popular to have the
Target Audience for this image on Top of the Masthead on a Particular
attractive and sexy. The dress looks simple which
Magazine is female because the might suggest people can wear anything and still look letter. The font is Classy which helps make it
nice .So anyone Women can buy this Magazine. The clear to the audience who this Magazine is
front cover gives it all away the main image overlaps the name of the magazine which targeted at.
main image is of a girl and the shows this magazine is well known and popular. The
main image is a medium shot.
font is pink which is a girly
colour. Age 20-30.
Denotation – A Women Posing For the Magazine.
Article – The Magazine cover is filled with alliteration in
all the sides for Example ’’ We’ve got Fall covered ’’, ‘’
Connotation Designer clothes, Attractive,
Anchorage text-The main image is of keira
Romantic cosy Weekend looks ‘’ ect. This is effective Confident, Model, Fashionable.
knightley who is a Model/Actor and tells us
because it sounds catchy when the audience read it
draws their attention. The colour scheme of pink black why she is featured on the front cover. This
and white would draw the attention of Its Target is a lure to read the article inside the
Audience because the Women reading this would magazine about her. If you look at the Direct Address – Most Magazine
stereotypically be ‘Girly’ things like perfume, make up,
clothes ECT. And as pink is associated strongly with
front cover of the Magazine you can tell covers have people making direct
women it is possible they like the colour pink therefore that there are all actors. eye contact with the readers.
catching their eye.

3. Selling Line Strapline Extra information
On the front
cover it tells us
is been added to
most of these attract the
artists have
audience, this
ta
confession to
make which also collides well
gets the target with background
audience even
and the other
more
interested. writing.
There are
giving tips
to people
on how to
spend the
summer. Direct Address-
Most Magazine
covers feature a
person making
Date line – It direct eye
shows the
contact with
year, month
and date this Readers to reach
magazine intimacy.
came out.
Price – It is £2.99
this is shown in
small size
because it is
expensive but if it
was cheap it
would of been in
big font.
Barcode
Skyline – Pink grabs the audience’s
Main Image- The main image is of Cher Lloyds who is a attention as it is aimed at younger
Audience – The Target Audience for this magazine is
an audience for both Genders around the age 11 – 18. singer and tells us why she featured on this Magazine audiences. It has pink throughout the
Because it has pictures of younger people In the cover. The story is mainly based around her. This shows cover, the writing is black & white, the
Magazine and has both Genders. Cher Lloyds was the Magazine is aimed at a younger audience.
white background makes it stand out
famous from X factor she got her target audience
from X factor as there is a big audience there.
against the pink. The rhetorical Question
in the skyline makes the audience get
more involved so they answer the
Lead Article – The word Exclusive grabs the audience’s
attention as they want to know the latest and know Question in their head.
what is going on. The word Exclusive grabs audience
attention with how they’ve changed the font which
gets them interested even more. The tagline
Denotation – A Young Girl Posing.
underneath the picture says ‘’ I’ve got Major
Masthead – The Pink colour is Confidence Issues’’ It is catchy. At the bottom it says’s
Connotation – Attractive, Fashionable, Relaxed.
‘Amazeballs Posters’ which the target audience would
common throughout the whole be interested in. If they are big fans
Magazine that’s how the
Magazine is recognised. The front Colour Scheme –The photograph
Anchorage Text –The main image features lots of
cover works around this colour Famous People and text tell us why they are featured on dominates but the font colour has
the front cover. All this is a lure to read the article inside
scheme. The pink colour catches been to compliment the cover. The
the magazine about them. If you look at the front cover
the audience attention. of the magazine you can tell that there are all singers. colour here are ones that seem
quite female like pink and purple.