The document analyzes the front cover designs of several regional magazines. It notes common codes and conventions, such as using a 2-3 color scheme, words like "exclusive" and "free" to attract buyers, mid-shot studio portraits, and varied fonts and text sizes to stand out. It concludes by identifying design elements the author wishes to incorporate into their own magazine cover, like the color scheme, enticing words, barcode and issue details to look professional.

1. Regional magazines
Front cover

2. Bold master head but colour
blends in with the background.
Also goes over the image
showing importance “Brighton” in a different
colour so it stands out.
Colour scheme- uses a lot
of grey and white with a
little bit of peach in her top
and text.
Text neatly lined up on
left hand side.
Date and issue number
Studio shot photo
Direct mode of
address
Photo in black and
white other than
peach top and the
photo is a mid-shot.
Text in caps lock
makes it more eye
catching
Using the peach font
will attract more
females as
stereotypically it is a
girls colour.

3. Bold master head at
the top of the page
goes over the image
showing importance
Email address so people
know where to look for
more information.
Colour scheme- uses
a lot of grey and
white with use of
purple to make the
magazine eye
catching.
Studio shot photo
Direct mode of address
The two people match in
the photo- Both wearing
purple, dark hair, light
skin. The photo is a mid-
shot
Text in caps lock
makes it more eye
catching
List of things that feature in
the magazine making you
want to read about them.
Using the purple font will
attract more females as
stereotypically it’s a girls
colour.
Different fonts makes it
more appealing

4. Bold master head on
the left hand side.
Barcode and
price.
Direct mode of
address and a
studio shot mid-
shot photo.
Colour scheme-
mainly red black and
white making the
magazine eye
catching.
Having a black
background makes
everything else stand
out.
Makes you want to
buy the magazine by
the word “free”Different fonts and
colours make the
magazine more
interesting.
Date and issue
number.
Using words like
“special” and “plus”
makes it more
appealing to buy.
More pictures makes it
more interesting.
The word “your” makes it more direct
to the person buying it.

5. Barcode
Using words like “plus” and “special”
makes it more appealing to buy.
It is a full body shot but
the body is fowled in so
it fits on the magazine
nicely.
The master head is always
the same every issue making
it easy to recognise.
Date and email, so
people know where to
go for more
information.
Colour scheme- many
colours in the
background but using
yellow and white font
makes it stand out.
Using different fonts,
colours and boldness
makes the magazine
eye catching.
Putting a question
mark like your asking a
question is more direct
to the reader.
Muscle man will attract
females to buy the
magazine, but the sport
side of it will attract males.

6. Bold master head
makes the magazine
stand out.
Colour scheme- red black
and white, by putting black
and white with red it
makes the magazine stand
out.
The picture is an
extreme close up of a
lady's lips and bottom
face.
Number of issue on
magazine.
Putting the word “win”
makes people want to buy
the magazine.
Using the word “free”
makes people want to
buy the magazine.
Using famous names
attracts people to
buy the magazine.
Using different fonts
and boldness makes
the magazine more eye
catching.
Date of
magazine
List of things that feature in
the magazine will attract
people to buy it.
“exclusive” makes you
think its only in this
magazine.

7. Barcode and price.
Mid-shot of the lady.
Direct mode of address
Studio shot photo.
Bold master head, makes the
title stand out, so it is clear
what it is called.
Using words like “win”
make you want to buy
the magazine.
Celebrities name in a
different colour making
it stand out because it
will encourage people
to buy the magazine.
Colour scheme- the
background has many
colours but the text uses
lots of white, pink and
black so it stands out
against the background.
Use of cover lines on
the left hand side.

8. Barcode and price
Bold master head, the
white text stands out on
the blue background
making it very eye
catching.
Using another picture
makes it more eye
catching.
The picture is of nature
and looks like it has been
taken by a photographer.
Using different, fonts,
size and colour makes
the text stand out.
List of things inside the
magazine make it more
appealing.
Date and email under
title.
Colour scheme-
mostly blue and
green background
with white and green
text so it all matches.
The magazine looks
sophisticated
aiming it at a older
audience.

9. Codes and convention for front cover.
• All magazines have there header at the top of the page and all put “time
out” have it in the centre.
• All of the magazines had a colour scheme that they would stick to, most
used 2 or 3 main colours for there magazine.
• Most front pages use words like “exclusive”, “free” and “plus”.
• If they had a person on the front page (which all but one did) they used a
mid-shot with direct mode of address and studio shot photos.
• On all the magazines the text was neatly lined up and they normally used
different font sizes and colours to make the magazine look more eye
catching.
• Most had the barcode and the price of the magazine on the front cover,
normally in the lower corner.
• They all have issue number and date on the magazine in a small font.

10. From looking at the magazines I wish
to carry forward...
• A colour scheme with 2 or 3 main colours as this makes the magazine look
smart and together.
• The use of words like “plus” “special” and “free” because it makes people
want to buy the magazine more.
• I will also have a barcode, issue number and date on the magazine
because this makes it look like a real magazine.
• I will use different text fonts and size to make different bits of the
magazine more eye catching.
• I will have my header at the top of the magazine and use a bold font to
make sure it is clear and eye catching.
• I will also use a mid-shot of a person on the front of my magazine which I
will take in a studio and use direct mode of address because this attracts
people to the magazine.