2. Editorial Page
Kent Life
Title - ‘Welcome’ inviting the reader, making them want to read the page.
Picture - A middled aged women smiling, her dress is a bright red so also
catches the eye of the reader. The women could represent the target
audience as they can relate to her, being a similar age. Picture of the editor
creates a more personal relationship with the reader.
Text - Quite a large chunk of writing, black professional font on a white
background makes it look neat and easy to read. Column style. Signature at
the bottom, makes the passage feel more personal as that's her own writing.
Social media - Tags to her social media at the bottom expanding the target
audience to younger people.
Editor page is halved with an advert, dark background which makes it easy
for the reader to see which side is which. Dark background makes it look
sleek. Brand name is the biggest font and information to the company
underneath.
3. Editorial Page
Absolute Brighton
Title - Largest font on the page, makes it clear for the reader. The emphasis on
‘letter’ makes it more personal.
Picture - Half of the picture is across the double page therefore you can only see
half of it when only looking at the editorial page. Women wearing an expensive
dress in a luxury location, matches house theme.
Editor's note - Black font on a white background, neat and professional. A lot of
text but paragraphs make it easier to read. Formated like an actual letter.
Signed by the editor.
Name of magazine at the bottom - brand recognition.
White background helps wording to stand out.
4. Editorial Page
Isle magazine
Magazine name is the biggest font on the page, recognition to the brand. Blue
background to match the blue colours in the picture. Keeps a theme.
Picture - Takes up majority of the page, of a trendy looking room, with good interior
design, a lot of stuff in the picture to attract the eyes of different readers. High key
lighting, gives off positive vibes from being a bright picture with a lot of lights in the
picture itself.
Editor's note - A lot of text separated into two columns. Black professional font on
a white background making it stand out and easier to read. Editors signature at the
bottom to make it more personal.
Column down the side, features a picture of the editor and her social medias
(widens audience to younger people). Also features other peoples names who
have contributed to the magazine and all the people who have worked towards the
magazine gets credited.
5. Editorial Page
Rocky Mountain
Title - Editor’s letter is the biggest font on the page, however is still a small
font considering there is a lot of space left in the page.
Text - Text has been put into a small font and put into the centre of the
page, personal signing of the editor makes it more personal to the person
reading. Black font against a white background makes it easy to read.
Pictures - The pictures relate to the target audience because they are
similar age to the stereotypical age of brides. And the other picture is of the
editor - making more of a personal connection with the reader.
Border - A lot of space has been left blank on this page, this makes the
page look less overwhelming and makes it appear more relaxing/calm to the
reader. Comparing to some editorial pages where it is full with text and
pictures this looks a lot less busy therefore it appears to seem less
overwhelming.
6. Editorial Page
Title - ‘Hello spring’ inviting reader making them want to read and also relates to
the theme of the magazine, it being a spring edition.
Text - Black text on white background, a lot of space left around the page.
Makes the page less busy and overwhelming and makes it appeal more calm.
Picture - Photo shows the editor, makes a more personal relationship with the
reader. Features all the editors details next to the picture. Yellow background
and bright coloured pictures makes it eye catching and stand out considering
there is only one picture on the page and it is relatively small.
Column - Features the magazine logo and all the peoples names who have
contributed to the magazine. Border is in a light grey so separate the sections
from the editor's note.
7. Editorial Page
Sussex Style
Title - Being font promoting the name of the magazine ‘sussex style’ style has a
feminine font portraying a target female audience, red font makes it stand out
against all the black wording. Other title is ‘welcome’ inviting the reader making
them want to read the page.
Text - Black font on a white background, easy to read text. Editors signature
makes it more personal to the reader as its the editors hand writing.
Column on the left side - Contact information, includes social media applying
and attracting a younger target audience. Also includes everyone's names who
contributed to the magazine.
Pictures - Overlapping pictures of insights to the magazine. Gives the reader
more of an idea of what is inside the magazine, makes them want to carry on
reading.
8. Editorial Page
Elle
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fashion regional magazine.
Title - Name of the magazine, brand recognition.
Text - Text has been placed into two columns in the middle of the page,
doesn’t overwhelm the reader because there is a lot of space on the page. It
doesn’t look busy and like there is too much going on. Signature of the editor.
Picture - Photo of the editor creates more of a personal connection because
the reader is seeing what the person who wrote the article looks like.
Contact details of the editor at the bottom
9. Overview
Titles - The titles seem to be either be welcoming/inviting the reader or they are explaining what the page contains eg
‘Editor’s letter’. This makes it more personal to the reader and creating this direct mode of address creates a relationship
with the reader making them want to carry on reading.
Text - All the editors notes I looked into all had a white background and the text was in a black serif font. This kept it
professional looking and easy to read. The contents of the text tends to say what's in the issue and links to what's in the rest
of the magazine making the audience want to read on. Font normally is small. There tended to be a signing of the editor at
the end of the text to make it more personal and create a relationship with the audience.
Pictures - There is usually a picture of the editor to create a personal connection with the reader seeing the person who
wrote it, they are normally looking directly at the camera creating a direct mode of address. The rest of the photos relate to
the article or the rest of what's to come in the magazine.
When researching editor pages I found they all looked very similar, some of the pages had a bit more colour and things to
look at and other pages had a lot of space around them creating a more relaxing vibe from the page.
