AS MEDA AMY DIMARTINO

1. Magazine prices and place of
sale
Amy DiMartino

2. • The images above show I variety of low priced magazines that will
generally be under £1 such as ‘star’. The organisation of these magazines
is very messy and crowded this means that there is not much of a colour
scheme within the magazine. The 3 magazines advertise there cheap
prices using large pugs on the front page to draw people into the how
cheap it is. The busy front cover draws in readers as it connotes that there
will be a lot to read about on the inside, implying efficiency and good
value for money. The quality of the paper and the magazine its self is of
low quality this is reflected within the cheap pricing.

3. • These images show examples of medium priced magazines and the typical
conventions they display, such as NME which is sold on a weekly basis at a
price of £2.20, the organisation of these magazines is neater as apposed
to the cheaper busier magazines. Magazines such as NME and Kerrang
usually have a certain colour scheme for each issue. This makes the
magazines look more professional and sophisticated. The cover lines are
much more prominent this could reflect upon reliable sources and detail
within articles.

4. • These images are example of much more expensive
magazines, with ‘Q’ selling at more than £3.50 an issue, plain and
simplistic colour schemes are used to indicate that these magazines
are expensive and sophisticated, in the case of the rolling stones
magazine the main image covers most of the masthead but this
does not matter as the magazine is so well known that the audience
can connote which magazine it is. The paper used is of high gloss
quality and this reflects on the high pricing.

5. Conclusion
• To conclude I feel that cheaper lower quality
magazines are much more crowed and bold to
attract the attention of the audience where as
medium priced and expensive magazines seem to
be neater and sophisticated as the audience are
already interested as they would already be going
out to purchase these magazines. The change in
the paper between magazines is reflected by the
amount the magazine cost to make and this
controls the amount it is sold for.