Use these questions to analyse at least 2 magazine front covers:
What type of magazine is it?A music magazine for women.
From the front cover what kinds of issues/articles are going to be inside?
l Interviews of different people from tv series and bands.
l Information about certain bands/ groups: artic monkeys etc
l A big interview on Madonna
Who is the target audience for the magazine? What particular age group? What are their interests?
Women who like music but different types of music, girls aloud and artic monkeys for example. This magazine is aimed at women in their 20s. (Ages 19-30)
l Interviews of different people from tv series and bands.
l Information about certain bands/ groups: artic monkeys etc
l A big interview on Madonna
Who is the target audience for the magazine? What particular age group? What are their interests?
Women who like music but different types of music, girls aloud and artic monkeys for example. This magazine is aimed at women in their 20s. (Ages 19-30)
Look at the central image. What mode of address is the mag using? What does this tell you about the type of relationship it wants with its reader?
The picture is informal as she is sort of ‘hiding’ with her hood on. Her glove connates her sense of fashion to the readers.
The picture is informal as she is sort of ‘hiding’ with her hood on. Her glove connates her sense of fashion to the readers.
Who is on the front cover and why?
A singer called Madonna is on the front cover, this is probably because the magazine is aimed at young women that are interested in singers and bands.
A singer called Madonna is on the front cover, this is probably because the magazine is aimed at young women that are interested in singers and bands.
What does the anchorage text say? What does this imply about the artist?? What overall message is the artist giving?
'...All interview MADONNA' This implies that alot of people have an interest in her and that the reader should too, as well as giving the impression she has done some pretty good things in her life, or maybe bad things.
Are any groups being represented? How does the magazine represent them?Perhaps late teenager girls upto women in thier twenties are being represented through their taste in music and in a sense their fashion through this magazine.
Are there any ‘buzz’ words? What effect does it have on the reader? ‘Girl powered’ as this magazine is read by women, they would feel that women are writing for them. This tells them that women wrote the article for women.
What does design of the title block tell you about the magazine? What does the title of the magazine tell you about:
1.the readership
1.the readership
2. its image
3. its style
The title block is very plain, this tells me the style of the magazine could well also be plain. The image the title gives me is the simplicity of it, this gives me a connation that that give the magazine more room to change to any type of music it wishes to at any given time. This tells me that the readership is probably always changing genres of the time due to fashion.
The title block is very plain, this tells me the style of the magazine could well also be plain. The image the title gives me is the simplicity of it, this gives me a connation that that give the magazine more room to change to any type of music it wishes to at any given time. This tells me that the readership is probably always changing genres of the time due to fashion.
What do the ‘puffs’ suggest will be inside the magazine? What does this tell you about the type of audience the magazine expects to get? Their are puff words such as a review of a 'rolling stone movie' (or film), or an interview of the 'arctic monkeys in their favorite pub' etc. This tells me that the type of audience is interested in these types of genre for the media in this magazine.
Is there a slogan? What does it tell you about the magazine? How does it help to attract readers? There is no slogan that I can make out.
What colours are used? Do you find them attractive? Red and white to me seem to be the most prominent colours used. I think that yes the colours fit well together, the white and red are from the British flag, which symbolizes where the magazine was written. (The U.K)
What fonts are used and why?Big bold fonts are used to get the attention of passer-bys or to pull person looking at the cover to read more inside.
What strategies does the magazine use to attract the audience?
I large central image interests the reader: Who is this person? Do I know of them? How important are they in the music industry?
Also you get interesting snippets of information which make you want to read more inside the magazine to find out what they’re about. Such as ‘Rolling Stones At The Movies’
What strategies does the magazine use to attract the audience?
I large central image interests the reader: Who is this person? Do I know of them? How important are they in the music industry?
Also you get interesting snippets of information which make you want to read more inside the magazine to find out what they’re about. Such as ‘Rolling Stones At The Movies’
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