Fashion Magazine with Gossip and interviews with Celebrities

Masthead

The audience is going to be primarily females who are interested in fashion and would maybe have an interest in Katy Perry

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Analysis• The Elle magazine cover features some conventions that are shown on the front

cover of other magazines as well. For example the magazine features a cover image this is the biggest image on the front cover and is the thing that stand out to the readers. In the example I looked at (September 2013 issue) we can see Katy Perry on the front this is the biggest item on the whole of the magazine. The Masthead also features on the magazine this is a convention that we would expect to see in every magazine and we would expect it to be near the top of the magazine. In this case it is however it doesn't’t stand out as much as the picture does, but it still stands out to say what the magazine is. The magazine also features buzzwords such as ‘Luxury’ this are there to attract the readers attention because they will want to know about the ‘luxury’ clothes that are featured in the magazine. These are certain things that we would expect to see on a magazine cover to help attract the readers attention. The magazine is a fashion magazine which means that it is predominantly wanting to target a more female audience and we would expect this to be the case with the majority of their readers being women. This represents the fashion world because fashion is mainly a matriarchy where Women are in charge.

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Masthead

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Puff/Pug

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The audience is primarily older people who are on average 56 and are the gender that reads the magazine is split pretty much 50/50.

The magazine is primarily about gardening in which they give advice on gardening.

Analysis• In the issue of Gardeners world that I have picked to look at, we can see key

characteristics that we would expect to see in a magazine. For example just like Elle and Heat the magazine features a main cover image, in this case it is the lavender’s. As a whole this magazine cover has more information on it including things such as the puff/pug which give more information on what is in the issue. However Elle magazine looks much clearer and cleaner then the other two magazines. Elle magazine does not have a puff/pug but this could be because they aren’t wanting to sell a ‘free product’ to their readers. Gardeners world has thumbnail images which are printed on either side of the magazine, these are there to show that the expert gardeners have got their opinion in this magazine. This is also an attempt to attract readers because if readers want to hear tips from a gardener that they admire then they are more likely to want to read the magazine. This magazine also features a barcode on the front page this is something that Heat also has but Elle does not, this make sit easy for the reader to know how much the magazine is going to cost them to buy.

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SkylineHeat is a predominantly gossip and celebrity news magazine which the main focus is on arguments between celebs

Heat is primarily targeted to a female audience and their audience are women who are 20+

Analysis• In the Heat magazine we can see that it features a Masthead at the left middle side

of the magazine. This is one of the biggest things that is on the magazine and stands out. Heat have this so that people who read their magazine a lot are more likely to recognize the logo of the magazine. This magazine in particular features more thumbnail images then any of the other magazines. This is mainly for one main reason this is because they want to publicize all of the ‘juicy’ gossip and articles that they have about different celebrities. This is primarily because they want to show the readers the different types of celebrities that are featured in the article. This means that if someone sees a celebrity that they like on the cover they are more likely to read the magazine to find out what is going on with that celebrity. The barcode being on the front of the magazine makes it easier for the reader to know the price of the magazine this si a similar technique that Gardeners world uses which makes it easier for the reader to know the price. The use of the puff/pug is primarily to show an advertisement. In this case it shows that there is a discount on shoes, this is another way of appealing to the audience through advertisements.