Magazine Cover & Contents page Analysis

Cover Line

MastheadSkyline

Teasers/ Subheadings

Main Image

Main Pull line/ kickers.

Masthead – The masthead, the main aspects of the front cover, stays the same colour and typeface through virtually every issue, showing consistency. It is a bold typeface with black outline and drop shadow effect, emphasising its importance to the audience in contrast to readers. However, this issue’s font colour is pink making it unique and even more eye-catching. The colour pink connotes to femininity as a juxtaposition to the almost aggressive main image of Dunham and the knowledge that she is a proponent activist of feminism.

Background – The background is grey, not just putting a lot more emphases and attention on the image of highlighted Lena Dunham , but it also makes the magazine stand out compared to other music magazines available. Due to its simple design, it looks professional.

Main Image – The central image is of the actor/director Lena Dunham and takes up the whole cover of the magazine which is drawing attention to it. She is wearing a loose fitting and revealing shirt which relates to “Goffman’ Theory” of dismemberment as only her upper body is shown. Dunham is looking straight at the camera which is giving a direct mode of address the audience.

Main Pull Line – The main cover line, “Lena Dunham – Anxiety, Bad Sex & The best show on TV”, is in bold, white capitals and larder than any of the other teaser lines on the cover to show its significance as the main story. Cover Lines – The main focus of the cover lines is the bolder text at the beginning of each, which in this case is the names of the bands and artists that the cover line concerns . The topics of the cover lines diff

Cover Page Analysis

Contents Page Analysis

• There are three main fonts used in the TOC; one for the headlines and title of the page; one for the numbering; and one for the leading text of the articles.

• There is one constant colour scheme that is followed throughout the TOC; red, white and black. A bold black font has been used for the leading texts and article headlines; and a white background.

• The TOC is split up into two main sections; on the left a column of photos; and on the right the editorial pillars of the TOC.

• The cover date is included at the very bottom of the page

Sub-lines give further explanation to the different sections and these are written in an informal way – perpetuating the connection of the magazine to the reader.

Contents divided into different sections and these sections are organized under different headings.The column layout makes for easy navigation around the different sections included in the contents page.

Contents page as the front cover – reinforces the continuity aspect of the magazine. As the largest the largest picture on the page it implies artist (“Master Plan.”) the main feature of the issue.

Musician of a relevant genre to the RS’s audience (e.g. relevant to targeted readers young age group).

Number of magazine issue.

Convention of the white background makes the text easier to read.

Information about the issue number and cover date.