FRONT COVERS

Studying Magazines

Masthead.Uses young person terminology and is written in a text message style which connects to young people.Pink and purple theme is feminine.Attracts young girls. fashion is seen to be more feminine so they have included this on the front cover. Posters of young male celebrities shown on front cover will attract young girls who are fans of the celebrities shown.

More popular young celebrity boys shown on front cover half naked to attract fans. In this

case its one direction who have a massive fan base.

The main cover line is “Cheryl” as it is

the largest piece of text.

Its also hot pink which ties in with the colour theme.

Other storylines are about male artists

who could also attract young girls.

The model on this magazine is of Cheryl

Cole who is a role model to many

teenage girls. She is placed on the right side of the page so

she isn’t covered of the masthead. She is

looking directly at the reader which

attracts them. Her makeup and outfit

are quite toned down.

This magazine suggests that their primary target audience is young girls aged between 8-15.

The colour theme for this magazine is black, red and white. These are very rock kind of colours.The main cover line is Madonna is large bold red letters and it is telling the reader who this is issue is based on. The colour red has connotations of danger.

Madonna is placed over part of the

masthead which suggests that she is

more dominant.

Madonna is wearing very minimal makeup and is dressed in black which is makes her blend into the background and also makes her skin look lighter and highlights her face to make it stand out.

The grey banner across the bottom titled

“Women in Music” which will attract women to the

magazine.

Madonna is placed on the right side of

the page and a medium shot is

being used. The headlines round the edge of the cover

tell the reader what other stories are in

the issue. White writing is mainly

used so it stands out with the black

background.

The masthead of this magazine is placed over the models hair but isn’t blocking her face. However the placing of the masthead suggests that the model/celebrity isn’t as dominant as the magazine.

The red writing over the green hair makes he writing stand out more. This is also enhanced more by having the white and black border round the title.

The close up of Katy Perry is placed in the centre of the magazine and she is looking directly into the camera which draws in the audience.

The headlines of the magazine are in white text which

stands out against the dark hair. Where

the background is lighter, black text is

being used.

The main story of this magazine is about

Katy Perry but this isn’t too dominant on the page but it is he largest piece of text

on the cover.