What makes an effective front cover?

What makes an effective front cover?

Francis Evdokimov

What makes an effective front cover?

http://theparada.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/ryan-mens-health-magazine-march-2009-ryan-reynolds-4045146-928-1222.jpgIn this men's health magazine, the main colours used arered,yellow,whiteandblack.The colour white is used as the background colour. White portrays acomplete, pure and colourof perfection.This is really significant to a sporting magazine. A sports magazine tries to get the best out of you and makes you work hard. The colour white shows that the magazine is pure, so the readers wont get the idea that they will be advised to take bad substances or cheat there way to get this ideal body the magazine can offer. White also Is associated with perfection and completeness. This again is effective to the audience as they have the impression they can reach this perfect figure and look by following the steps of the magazine. The text is usually in black this is because it gives this secretive feel to it. This shows that in order to access this information e.g. Gain muscles, lose pounds the audience need to purchase the magazine. The colour yellow in the magazine associates with knowledge, enthusiasm and a challenge. The yellow writing shape fill compliments very well with the actual text. As seen in the picture (great abs made easy) this portrays the knowledge the journalists have so therefore the target audience would feel confident and enthusiastic as they know they are getting the best advice. The colour yellow also give this motivational feel and the fact that it will be a challenge. Lastly the colour red is used.Thiscolouris a warm and positivecolourassociated with our most physical needs and our willto carry on andsurvive. It exudes a strong and powerful masculineenergy. Redis energizing. It excites the emotions and motivates us to takeaction. This is very effective. The red colour gives this masculine feel so the audience know they will be getting bigger and more manly. The colour is also very motivational and energetic. This stimulates the person to buy and have a hard work ethic to get this ideal body which is portrayed on the front cover.

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http://theparada.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/ryan-mens-health-magazine-march-2009-ryan-reynolds-4045146-928-1222.jpghttp://theparada.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/ryan-mens-health-magazine-march-2009-ryan-reynolds-4045146-928-1222.jpghttp://theparada.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/ryan-mens-health-magazine-march-2009-ryan-reynolds-4045146-928-1222.jpgIn this magazine cover a variety of language features are used to lure the reader to buy the product. One language feature used is advice . These are seen throughout the magazine cover page. GREAT abs made EASY These words are very effective. The reader gets the impression to get these abs little time and little effort needs to be put in to acquire these. Another example would be Make GOOD SEX GREAT these words again are very simple but make the idea that there can be big room for improvement. Another language feature used are Puff words. FREE work out poster. The word free offers the reader and extra if buying the magazine which can help them when trying to achieve an physical or mental aim. In this case it is a physical so the magazine offers a free work out poster. It is as if a bonus will be given if the product it brought.

The cover line : Get back into shape see results in just 9 days. This attracts the consumer and gets their curiosity about what's inside the magazine up. The target audience usually being people (men) wanting to get into shape or men who are already in shape . This magazine assumes it is someone looking for a change and seeing this text will attract on lookers. The day count to change is very short, the magazine implies change can be seen after a space of only a week and two days.Look better instantly is again another eye catching quote. This quote gives the impression improvements and can be seen very quick. Again it will catch the eye of anyone passing buy and looking for a change. Instantly literally means in a space of seconds to minuets so it is a really effective way of making the product appealing to the audience.

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