Today my task was to find at least 3 magazine covers and compare them on the topics of; Subject Matter, Colours Used, Fonts Used, Types of Model, Language Used, Design Layout and the Freebies offered.
I analysed 4 magazines, Teen Vogue, Seventeen, Sugar and Bliss. All of these magazines are well known for being fashion magazines for teenagers which is what my target audience is.
The subject matter in all four of the magazines all followed the same sort of theme. They included new styles that you could try out, whether it was hair, fashion or makeup. They also all included some sort of celebrity gossip. Also a celebrity interview. All of these main features on the magazine cover could make the reader more inclined to buy it.
The colours used were also quite similar, all four magazines used pink somewhere on their magazine. This could conote the fact that it is quite a girly magazine and that the magazine is mainly aimed at girls rather than boys. The other colours used with the pink are also quite girly, puples, blues, reds and yellows, all of these colours could conote girliness or summer. The colours are also very bright and happy colours, this conotes that the magazine will make the buyer happy.
The fonts used in the magazines differ. Depending on the article depends on the font used. If the magazines are trying to be serious or attract someones attention they use Sans Serif. Serif font is mainly used on the mast head, using the Serif font could also attract people as it looks more friendly rather than the sans serif font.
The models on the front cover of the magazines are all reasonably well known celebrities, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Nicola from Girls Aloud and Whitney and Lauren from the Hills. All of these celebrities are well known mainly by teenagers. These celebrity models could also attract the buyers attention. If the buyer knows the celebrity and likes the celebrity they would want to read about them in the magazine.
The langauge used in the magazines tend to be slang. This could also attract teenagers as it is language most teenagers are familiar with. This could help the buyer as they would be more attracted to buy something they understand rather than something that looks confusing and not 'cool' in their eyes.
All of the layouts of the cover are very similar. The model tends to be in the middle of the magazine with the articles around and down the sides of her. Also they tend to be the main sell of the magazine which is why they are in the centre. The models are also underneath the mast head which could conote that the magazine believe that they are more important than the model. Also it could conote that they want to attract new buyers so that they see the full name of the magazine to tell others.
The freebies in the magazines differ. In one magazine they are giving away free posters with the magazine. In the other you get flip flops and in the other two you dont get anything. I believe that these kind of fashion, gossip, beauty magazines dont tend to give away things as the magazine content tends to have a lot of tips and advice on how to look better, the advice is almost seen like the freebie, hense the reason why there arent many fashion magazines with many freebies.
I analysed 4 magazines, Teen Vogue, Seventeen, Sugar and Bliss. All of these magazines are well known for being fashion magazines for teenagers which is what my target audience is.
The subject matter in all four of the magazines all followed the same sort of theme. They included new styles that you could try out, whether it was hair, fashion or makeup. They also all included some sort of celebrity gossip. Also a celebrity interview. All of these main features on the magazine cover could make the reader more inclined to buy it.
The colours used were also quite similar, all four magazines used pink somewhere on their magazine. This could conote the fact that it is quite a girly magazine and that the magazine is mainly aimed at girls rather than boys. The other colours used with the pink are also quite girly, puples, blues, reds and yellows, all of these colours could conote girliness or summer. The colours are also very bright and happy colours, this conotes that the magazine will make the buyer happy.
The fonts used in the magazines differ. Depending on the article depends on the font used. If the magazines are trying to be serious or attract someones attention they use Sans Serif. Serif font is mainly used on the mast head, using the Serif font could also attract people as it looks more friendly rather than the sans serif font.
The models on the front cover of the magazines are all reasonably well known celebrities, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Nicola from Girls Aloud and Whitney and Lauren from the Hills. All of these celebrities are well known mainly by teenagers. These celebrity models could also attract the buyers attention. If the buyer knows the celebrity and likes the celebrity they would want to read about them in the magazine.
The langauge used in the magazines tend to be slang. This could also attract teenagers as it is language most teenagers are familiar with. This could help the buyer as they would be more attracted to buy something they understand rather than something that looks confusing and not 'cool' in their eyes.
All of the layouts of the cover are very similar. The model tends to be in the middle of the magazine with the articles around and down the sides of her. Also they tend to be the main sell of the magazine which is why they are in the centre. The models are also underneath the mast head which could conote that the magazine believe that they are more important than the model. Also it could conote that they want to attract new buyers so that they see the full name of the magazine to tell others.
The freebies in the magazines differ. In one magazine they are giving away free posters with the magazine. In the other you get flip flops and in the other two you dont get anything. I believe that these kind of fashion, gossip, beauty magazines dont tend to give away things as the magazine content tends to have a lot of tips and advice on how to look better, the advice is almost seen like the freebie, hense the reason why there arent many fashion magazines with many freebies.
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