Existing Magazine Analysis (Prelim)

 

The magazine shows one bright colour (pink) to catch the eye and uses it only to highlight the main parts like the title and her name. The white background makes her hair to stand out and looks like a main part of the cover. Also she has pink lipstick on to refer to the other pink text. The masthead uses sans serif to show it is a sophisticated magazine and the stance of Nicole shows she doesn't want to reveal anything. Her head overlaps the kicker which shows her dominance over the page. This also shows that Maxim are confident to have her cutting out some of the title as they know people will buy the magazine as they still know what it is due to Maxim being well known. Her position on the cover is a long medium shot to show all of her body. This is done to attract the audience who look at the magazine. Also all of the cover stories are located around the outside to show that she is still the most important. Her look towards the camera is showing that she is confident and not a cocky type of woman.

The Q magazine uses two colours here, red and white. These stand out on top of the dark background that Cheryl is standing behind these to give emphasis for the red lipstick she is wearing. The fonts in this are mostly the same there are only approximately two fonts used. This is good as it keeps originality however the text used in this is sans serif to show it’s not so formal and likes to show a different side. For example the magazine shows rock and that is not the most calm and chilled music. Also all of the writing overlaps her to show she is not the most amazing item on the cover. However as the magazine says she does rock this is ironic as it is a music magazine and rock is a type of music. As well as her dressing in all black to give that effect of her being somewhat part of rock itself. Also the main photo of Cheryl gives off a feeling that she doesn't care what so ever about anything other than the photo, this is shown through the rain falling down past the screen.

 

The Blender magazine uses many different techniques to attract an audience. Some of these are simple and easy to notice however some are not. Some of the ways the magazine stands out on the cover would be the colour; the colour used in this cover is very minimal as the only colours used are black and pink in the text. These colours are used to help to show off the main picture of Katy as she stands out from her pose from her very colourful variety of clothes. The shot of the photo is a long medium due to her legs and body on show. I would say this gets the most out of the cover as it shows more of her clothes which are colourful and this catches the viewer’s eye the most. The fonts for the text on the magazine are very bland however when mixed with a colour it contrasts very well. As above this cover uses a normal serif to look less formal and more like a chilled magazine to read. The masthead on the cover is actually partially covered up by Katy's' head this shows that Blender are confident in how well known they are that they can partially cover up the masthead and still expect to sell.