Magazine Anayalse

 

The Magazine would straightaway catch the eye of the target audience of young women. It for starters as a well known, and loved celebrity on the cover, who many young women look up to as as role model, Cheryl Cole.  The Hot Pink in the font,stereotypes that Pink is the colour associated with females, so you would not find a young male adult picking up this magazine in the shops.

The magazine also has the title ' Britian's No 1 women's magazine' which straight away tells the reader that magazine is a trustworthy one and that it has been voted the best by the women of Britain.

Mast head- The mast head is bright and eye catching. The colour scheme is simple but yet used thought out the whole magazine. It's larger than all the other texts.

Photo- The photo is large and is off a famous person who is connected to the magazine, as there is a article about her.
Colour- The colour scheme for this magazine is Pink, Black and white. These three colours all work well together and do not cancel each other out. The pink and black are used equally throughout the cover.Text- The titles of the other texts, are all different sizes. The most important or eye catching ones are in a larger and bolder font. Whilst the less important texts are in a smaller size and less inviting font.

Target Audience - The Target Audience is for young women age ranging from 16+.

To Improve the Magazine I think there could be a more variety of colour, as the magazine is quite bland with the white background. Perhaps the use of a light pastel colour, like a lilic or a pale pink would suite it. But as long as it did not wash away the font colurs.

Layout Connventions

Mast Head- The mast head is the 'main title' of the magazine so, for example 'Vouge' or 'Hello' are the mast head of their magazine. The mast head is larger than any of the other texts on the cover, so that it catches attention to the applied audience and will normally be a bright colour.

Photo- On every magazine there is a cover photo. The photo can be of a famous person who supports the magazine or there is an article about them in the magazine. If the magazine is genre is equine or cars, then the photo on the cover will be a Horse or a certain car. However sometimes the main photo can either be on the cover or on the context page on the inside of the cover.

Bar code- The bar code is always on the front cover, and normally will have how much the magazine costs, issue number, and the date of when it was published. 

Fonts- Usually the fonts used will vary from 3-4 different types, but some magazines still use one type of font. The colour always varies, most magazines will keep to a certain colour scheme, using mostly bright or vibrant colours to catch the readers attention. Most magazine companies will use colours on different ends of the spectrum so that they don't cancel each other out.

Text- The main focus of the text is generally a lot smaller than the mast head. Also the other texts will have certain keywords to captivate the readers such as 'exclusive'.

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Before and After Pictures Of First Magazine

Before and After Cover Pictures

Before : In this picture nothing is photoshoped. In this picture none of the blemishes or loose hairs have been edited out. The background is a dull colour and could d with some more colour. This picture would later be edited to Black and white and placed on a background. It relatively looks boring, and in need of colour and having improvements made .

Editing-

Here I've used the blemish tool to get rid of any blemishes, and any loose/unwanted hair on the magazine.I've then made the picture Black and White, using a colour contrast.

Here I've taken out the back ground and will replace it with a dark red one, which will bring out the picture and not cancel it out.

After: This is the finished product. The picture has been edited by removing blemishes by using the blemish remove tool, I also used the eraser tool to get rid of any loose hairs. I have placed a eye catching background and I'm using the colour scheme as Red and White. The master head is large , situated at the top of the magazine and simple so it catches the eye and then the under title captivates the reader by drawing them to something that they would want to read about. There is a barcode and a price at the bottom and top of the magazine cover, also there is an issue number, so it says to readers that this a successful magazine.
I decided to use the red and white colour scheme because I thought it worked best with the black and white picture. I also think it makes the cover look more mature and goes for the target audience of women, not teenagers.It didn't wash the picture out but instead contrasted it better and made the Magazine look more professional. I also didn't want the photo to take any anything from the magazine by being to bright  on the colour scheme hence why I choose to make edit the photo into Black and White. Readers should be automatically drawn to the cover because it does stand out from most other magazines.

However if I was too improve my cover, I may use a completely different colour scheme and see how that would work out. It might perhaps make the magazine look more inviting or more bright. I would also use a different picture, perhaps maybe a group one. I would also change the font to a bolder font that captivates the readers eyes more and use a plain background with no pattern on, i could have also maybe to improve it add pictures on of what the Titles are telling. I.E  For health and well being maybe a picture of someone running or a bowel of fruit.AfterThis is the finished product. The picture has been edited by removing blemishes by using the blemish remove tool, I also used the eraser tool to get rid of any loose hairs. I have placed a eye catching background and I'm using the colour scheme as Red and White. The master head is large , situated at the top of the magazine and simple so it catches the eye and then the under title captivates the reader by drawing them to something that they would want to read about. There is a barcode and a price at the bottom and top of the magazine cover, also there is an issue number, so it says to readers that this a successful magazine.
I decided to use the red and white colour scheme because I thought it worked best with the black and white picture. I also think it makes the cover look more mature and goes for the target audience of women, not teenagers.It didn't wash the picture out but instead contrasted it better and made the Magazine look more professional. I also didn't want the photo to take any anything from the magazine by being to bright  on the colour scheme hence why I choose to make edit the photo into Black and White. Readers should be automatically drawn to the cover because it does stand out from most other magazines.
However if I was too improve my cover, I may use a completely different colour scheme and see how that would work out. It might perhaps make the magazine look more inviting or more bright. I would also use a different picture, perhaps maybe a group one. I would also change the font to a bolder font that captivates the readers eyes more and use a plain background with no pattern on, i could have also maybe to improve it add pictures on of what the Titles are telling. I.E  For health and well being maybe a picture of someone running or a bowel of fruit.