Analysis of existing magazines' Covers

 

From this magazine cover we can instantly tell that this issue is about Katy Perry and an interview with her. We can instantly tell that she is at the centre of this magazine not only from her being the only person to appear on the front cover, but also because she is allowed to overlap the company name, showing that she herself is bigger than the magazine, and this was done for her. Also, her name is written to the top corner of the magazine, and so will be visible whilst the magazine is still on sale on the shelf, suggesting it will be a major selling point for the magazine.

The lace of colour in the background again causes the audience to focus on Katy, and the fact that the font colour scheme is the same as her outfit, showing again that she is the main part of the magazine and that the magazine is worked around her.

The subheadings decrease in size as they get lower down the page, suggesting that they are of a much lesser importance than the others, and drawing attention away from them, straying away from the typical Z shaped layout commonly used in magazines. The chosen fonts do not use any Sans Serif, suggesting a lack of formality and telling us that the magazine will be more laid back and relaxed. This will make the magazine appear more attractive to teenagers and will draw them into buying it, helping them too increase sales too there selected target audience.

This cover of a magazine follows a very specific colour scheme too suit David, again leaving that impression that the magazine is built around him. This is again backed up by way the text is arranged around him, with the only text overlapping him being the magazine name, which too some extent still fails to overrule him, as the colour matches his hair and causes it too blend in, and instantly makes it less noticeable. The use of a long shot type allows us to see the whole of divides body and shows us he will be present throughout the whole magazine. His pose is also somewhat relaxed and chilled out, telling us that the magazine will be a relaxing and easy, leisurely and enjoyable read, swell as reflecting his style of music which he produces.

The size of font on the cover shows that Bowie is the most important part of the magazine, and his content is all written in larger text than the rest of the magazines articles in an attempt to exaggerate his presence and attract fans of David to the magazine.

This cover shows a near nude gaga, in an attempt to pull in some of the male readers of the magazine, with the majority of her fans being of a female gender, as that is her specified target audience. She also partly overlaps her own name, swell as the magazine logo and the header to the magazine, allowing her to really grab people's attention and draw them into the magazine, giving the idea that there will be more to follow inside.

She also appears on a long shot, showing her rough, messy hair and spiky trousers and gloves along with the rest of her body, this is done in an attempt to add to the idea of sex and attraction to her, whilst using a basic and rough, informal text to match this appearance. The colour scheme consists of white, red, and black, three very basic but loud and effective colours, which attract to both genders, and give the idea of her being herself once more.