Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Analysing Magazine Covers

Magazine 1



























The genre of this music magazine is Pop and the image of style icon Katy Perry portrays this. Also, the text under her name which is big and bold says "Inside The Court Of The New Queen Of Pop" which lets the audience that the magazine will include information and maybe an interview about her inside, which may attract the audience to buy it. The target audience for this particular magazine is for those who enjoy the genre Pop and the use of the colour pink in the background clearly shows that the audience is for females.

The main and only image used is Katy Perry which is big and centralised,  it could not also attract Pop lovers but fashion lovers too, as people may be interested in the clothes and accessories she is wearing. Also, because she is a huge global star, she can be seen as inspiring to young females and therefore would lead them to buying this magazine.

The name of this magazine is "Billboard" and it is a American magazine, where a new edition is released every week. The general target audience is those who love music and this one is specifically aimed at Pop sensations. As the image of Katy Perry covers the masthead, it doesn't affect it because although the whole word is not shown, you can guess the name of it. The straplines used show what else is included in the magazine is aligned on the left side of the page and is clear to read. The straplines include stories about Taylor Swift and Mike Posner which clearly relates to the target audience and the music genre of Pop.

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