Magazine cover analyis

To begin with the background colour is pink showing that this episode of the magazine is aimed at females, a male wouldn't buy this as it is too feminine. The artist Katy Perry is well known and is well liked by the public this could pull in even more of a wider range audience as she is a role model for a lot of younger girls. The masthead is also being covered showing that the magazine is well known and has current followers. Katy Perry is the dominant thing on the cover and catches the eye of the audience drawing them to the mag, this makes me think I should have one picture on my cover and have it as the dominant feature.

The cover gives of a very summery vibe by using the colour theme pink, yellow, white and black, this gives the audience the connotation of feeling happy and warm, resulting in them feeling in a positive manner towards the magazine, therefore buying it, which is the main objective of the cover.

I believe the audience is a female from the age 14-17 this is because of the colour pink uses which could be seen as a colour a young girl uses, also by the artist Taylor Swift having a cover story whose main audience is younger girls around 14. The magazine has a solid target audience which they know will always follow it, which is what I am looking to achieve with my front cover.

The magazine has a left hand third this is due to when it is being stacked on the shelves everyone can clearly see what stories are included in the mag, this ultimately catches the eye of a potential buyer drawing them into the magazine. There is also a puff on the bottom right of the mag, it catches the eyes of the audience with its bright orange circle. This shows the audience that not only the cover stories are in this magazine but even more too, it attracts attention making the reader want to look inside the mag but in order to do that they must buy it first.