Assignment bank 3

The magazine I am analysing is called ‘Company’ it is about celebrities and fashion which inspired me to create my own magazine on fashion with all the latest trends and styles. You can tell that the magazine is on fashion and celebrities as it says ‘CELEB FASHION TAKOVER! In big bold pink, capital letters. It is very eye catching which grabs your attention.

The target audience for this magazine are teenagers and young adults up to their thirties.

The mode of address is direct because she’s looking straight at the reader to get them more interested and into the magazine.

The type of relationship she’s trying to create is friendly and welcoming. The person that is on the front cover is Tulisa from N-dubs because she is a celebrity and famous. Also she is within the age group of their target audience. A lot of people use her as their own model and their inspiration for many reasons.

There are lots of quotes on the magazine front cover e.g. ”I’m going to shake up the X Factor” by this quote she is trying to get across the fact that she’s going to make the X Factor better and bigger as she is in it now as one of the judges. There are graphics and special fonts included on it. The price is put in a bright yellow circle to attract the eye and act as a persuasive technique.

There are buzz words in bright hot pink colour, which captured in my eyes and couldn’t resist the temptation from picking it up and having a quick flick through it before looking into it in more detailed.

The design of the title block tells me that the magazine will be trendy, modern, new and stylish. The title is slanted at the bottom which creates a unique dramatic effect on the magazine as a whole. Even before opening to the first page you can automatically realise that the magazine will be interesting and entertaining to read.

The puffs suggest that there will be loads of information on different things like designer bargains, new styles and fashion, Tulisa giving her opinions and giving information about x-factor etc. it doesn’t just have puffs about one particular thing it has all sorts of quotes around the front cover about many interesting things like x-factor which people are crazy for especially after the new judges were introduced it has stuff on makeup and fashion as all females adore and cherish which means it attracts many readers.

There are bright colours used which make it stand out and look nice and pretty. The fonts used are colourful bright bold and slanted. The way the text is goes with the way Tulisa is posing in a slanted way.

There are lots of strategies the magazine uses to connect with the audience. They used quotes and put it all around the magazine, they’ve highlighted around the cost of the magazine in bright yellow. They have put a couple of lists talking about the latest trends on the high street. The clothes that Tulisa is wearing are in the list of the latest trends (Dalmatian print, colour block etc). Overall the magazine front cover is really good and it would seek people’s attention as it did with me and it suits and it would be preferable to most people.