Case study: analysis of front cover

The masthead of the magazine "shout" is a weekly magazine about celebrity and you tuber gossip. The target audience of the magazine are young teenage girls, aged 10-14, who are fans of the genre and topics inside the magazine. the masthead of the whole magazine is shout, i think that the name of the magazine reflects the genre and the reader, i believe this because, the whole idea of the magazine is for gossip, and when kids the age of the target audience hear gossip about a celebrity they want to"shout" it and let everyone know about it.

The main image on the cover of this magazine are of you tubers, who are very famous and influential in the eyes of the target audience. The creators of the magazine have chose to use these people on the front cover of their magazines because they know when the target audience see them on the cover it will attract them and make them buy it. Also if the target audience are inspired by these you tubers and want to be like them when they are older it will attract a brand new sub-section to the target audience.

All the images around the front cover of the magazine imply to us that this is a celebrity gossip/ you tuber magazine. It id clear to us that this is a celebrity gossip magazine because they have pictures of stars like Justin Bieber with the caption "Justin's secret snapchats". As well as this many other celebrity's are mentioned in this magazine including Justin Bieber and Little mix, seeing these stars names will make the target audience want to read about them. Other images on the front cover are of things like the beauty awards 2016, which also indicate to us that this magazine has also got a beauty genre to it as well.

The colours on the magazine are mainly pink, commonly seen as a feminist colour, suggesting to us that the magazine is trying to create the target audience to be mainly young girls. other colours used on the front cover are black and yellow, yellow because it is a strong, pastel colour, helps grab readers attention on the shelf, and black to brig out the other 2 colours in great more depth.

The font used on the magazine is mainly a bold bubbly font, this could suggest to us that it is trying to attract children to it because the font seems very powerful but childish. Also all the writing in this font is all in capital letters as well, makes the writing seem more important, also very in the readers face so that they know what the magazine is about.

Like many magazines aimed at young children, this magazine comes with a free gift for the readers, it is what looks like a hair band, further emphasising the fact that this magazine is aimed at young/ teenage girls. It makes the audience feel as if they have been given extra for the money they have spent on the magazine, which can make them want to buy more and more issues after that.

   

editors letter review (unfinished)

colour in magazines

In the magazine shout, there are a variety of colours used in the magazine. The colours used in this magazine are mainly pastel colours; colours which are socially seen as "girly" and matched with females in particular. This further identifies the demographic; young teenage girls. 

The layout clearly displays the contents of the magazine, whilst maintaining a sporadic and girly and girly aesthetic with colourful borders, pastel colours and collage style imagery. this appeals to the already identified audience; young teenage girls. 

Also the, the colours range in a lot of different directions, but all are bright eye catching colours, the colours like pink and blue and yellow, are all appealing to the eye of the audience, they all also reflect the genre of the magazine, bright colours reflect the happy up beat genre the magazine is trying to show to the target audience. 

Emotive and colloquial language in magazines

The target audience for the magazine "shout" is girls aged 9-12 who are into celebrity gossip, and girly websites, the reason i aimed it to girls around this age is because the language and colours of the magazine stand out to this age group, for example the word "shout" reflects the age stereotype of girls this age, that they always are loud and shout a lot, other reasons why this stands out to young girls is because of the images of the the front cover. the images on the cover are of stars, that stand out to the target audience, for example there on the cover there are pictures of Zoella, Shawn mendes and 5 seconds of summer, all of which are greatly admired and looked upon  by the children of this target audience.

Loads of magazines now a days use colloquial and emotive language to attract target their target audience to there magazine, in shout some examples of emotive language are "love" and "angry." these words reflect 2 different emotions that readers the age the target audience is set to feel frequently, the connotations of the word "love" i can infer are: colours, like pink and red, which are both eye catching colours, that reflect the genre of the magazine, therefore making it appealing to the target audience.


Also colloquial language is used a lot in magazines these days, to make sure that they keep up to date with language and dialect spoken by the target audience, some examples of colloquial language in the magazine shout are "tell us grace f's fave.." this helps keep the target audience entertained and involved in the magazine,

preliminary task- part 4 organised photo shoot

For this part of my preliminary task, i had to organise a photo shoot and take between 5 and 10 original photos that will be used in my school magazine, i have chosen these pictures because to me they best show students doing school work and enjoying it, which is what i want my magazine to reflect/ represent. the image that i will be using for my main cover image is the one in the left column at the bottom of the two lads smiling, I chose this one because i think they both look happy and welcoming, which will encourage the target audience to buy my school magazine every week, the other images i will use as pictures for sub headings, my contents page, and editors letter page. 

Preliminary task survey response graph

Also in question 4 which was a written response on how to attract students from ethnic backgrounds and different social groups, the main response was to use diverse imagery of students feom different backgrounds on the cover.

preliminary task part 3 student questionnaire

School magazine questionnaire  

1.) what do you think would make an exceptionally good main image on the front cover of a school magazine?

teachers                                students                                  school stationary

2.)   how much would you be willing to pay for a school magazine?

                                prefer not to pay       50p      £1        £1.50+








3.)  Where would you expect to find a school magazine?

 reception                             common room                                  class room                   other   

4.) how could you attract students from all different social/ ethnic groups? 

5.) What would you most expect to see in a school magazine?

      gossip           academic progress                 revision advice           other






6.) what sort of educational things would you expect to find inside a school magazine? 

     free stationary                 subject books              articles from teachers







7.) How often would you expect a school magazine to be published?

daily                                weekly                                monthly  

8.) what subject content would you expect to see in a magazine?

        no subjects         a few subjects                  multiple subjects  







9.)   Would you expect to see any branding or advertisements inside the school magazine?

             yes                                                                                no





10.)  what do you think would be a suitable name for this schools? 
  magazine


      Hampstead standard                  the pupils                                     H-buzz