Girlfriend - Magazine cover Analysis.
Girlfriend is a Australian teenage girls magazine, because of this there are many notable things about the Magazine cover that have been designed onto this Magazine so that it attracts the Target audience and not just so that it is aesthetically pleasing.
One of the first noticeable key conventions on this Magazine is the Mast Head (otherwise known as the title.) Mast heads are, more often than not, usually in the Top Right hand corner because people who can read English read from left to right - Australia is a English speaking country, and when a Magazine is in a Magazine stand in a shop, the only thing you can see is the Masthead. The Magazine editor does this purposely so that the customer can see the Magazine title. The colour for the Mast head is hot pink. This suggests that the Magazines for girls since pink is often considered a feminine colour, also from the shade of pink we can further gather that the Magazine is for a younger audience that perhaps older females. If the magazines was for middle aged customers they may have used a soft red or a lighter shade of pink. However, the shade of this colour suggest that there's something a little more adventurous, perhaps even a little bit dangerous that to this Magazine that attracts a younger, teenage audience. The bold sans serif text makes the Mast Head both stand out and appear informal, giving the impression that the Magazine is fun and free of rules that teenage girls might feel suffocated by, providing some form of freedom.
The Cover Line is also in the same Hot pink as the Mast Head, drawing attention to the fact that this story is the main cover line. The font of the main cover line stays the same apart from one word, "magic". Written in the same style font as other areas of the Magazine, this part of the cover line appears to be almost hand written and emphasis' the puff ( An emotive word to attract a reader.) intriguing the reader in to wondering what the main cover line means. There's only one other cover line, though its not the main cover story, its a subject many girls will be interested in. "How to tell a friend you like him like that" the main reason for this cover line to be in hot pink is because pink is the colour almost always associated with love, affection and passion. Making the word "him" appear bold brings attention to the story and emphasis just who the reader will be asking. The words "him" in bold will also make the reader want to read the cover line because boys are a topic that girls are often gossiping about. Other cover lines are written in the bold Sans Serif font that the Mast Head is written in though not in the same hot pink, however two of three remaining cover lines I haven't discussed yet both also have the same font as the word "magic" in the main cover line. This type of font makes the text look almost hand written and very informal and personal. This can be connected with the Magazines title. " Girlfriend" Is not just a word for a girl who's going out with a boy. Its also a word that girls tend to call their best friends. This font on the cover lines makes the reader think of the Magazine as a friend and be more influenced to by a informal magazine that they will be able to relate to.
The Feature Article Photograph, shows Emma Watson, dressed in fashionable clothes and make up. Emma Watson, is not only the Main Article in this Magazine, she's also a huge fashion and idol to teenage girls. Any Emma Watson fans, or even Harry Potter fans will be instantly drawn to this Magazine to read the interview by her and become informed in how she is after finishing the Harry Potter films. Because Emma Watson played a major role in the Harry Potter film series, the cover line can be connected with Emma Watson because of the word "magic".
Many of the plugs ( Short snippets of information about story's inside the Magazine without too much detail.) are light up by bright yellow lines or in "Emma Watson all grown up." a star. The word "gasp!" is in the font that looks hand written and is also high lighted by a bright yellow line, drawing attention to the plug beneath it followed by a few quotes.The word gasp is also a puff. Since a gasp is a noise or reaction that some one will do to something shocking, Which is why it is increases the effect the quotes from the short story's from people have on the audience. The other is about hair tutorials. The last Plug I want to talk about is the bright yellow colour that's in a star. The shape can be connected with something far away and out of reach, like a celebrity- which is probably why we call them stars. The fact that this stair is next to the Emma Watson plug shows how the editor is making the connection. Since Emma Watson is a celebrity so they put a star next to her name so that the audience make the connection and know that theres a story about a celebrity in there.
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