Magazine Cover

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Conventions of a magazine cover:
Direct Address- the main image attracts the audience as it is very sexual, this intrigues the reader to see more inside. The target market is men and publishing a picture the 'hottest girl on tv' will definitely attract men.
 "ohhhh my God!" is very chatty and informal, this relates to the reader as the magazine isn't too formal, By making it chatty it...
Advice/tips- "How to work smarter", "mans guide to love (&sex)".
Why?- these target the audience as if a man is looking for love, maybe even sex he will be intrigued by the cover line. Also if someone was looking to be higher in their job or get a pay-rise then "how to work smarter" will be interested.

Cover Lines

COVER LINES

1) Find out your perfect 1D boyfriend.

2) Get in shape for summer.

3) Quick and easy way to get the 'perfect' body.

4) Get your summer body.

5) How to get a boyfriend like Bieber. 

6) Get your body to look like Kim Kardashian. 

7) How to get a body all the boys want.

8) Work your way to a summer body. 

9) Get your summer body in 2 months.

10) Quick ways to get rid of your xmas pounds. 

Titles/Masthead

1) Summer Body

2) Fitness

3) Ladies world

3) Woman's world

4) Temple

5) Wonderland

6) Trend

7) Fashion, Fitness, Food

8) Secrets

9) Dietholic

10) FashMag

Balance

BALANCE
SYMMETRICAL MAGAZINE:

Little White Lies

If you split this image in half it would nearly be exactly symmetrical. Therefore this magazine cover is symmetrical. Also Little White Lies follows the same pattern throughout their covers. Each cover they have symmetrical images, this is their house style.

ASYMMETRICAL MAGAZINE:
MEG

ASYMMETRICAL BY COLOUR

ASYMMETRICAL BY VALUE

Typography 2

Typography

1) On this front cover i can see 18 different types of font styles.

   2) I can see 16 different sized fonts on this cover.

   3) There are 3 different coloured fonts on this magazines front     page: black, white and bright pink. 

  4) i can spot 7 different cover lines e.g. how to eat, pay, rent, buy shoes and save 4400 a month.

  5) The font used for the title is sans serif as it has no fancy flicks on the letters. It is very bold so it stands out when on a shop shelf. 

 6) I think it links to the audience because firstly its in bright pink which is a feminine.

 7) ' Real women sizes 6-16 NAKED No retouching, just brave readers, nude and honest.' I think this is the main cover-line because it sits at the top of the left third therefore this is what someone will see when they look at the cover.

 8) Different colours like pink are used because it firstly catches the readers eye and that makes them read what is in this colour. 

 9) Different fonts are used to not bore the reader and make contents of the cover seem more attractive. Like the main cover line, this is bolder than other ones.

10) I would change some if the coverlines that are white to darker or brighter colours so they stand out more. White font you can barely see therefore it makes it harder for someone viewing the front to work out what the magazine is about. 

Lifestyle Magazines - Contents