Brand Name- In the top left of the magazine, always like that in all it's issues and the same colour to so consistency throughout. The banner at the top goes across the name of the magazine to suggest they are a popular magazine and the brand can cover the name as it's an already established audience. Furthermore, they bar code is in the bottom right of the magazine as it's less likely your eyes will go there first as you are taken away by all the colours and the brand name.
Main Image- Is the main focus of the magazine as it's in the centre. Its a mid shot to suggest it's a mixture of personal and musical taste. Takes up around 70% of the magazine to inform to audience of the special artist that is featuring in their front cover this week. When creating my front cover I will enable that I have one main picture on the front cover and that it's around a mid shot.
Hair/Make-up/Costume- Her hair is long and perfect to suggest again that she is the perfect women and everyone will want hair like hers. Her complexion is amazing except this bloody down her face to suggest she is different and has a different side to her. The connotations with the colour red suggest she was in some sort of danger or has done something a bit different. It also uses a pun when the caption next to the photo says "So what's so bloody good?" this matches the blood of her face as it'suggesting that the bloody symbolizes something good has happened and it engages the audience and makes them want to read on as they want to find out what is with this blood on her face as it's not often a site you see everyday. Her outfit is white to suggest she is pure and is a fashion icon it's not over done which makes her likable to the audience as they can realistically look up to her. Furthermore she has a tiara on her head to go against the blood against her face as, the colour white and the tiara go with each other to suggest a princess image and this ideology of the perfect girl with the perfect life all fairy tale like. When creating my magazine I will enable that a good representation is created of the image and that it grabs the audiences attention.
Positioning/Facial Expression- She appears to have her hand on the tiara to possibly suggest she is about to take it off, and maybe convey the message that no-one is perfect and that she isn't what everybody thinks. It suggests something a bit different about her and original and therefore it grabs the audiences attention as they are more likely to by it. Yet, again her facial expression is serious this is definitely a common feature uses in the majority of magazines as it adds to the image of the artist and adding a slightly serious tone to the front cover suggesting that Lana Del Ray will make give us some personal private details about her life and therefore we are more likely to buy, Therefore, when I create mine I will consider these features as they help create an image of the artist and help portray their personality without actually using words, sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words.
Colour- I would say it's stuck to 4 colours- pink,yellow black and white (not including the red that is consistent in all the magazines) The pink helps add to the femininity of Lana Del Ray creating a representation of her personality as her name is written in that colour. They all work in the contrast with each other to help certain things stand out. They yellow helps everything stand out the most as it's a colour not often used in magazines as it's hard to pull off. Therefore when i'm creating my magazine I will have a maximum of 4 colours as it gets to confusing after that and there is not consistency shown.
Font- I believe this one out of the past ones I've studies focuses the most of font and getting the message across as normally magazines tend to stick to just one font however in this one calligraphy has been used as Lana Del Ray is written in a handwritten sort of style to create a personal look to the audience. It makes the audience feel more engaged as they believe it's more realistic and more from a personal point of view. Apart from this everything else appears to be the same font but uses certain tools to make other things stand out such as size. When creating my magazine I shall make sure I stick to one main font unless I want it to more personal and then I use a hand written style as it adds emotion and personal input from the artist or band.
Language- Every word within this front cover conveys a certain target audience in mind. The language suggests that it's aimed at a young audience from around the age of 16-30 as its talking about "festivals" which is generally a younger thing to do. Furthermore this magazine also uses alliteration to grab the audiences attention "Fights! Feuds! Feathers!" as it's a catchy modern thing to do as this triplet engages the audience as they want to find out what is fight is and how the feud began and what feathers have got to do with it. Language is so important when it comes to creating my magazine I will make sure I carefully plan what I am going to say on the front cover of my magazine as it needs to be suitable for my audience and it also needs to grab their attention.
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