Glamour magazine has a mainly pink colour scheme. The name of the magazine and the cover line are in the same font colour, which is a bright pink. The numbers and the summary quotes from each headline is in bright orange, for example 'kill you' is in orange, and in capitals to attract the readers eye, even though its in the bottom right hand corner. The impression of the magazine from the colours is definitely that the magazine is for females. The fact that the pink and oranges clash attract the readers attention.
Gardening Life magazine has much of the same colour scheme, with some headlines in pink, including the name of the magazine, and then the clashing colours of orange and a lighter shade of orange. The way the lines are in different colours attract the audience because it stands out as a girlie magazine, but also that its not just aimed at the older audience, which gardening is sometimes stereotyped to appealing too, as the colours are vibrant and appeal to all audiences.
The design of GLAMOUR magazine is just simple fonts. The cover lines are in capitals to attract the audiences attention, whereas the descriptions underneath are lower case. However, in gardening life magazine, all the letters are lower case. The words are over lapped and in different colours to make each cover line stand out to the audience.
Cheryl Cole is featured in glamour magazine, as she’s a major celebrity and was making the front pages of the newspapers at the time. Having a major celebrity like her on the front page shows that the magazine is professional and popular, and also represents the audience as most women inspire to be like her. As a model, Cheryl Cole looks quite relaxed. Her dress is black which stands out against the pink and orange writing, and also goes with the description writing underneath her own cover line, which is in black font. Her makeup looks natural but you can tell her hairs been done and that she’s wearing makeup. The impression this creates to the reader is that the magazine would perhaps give you tips on how to look like her, as overlapping her picture is the line '675 Hot looks for less'. I first noticed the celebrity as I looked at the cover, and then my eyes went from her to the dress and then to the major cover lines on the front cover. The shot is cropped just above her knee, and the background is just a light pink to go with the pink theme.
The gardening life image is a women holding plant pots and looking really happy from gardening. This represents the audience as the whole magazine is based on gardening and tips to be a good gardener, so it appeals to the female audience because she’s a female also. The women looks very natural, perhaps with no makeup on and natural hair, but she looks smart enough to look professional. This gives the impression that its a very laidback magazine perhaps aimed at likewise people, who do gardening for fun and not for a serious profession. When I saw the cover, my eyes directly went to the women modelling on the front. She looks so natural and is not posing at all, she just looks like she’s enjoying herself through her hobby. Then my eyes scanned over the main cover lines and then I realised the different colours overlapping was drawing my attention in. Its a cropped shot but the background is very green which is in with the gardening theme.
On the front page of GLAMOUR magazine, the cover lines are suggestive that its definitely for a girl, with lines such as 'Your dream life is 10 easy questions away' and various other headlines, including one about relationships. Also, the cover line of 'hot looks for less' suggest that it is a fashion magazine, as 675 ways is a huge number. It makes the fashion aware audience want to buy it because it can offer that many different ways of dressing. They suggest that the readers are into fashionable celebrity role models and fashion in general. The contents can be identified as the title 'glamour' is a very fashion friendly term. The magazine would stand out on a shelf because of the bright colours and the fact that its a smaller magazine, or an a5 size, which is known as a 'fashion bible' to some readers. The language is very simple, and gives a description of each cover line to help intrigue the reader into knowing what’s inside the magazine. Key words are used such as 'improve', 'dream life' and 'hot looks'. As this is a fashion magazine, the fact these words are on the front cover attracts the reader because they will want to read how to improve themselves.
On the front page of gardening life, the title and strip line identify the contents straight away. It suggests immediately that inside the magazine will be gardening tips and that its a magazine focusing on one hobby. The cover lines suggest that the interests of the reader is gardening and it just suggests that inside you'll be given different tips, and it suggests with 'colour secrets of the pros' and 'pruning made easy', which gives off the impression that the tips are professional and will help improve them. The language of the cover lines is very simple and too the point, with not a lot of description for each one but just enough to intrigue the reader.
Overall, I believe that both magazines give off a good impression. In gardening life, the cover gives a very good indication of what’s inside. It appeals to women whose hobby is gardening, and it represents this interest by having a model on the cover with plant pots and a green background, which all relates to gardening. The cover doesn’t appeal to other sorts of readers as its a magazine that’s only aimed at people who enjoy gardening, for example its not aimed at music fans because its a magazine aimed specifically at one hobby.
In glamour magazine, the front cover is very effective and gives a good indication of what’s inside as it straight away with the title identifies that its a fashion magazine. Its designed to appeal to young females who enjoy fashion and other female interests such as dating etc. The magazine appeals to girly girls and not, for example, men because its a magazine aimed at a target audience, who enjoy fashion and that’s the aim of the magazine, if the magazine started trying to appeal to both genders it would lose the 'fashion bible' popularity as it wouldn’t be so focused on just fashion.
Overall, both front covers are extremely effective at identifying the target audiences.
Gardening Life magazine has much of the same colour scheme, with some headlines in pink, including the name of the magazine, and then the clashing colours of orange and a lighter shade of orange. The way the lines are in different colours attract the audience because it stands out as a girlie magazine, but also that its not just aimed at the older audience, which gardening is sometimes stereotyped to appealing too, as the colours are vibrant and appeal to all audiences.
The design of GLAMOUR magazine is just simple fonts. The cover lines are in capitals to attract the audiences attention, whereas the descriptions underneath are lower case. However, in gardening life magazine, all the letters are lower case. The words are over lapped and in different colours to make each cover line stand out to the audience.
Cheryl Cole is featured in glamour magazine, as she’s a major celebrity and was making the front pages of the newspapers at the time. Having a major celebrity like her on the front page shows that the magazine is professional and popular, and also represents the audience as most women inspire to be like her. As a model, Cheryl Cole looks quite relaxed. Her dress is black which stands out against the pink and orange writing, and also goes with the description writing underneath her own cover line, which is in black font. Her makeup looks natural but you can tell her hairs been done and that she’s wearing makeup. The impression this creates to the reader is that the magazine would perhaps give you tips on how to look like her, as overlapping her picture is the line '675 Hot looks for less'. I first noticed the celebrity as I looked at the cover, and then my eyes went from her to the dress and then to the major cover lines on the front cover. The shot is cropped just above her knee, and the background is just a light pink to go with the pink theme.
The gardening life image is a women holding plant pots and looking really happy from gardening. This represents the audience as the whole magazine is based on gardening and tips to be a good gardener, so it appeals to the female audience because she’s a female also. The women looks very natural, perhaps with no makeup on and natural hair, but she looks smart enough to look professional. This gives the impression that its a very laidback magazine perhaps aimed at likewise people, who do gardening for fun and not for a serious profession. When I saw the cover, my eyes directly went to the women modelling on the front. She looks so natural and is not posing at all, she just looks like she’s enjoying herself through her hobby. Then my eyes scanned over the main cover lines and then I realised the different colours overlapping was drawing my attention in. Its a cropped shot but the background is very green which is in with the gardening theme.
On the front page of GLAMOUR magazine, the cover lines are suggestive that its definitely for a girl, with lines such as 'Your dream life is 10 easy questions away' and various other headlines, including one about relationships. Also, the cover line of 'hot looks for less' suggest that it is a fashion magazine, as 675 ways is a huge number. It makes the fashion aware audience want to buy it because it can offer that many different ways of dressing. They suggest that the readers are into fashionable celebrity role models and fashion in general. The contents can be identified as the title 'glamour' is a very fashion friendly term. The magazine would stand out on a shelf because of the bright colours and the fact that its a smaller magazine, or an a5 size, which is known as a 'fashion bible' to some readers. The language is very simple, and gives a description of each cover line to help intrigue the reader into knowing what’s inside the magazine. Key words are used such as 'improve', 'dream life' and 'hot looks'. As this is a fashion magazine, the fact these words are on the front cover attracts the reader because they will want to read how to improve themselves.
On the front page of gardening life, the title and strip line identify the contents straight away. It suggests immediately that inside the magazine will be gardening tips and that its a magazine focusing on one hobby. The cover lines suggest that the interests of the reader is gardening and it just suggests that inside you'll be given different tips, and it suggests with 'colour secrets of the pros' and 'pruning made easy', which gives off the impression that the tips are professional and will help improve them. The language of the cover lines is very simple and too the point, with not a lot of description for each one but just enough to intrigue the reader.
Overall, I believe that both magazines give off a good impression. In gardening life, the cover gives a very good indication of what’s inside. It appeals to women whose hobby is gardening, and it represents this interest by having a model on the cover with plant pots and a green background, which all relates to gardening. The cover doesn’t appeal to other sorts of readers as its a magazine that’s only aimed at people who enjoy gardening, for example its not aimed at music fans because its a magazine aimed specifically at one hobby.
In glamour magazine, the front cover is very effective and gives a good indication of what’s inside as it straight away with the title identifies that its a fashion magazine. Its designed to appeal to young females who enjoy fashion and other female interests such as dating etc. The magazine appeals to girly girls and not, for example, men because its a magazine aimed at a target audience, who enjoy fashion and that’s the aim of the magazine, if the magazine started trying to appeal to both genders it would lose the 'fashion bible' popularity as it wouldn’t be so focused on just fashion.
Overall, both front covers are extremely effective at identifying the target audiences.