Evaluation Final regional magazinev front cover (Analysis)

 

Evaluation part of Q4-

 This is my media regional magazine front cover, where I have followed some of the codes of conventions of the local Ealing and time out magazine. For example the red bold master head of my front cover is interesting, intriguing as well as eye catching to the reader. Also the red helps to suggest the London feel of Britain, as it resembles the colours of the union jack lag for the United Kingdom. Our target audience is aimed at the social class of C2DE seeing as it a free magazine as we again kept to the conventions of a regional magazine. The main cover of the magazine is of the main feature 'Brandon'. On the other hand the regional magazine price does not have to be high but a resinable price of £1:20 as this is a affordable price to be pay

Selling line

 This regional magazine uses the websites underneath very small so that I wont be so that it doesn’t take away from the master head of the magazine cover. This issue is dated ‘March 2015’ which relates to the bright colours used representing spring. also I used eye catching adjectives sun as 'wonder' as well as the phrase sneak peak to show the reader that this artist is of importance. to focus on the main features I phrase 'sneak peak' in big capital letters in order for me to draw the readers attention to the magazine cover as well as directing them to read one of our once in a life time interviews from inspiriting teenagers that live in the local areas of West London for example Ealing. 

A bright bold title is eye catching as it says ‘Sneak peak’ it may draw you in to what the article is saying. The colour’s used in the subtitle are bright to show the contrast to the white background. The subtitle is all in capitals which shoes that this I s the lead to the story this issue in March as it show the importance over the other articles on the front cover of this regional magazine. Also taking up most of the front cover.

 I have ale added the barcode as but not a price as normally regional and local magazine are free papers and magazine that are posted to your doors in the local area or are in shops and lib rays. the reason it is at the bottom is because I was following some of the simple conventions of a regional and fashion magazine. I put '10 and 5' in capitals to illustrates the facts and fashion styles for the readers to be interested to read all about it.

 The use of plus makes you feel like you are getting more out of your magazine as it appears to be another article in the magazine. It may also suggest that it grabs the reader’s attention as it is at the bottom on the page of the magazine.

Cover lines

  The reason why I used cover lines for my own regional magazine was because I wanted the audience to be able to see what is in the magazine before they read it, this makes them want to read on with the catchy phases and play on words for the readers. The cover line acts as a summary of what the magazine is editors feel are the most enticing features within the magazine.

Master heading:

 The name of the heading is in lard red font, the bright red stands out to the person looking at the front cover. The reader would notice the name as it Is the logo for the magazine. This is also allows the reader to recognize the magazine. The typography of the master heading is Lemon/milk as it is very powerful yet simple the colour is red therefore the target audience are manly Londers in the local areas.

 This regional magazine date is in small font as it is not important as the master head or the strapline for the magazine. However it is still very relevant because it informs you when the magazine is on sale until. The issue number is next to the strapline and is this is important to the reader because the magazine has a lot of previous issue of this magazine already as well as showing that this magazine is popular. It is positioned just below the master heading so you can see it but it is not as important.

Denotation/connation

 The use of the colour dark red suggests power in men and women. The white represents that magazine target audience, as well as it catching the reader’s attraction as it blends in with the cover image n the magazine. As his eyes appear very dark on the front cover so by adding the red bold master heading brightens up the  image so that Brandon appears lighter and much more presentable.

Subject

Brandon McCarthy’s facial expression is very powerful and strong. His body language and medium shot expresses his confidences and ride for the London urban fashion that he is showcasing through his clothing.  The clothing is serious and classic of a mainstream look in London as well as attracting the target audience, as they want to look like him.

The tagline is located at the very top of my magazine. This is very clearer as it allows the font cover to stand out amongst the other examples of my regional magazine. I wanted my master heading to stick out and appear bold and unique to the readers, as this will be the first thing consumers will see before they open the magazine.

Underneath the master heading is the companies website for the regional magazine which is following the conventions of both regional and fashion magazines, so that I can remind the audience that they can visit the online magazine for more information about what to do in London as well as keeping up to date with the fashion here in London.

The master heading is in bold and in red font this suggest that it is targeted at is aimed at a young teenage audience of 16-25 years of age. one of my biggest features in the regional magazine is of 'Brandon MCcarthy' for his interview the reason why it is in red and bold lettering is because I wanted it to be eye catching and easier for the readers to understand that it is an exclusive article to date. this also had the more experimental  with the layout as i only used three colours of which were red, black and white with the added use of punctuation to express our exaggeration if the article features this ranged from explanation marks , question marks and has tags that are a common features of teenagers today. therefore this makes it relatable to my target  audience of C2DE teenagers and young adults.

 This regional magazine uses a wide range of fronts and font sizes which helps to attract the readers t the magazine cover; as it show that the magazine has a variety of different articles inside that are related to London’s fashion week and London culture. It sticks to the same colour scheme of red, white and black but adds to the central point (Title) that is in bold font of Lemon/milk this makes it stand out.