Monday, 5 November 2012

Textual analysis- Magazine cover 5, Bliss

Immediately, you can tell that the audience for this magazine is young girls due to the main image choice, colours and cover lines. The genre of music looks to be pop.
   The masthead, 'Bliss' is in capitals and a bold, thick font spread across the whole width of the magazine. Due to it being pink (stereotypically) it makes it more for girls. Although the masthead font is fairly simple, the I is cut at the top, so it makes it more interesting too look at. The word Bliss indicates something pretty so works well with the overall appearance of the magazine cover.
   The image of singer, Taylor Swift, is an iconic sign and many people would recognise her due to being known outside of England as well.  Her clothing and jewellery are very 'young teen' and by using a mid shot, it allows you too see her outfit better. Her pose and positioning isn't too dramatic but the way that she's holding her hair on her shoulder makes it more posed. The expression on her face and her body language both look happy and give of a positive energy which indicates the story about her is good.
   The cover stories aren't all in one place but on both sides so it makes it look busier but still orderly. The main cover line is about Taylor Swift, with her name being the largest text. Above this, it say's 'EXCLUSIVE', making it sound more important and with the main image being her as wel, it looks like the best article to look at.  There are various cover lines around the image, all quite irrelevant to music. Only the cover lines at the bottom are as they are direct names to music.
   The main colour on the page is pink and other are soft blues, greens, so the first impression of the page is very girl but also give a positive energy.
   Linking to the colours and the image, the target audience would most likely by for girls.

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