Magazine Survey

Article/Double page spread analysis

The choice of celebrity which featured suggests that the target audience for the article is older teenagers going on to young adults. The target audience seem to be people who are interested in the celebrity’s life, and who want to know more about them. The language used is quite formal but it can still be read and still keeps the teenagers engaged and interested. This quote will show the style of the magazine. ‘Unflappable professionalism perhaps explain the misapprehension that Diane is almost remotely, clinically beautiful’. The background colour is whitish, creamish. This does not take attention off the model in fact it brings more attention to her. The style of text is standard and is written in black. Seven and a halve of the double page spread layout is filled with the celebrities pictures. There is three and a half of text in the double page spread layout. The tone of the magazine is quite friendly. It seems as if the celebrity is comfortable in telling her audience about the life. She tells some personal things to her audience. It seems as if the reader is a friend of the celebrity, and is actually talking to her. The celebrity seems relaxed and has a gentle approach in answering the questions. The celebrity is presented as an independent woman who likes to pose and is definitely not camera shy. She has clearly got experience in modelling. She is a model and an actress. The style of the article of the celebrity does match the style of the front cover because on the front cover there is a model and she is posing with fashionable clothes she is a fashionista. Also in the article the celebrity is posing in fashionable clothes. The article does demand a little prior knowledge to read the article because you need to know about the celebrity to want to read the article and understand it. However the celebrity does say things about herself which educates the readers and some people will be able to read the article and understand it fully.

Content page analysis

 The magazine does use images. The images have to do with fashion. The images have been construction in a way that they all relate to each other. The images all have to do with fashionesta and style. This supports my initial findings of the magazine because I thought the magazine was about style and fashion and it is. I also thought the intended audience was people who care about appearance also people who are egoists in the lifestyle category. On the content page the colours that are used are black red and white. No the colours on the content page does not support the style of the front colour because on the front cover gold and white is used. The information is organised in a manner which makes it easy for the audience to access .Some of the information is about the future stars and what type of clothes they would be wearing. Also some sections are about celebrity. Also some of the sections are about cheapest clothes. There are promotion features such as getting the next magazine that comes out cheaper. Also about a competition to win free items. The magazine logo is placed at the top where it is dominant. The audience will be able to see it because it is bold and it stands out. The brand does have franchises it has a blog which can promote a content page.

Analysis a magazine cover

‘Us weekly’ is a celebrity gossip magazine. From the front of the magazine it looks like the magazine will be about Obama and his wife. The target audience for this magazine will probably be women who like celebrity gossip. The age group will be women in their thirties. There interest will be about how celebrities live their lives. The celebrities on the magazine have a direct mode of address. This tells me that the celebrities in the magazine want the reader to feel as if they are close to them. Obama and his wife are on the front cover, they are on the front cover because Obama is the president of America. The anchorage text says ‘she shops at target loved sex and the city and never misses the girls’ recital. The untold romance between a down-to-earth mom and the man who calls her ‘my rock’’.This implies that Obama loves his wife. The overall message Obama and his wife are trying to give is that they are in love. Married people and people in love are represented in the magazine.  The title of the magazine is in pink which is a bright colour which makes the title stand out. The title is ‘Us weekly ’however the ‘Us’ is much bigger than the ‘weekly’. Which means the ‘Us’ is more important. The ‘Us’ can either stand for United state of us. The title of the magazine tells me that the readership is going to be people that live in the America or people that are interested in America. The image of the title is that it is quite light hearted ad friendly. The style of it is quite bright and bold. The ‘puffs’ suggest that the magazine will be about marriage, love and family. The strategies the magazine uses are that the president and his wife are on the front cover which attracts the target audience.

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