Front Page Analysis Notes

AUDIENCE PFROFILING: DEMOGRAPHICS                                    SOCIO-ECONOMICS

     

AUDIENCE: Male – to be able to sell the magazine to the chosen audience, attractive nude well known artist and model.

MASTHEAD: VIBE; behind the model because she is the main focus, universally recognised. This has the largest font in the whole magazine front page.

SEMIOTICS

Denotation                                                         Connotation

What you see/ apparent (signifier)        What messages/ symbols is given off (signified)

•  Sexy                                             
• Flirtatious
•  Young                                          
• Seduction
• Black
• female  

	MAIN MODEL IMAGE; The main person/group- long shot image; the audience want to see the whole body. MAIN COVERLINE: bit of information that relates to the person that is the main model image. Second largest font in the magazine front page. ANCHORAGE: when the piece of text anchors more connotation to the image in the front.“Ciara is crouching down in the main model image, the main coverline states stand up CIARA; which is what the male audience would want to see. This anchors the connotation to the image of Ciara” PULL QUOTE; I’M NOT GONNA HOLD BACK TOO MUCH; play on words which adds more connotation to the image. CRYPTIC; Abbreviation of a logo/word; could be a masthead. 3-4 COLOUR SCHEME