Assignment 16 - MagazinesChelsea Fashole-Luke

Rosalin Zein

Russ Monocillo

Marisha Inoke

Rosalin

The Wire

The Wire is a magazine dedicated to music – especially undiscovered musicians.

In this magazine the tone could be described as calm and peaceful due to the use of white, cream and light shades of brown.

This is the front cover of the magazine and we can see that it uses special effects and is an example of visual hierarchy.

What kind of things are in this magazine?

Free Sample CD AdvertisementsComic Strip

Critics Review Columnists chart

Target Audience

Target Audience

Age 18+

Gender Female

Ethnicity White

Interest Music

Social Class Any

Social Group Music Lovers

Niche Audience – the magazine is very minimalistic and the length of the article is very long with very small sized font.

Advertising

The price to advertise ranges from £1600 to £300.

There are also options to advertise with or without colour.

Double Page Spread

Brightly coloured titles – Bigger size than body text.

Pictures spread out over the pages

Summary of article –Also bigger size than body text

The Lady

This magazine is aimed a women, especially married women as many of the articles within the magazine are to do with the home, decorating and cooking.

However, It does have interviews with actors and celebrities.

What kinds of things are in this magazine?

Advertisements Recipes Reviews

Games

Target Audience

Target Audience

Age 28 - 40

Gender Female

Ethnicity White

Interests Home keeping, interviews with actors,

Social Class Middle Class

Social Group

Advertising

The prices range from £11.06 - £128.41

Double Page Spread

Tile –Bigger size & different font to body text

Captions on pictures

Subtitle-Different font to the body text and title

Large letter at beginning of article Makes it stand out

Total Film

Total Film is a magazine dedicated to films which means that most of the articles are either about new and upcoming films or reviews about films that have been already released.

It has a lot of interviews with actors/actresses, exclusives and previews from films.

What kinds of things are in this magazine?

Interviews New Releases

Target Audience

Target Audience

Age 16 - 25

Gender Male

Ethnicity White

Interest Films, actors

Social Group Film Fanatics

Double Page Spread

Effect on the Title

Visual Hierarchy – The title, The subtitle , The Background picture and then the body text.

Banner

Pages are well organised and clear, easy to read

Double Page Spread

Really cool mirror effect on the title and background picture.

Clear summary of the article –The colour of the text contrasts with the background

Sci–Fi Now

This magazine has many articles on sci-fi films and TV shows.

They have many interviews with various actors from sci-fi films and TV shows.

Target Audience

They have identified their audience as being 80% males, 20% females aged 20-45

They want to attract consumers who invest in the latest technology, audiences who invest heavily in their favorite brands and audiences who interact with Sci-Now

Advertising

For the prices you must contact the company

Double page spread

Border around page makes it look like the background image is coming out of the page.

Text box over image – yellow border makes it stand out

Visual hierarchy – Background image then title then subtitle

Columns separated with lines