Analysis of Magazine Cover 1

 

The cover on this magazine differentiates itself by having the title be designed as police to fit the stories they want to tell. The colours of the magazines title are black and yellow which match the title of “Crime Scene” because the background is police tape further showing a lot of bad stories are being highlighted. Each story on the cover all features different colours and faces to gain the attention of potential consumers, the main colours on the cover feature bright, strong colours including red, yellow and blue, which could suggest the danger that takes place in a lot of the stories. This mean that when it is on the shelves in shops, it will stand out amongst all the other ones.

The target audience for real life magazines is for young adults aged between 20–30-year-olds in the lower class and this is because of the people that the stories are related to being of a similar age. This would also appeal to the lower class because of the crime related stories and the fact that there are prizes included within the magazine which a lower-class audience would be attracted to. These prizes are advertised underneath the title, so the audience are likely to see this straight away and want to buy it.

On all the coverlines in this cover, they have capitalised all of the key words that would attract their audience such as “DEATH” and “PRISON WALLS”. This is also mostly aimed at a lower-class audience as an upper-class audience wouldn’t want to read those kinds of stories as it’s not something they have any interest in.