Wednesday, 17 October 2012

Magazine Covers - VOGUE

Masthead - Very recognisable, distinctive- original branding
Dateline - June, no year, Underneath masthead
Main Image - Sarah Jessica Parker (single image), celebrity, idol, sex and the city star women aspire to be her, SJP makes full eye contact, viewed as classy, image will stand out on newspaper stand
Cover Line (puffs) - uses a lot of cover lines, distributed around main image, colour scheme - sometimes hard to read over image
No Real Main Cover line, could be two or 3 main cover lines such as 'lets talk about sex... Sarah Jessica Parker', 'How clean is your water' and what to wear everywhere'

Codes and Conventions
price, barcode, date
photograph relating to a featured article
recognisable masthead
various puffs to make reader buy magazine
thematic link between colours and type of magazine/type of magazine/type of year

Representation
classy
middle aged women

Audience
Middle aged
40-49
Socio-Economic- A, B, C1

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