Cover Analysis

  College magazine has a very hectic cover, it's target audience would be mos likely teens as the bright colours and young man on the front would appeal to that sort of audience. I also believe that the magazine would appeal to both sexes, as it has topics that would interest both such as "Making Money On Campus" and "Thank God It's Friday". The layout of the magazine is again quite manic. It has lots of sub heading dotted around, and the man on the front blocks some of the title. This means that the magazine is well known enough to partially block some of the title without people not knowing the magazine. The headings in the magazine cover things that are college/school related, such as the ones I have previously stated before. The cover star himself is a young man, who I would guess is late teens, this would attract teens as they can relate to this character. There is a lot of text on the page, and it in in quite small font, this gives off an almost relaxed disorganised look. Again this is what some teens would look for in a magazine. This magazine seems very hipster indie, and this is the type of teen that they wish to attract.

The next magazine I have looked at is chosenhill. This magazine is again about school life and features a head boy on the cover. I believe that this magazine is unisex, and will appeal to teens, as it is based around school. This is something teens of both sex participate in. The layout of the magazine is quite simple, with the cover star on the front and a few sub headings on the right. Other than this the magazine is quite bare. The colours of the magazine are fairly neutral as they are not too bright and a light blue is relaxed. Again the stories covered are school related, things to do with the orchestra, and the head boy. The title itself is very prominent at the top of the page is large white bold letters. It is not obstructed by the cover star, as this magazine probably doesn't already have an established audience. There is not a lot of text on the page, which gives off a simple look. This magazine also gives off an indie type look from the cover star.

Whichschool has the most unique of layouts of all the magazines I have analysed. I believe that this magazine may be aimed more predominantly at a male audience as it looks like an all boys school due to the blazers and not a single girl in the masses of people in the background. This layout is so unique as it has a very large area that is dedicated to the title, and this take up almost a third of a page, and below it is a large picture, not a cover star with a background behind them. Also it is very simple and does not have much text or sub-headings. The cover stars here are smartly dressed, and look quite posh, this makes me think that it would appeal to people who attend Private school teens. The title is also unique as it is in two colours, this is unlike any other title I have seen. The font is quite bold, and simple, this is trying to give off a clean cut, simple image.