The “Tiger Boat” magazine’s
target audience would be young girls aged 9-13. We know this as the language
used is a bit more advanced than the magazine I previously annotated, but it
still has a busy cover with lots of pictures and captions. Also, the majority
of the celebrities featured in the magazine are or were Disney channel stars. The
target audience of young girls would also watch this TV channel and would know
who these celebrities are. The colours used within this cover are quite feminine
and it uses a childish font (using hearts as the dot on the i) which shows the
target audience are young girls.
The masthead for this cover is
very bright and bold. It is placed under the image which gives a sense
of familiarity and the impression that the target audience is familiar
with the layout of the Tiger Boat magazine.
The dateline, like many other
magazines, uses a small, black font. As the dateline shows, this magazine was
published in October 2012. As there is no specific date of publication, the
Tiger Boat is obviously a monthly magazine. This read, is $3.99, which is quite
a lot for a child’s magazine.
Usually, on the cover of a magazine
there is a big image to grab the target audience’s attention from the
new-stand. However, the main image on this cover is not as big as main images
are on other covers. The model, Justin Bieber, known for being a solo pop-star and
Canadian heart-throb, is making full eye contact with the audience which again gives
the sense of familiarity. Furthermore, Justin Beiber is very popular with young
girls and is used as the main image on this cover to entice these young girls.
The main
cover line on this isn't as big as others; however, it’s still bright and
colourful. It doesn't really stand out as much as it should. The main cover
line asks a question, which most magazines don't. It is also about something
young girls would be interested in - Justin Beibers love life.
A
magazine cover usually has quite a few cover lines to inform the target audience
what the magazine is about, however, this magazine has lots of them. The cover
lines are about people the young girls inspire, or fancy, which would encourage
them to buy the magazine.
This
magazine would fall on to the social economical model at an E as the target
audience are young girls that do not yet have an occupation.
No comments:
Post a Comment