Annotating a Magazine Cover

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Target Audience: Female Teens to Young Adults.

The title 'COMPANY' is well known and can be seen clearly on the cover as it has been written is bold font and in capital letters, so that it stands out. The bold style lettering is suitable for the target audience as opposed to flowing joint writing.

Cover Star:

Annasophia Robb

Why have they been used?

She is an American Teen Actress, therefore she is a similar age to the target audience making her relatable.

Clothing:

Fashionable 'Current' items that are suitable for the target audience and the season that the magazine has been released in.

Body Language:

Confident, Model like.

Facial Expression:

Confidence, strong, eye contact to show interact with the reader by drawing them in.

Camera Angle:

The camera angle is a close up shot but also feature almost all of her body. This is so that the reader can clearly see all aspects of her makeup, hair, clothing and accessories as this is the theme, style and purpose of the magazine.

Colours:

Bright summery colours as this is the end of summer edition, so they are therefore trying to hold on to summer for as long as they can before moving onto autumn/fall, warm red and brown colours for the next issue comes out in October.

Cover Lines:

Short, to the point to immediately tell you what they are. Larger writing on the words they want to attract you to, phrases to interest you e.g. "20% off", "summers hottest trend sorted" and "#goodtimes".