500 word analysis of a magazine.

This magazine is for the younger age groups (16+) The cover of this magazine would appeal to younger girls like myself, as it has pictures of ladies in 'bikini bodies' which as young girls we always are looking at peoples image. It would appeal to working class people as the price isn't that expensive and the content of the magazine relates to more working class.

The mast heading is in the largest font with it being in serif font. This makes it more curvy and bubble like writing which could be to represent the positivity about ladies being curvy. It is also in white which stands out from the hot pink background. The pink background also represents the season which the magazine was published. As it was in the summer it is bright hot pink to symbolise flowers and the general brightness of the season. 

The hot pink background also contrasts with the cover line. The cover line it within a avocado green box which gives more of a cartoon, comic strip feel. The cover line is a pull quote from within the magazine this gives a insight to what the main story is about. 

With this edition of 'Closer' they haven't got a main image but have 3 photos of similar size. The pictures all focus on the appearance of the 'stars.' The two on the left are showing a lots of skin with ladies in bikinis but these aren't seen as 'sexually attractive' as they are on a beach and no make up. Whereas the picture on the far left is a lady in black leather, with an extravagant V-neck line. This picture is also more staged and fierce as she is looking straight at the reader. The other 2 are natural looking. All 3 of the pictures are surrounded by the same avocado green border which ties the colour scheme in.

This magazine relies heavily on sub-headings. There are 4 sub-headings which are in different colours so they all stand out. They use different shapes for the pictures, for example on the bottom right hand corner it uses a circle picture. The colour of this section is red which contrasts with the hot pink background and also relates to the quote within the section. She talks about her heart, and red is stereotypically seen as the colour of a heart. in the top left corner you have a picture of an old lady, maybe in her 70's which is leaning over and exposing cleavage. This is something you don't see very often but the picture relates to the pulled quote which is talking about being a 'granny hooker' that sub-heading also is put in for a comic affect.