Salford City College Eccles Centre AS Media Studies Foundation Portfolio

Masthead- bold dark colour to stand out, edited to

look jagged and original. This appeals to the target

audience

Main image- swearing and make up on the man

helps us to establish the target audience and hints

that it is older teenagers as he is swearing.

Wearing very dark clothes which links with the

genre of rock.

Model credit

The name of the people (band/boy group) in the

image is included in the magazine cover.

Coverlines: ‘free poster pull-out’ attracts the

audience because it is something free. ‘panic! At

the disco’ and ‘from first to last’ explains to us

what is inside of the magazine and may drive

people to buy the magazine to see more about

these things.

Main cover line

The main cover line involves the name of the main

image which is also like model credit, helps the

readers to know who it is and what the magazine

will include.

Colour- very dark background with brighter text to

stand out and could also show that it is aimed

towards both males and females as the bright

colours are yellow and pink which are considered

feminism and masculine.

Typefaces

Bolder text is used on the things that are needed to

stand out such as the main cover headline, or where

the free poster pull out is advertised

Photography Lighting

The lighting is very dull which fits in with the

theme/target audience as we stereotypically

associate the colour black (or dark colours) with this

theme.

Design Principles Used?

The Guttenberg principle has been used as they have

drawn the attention from the top right where they

would start reading to where the main headlines are,

this will help the viewers of the magazine to want to

buy it and read on.

House Style

Brighter colours used on top of a dark background with white text to help the text to

stand out and appeal to the target audience. Mainly dark colours are used as this links in

with the target audience.

Target audience: teenagers who listen to rock music