Textual Anyalysis Evaluation

Textual Analysis Evaluation

I've looked at multiple front covers on music magazines to see the similarities between them and so I can make mine look as professional and realistic as possible. All the front covers of these magazines contain a large picture of a celebrity with writing around the sides. These are all music magazines. The purpose of having a large image of a well known celebrity is that it catches peoples attention and makes them want to by the magazine because its about someone they want to read about. It's also simplistic, if they had a lot of images scattered all over the page it could make it look cluttered and tacky and less appealing, so having just one image makes it look cleaner and more professional in my opinion.The name of the magazine is always the biggest text on the page, on some however the text is put behind the picture of celebrity. This makes the image stand out more. However even if the text is behind the person its still clear what it says so people know what magazine it is. The name of the magazine is one of the most important things to make clear as it's advertising there own business.

Subheadings surround the main image on the cover, these are small snippets that tell the reader what articles there will be inside. These are usually in bald and in colours that stand out against the background colour ( black, white, red)  so they're just as readable. They're not used to catch the readers eyes as such, more to inform them of the inside content after the main image has caught there eye. I'm going to include the same techniques from these magazines into my project to make it as professional as possible and ensure i meet the success criteria.