Analysis Of Three Magazines

The main photograph is of Hilary Duff, a popular celebrity in her teens. This is relevant to the fact that the magazine is aimed at teenagers. She is obviously posing for the photograph as she is smiling and looking straight at the camera. She is visually attractive and her skin has been airbrushed and make-up is applied carefully to make her look her best. Her make-up also goes with the pink font used on the title of the magazine (sugar) and other text e.g. ‘style steals’ as she has pink lip gloss on. The background of the image is neutral (white) and is obviously a studio background. The colour scheme is pink, black, white and yellow which are colours that stand out. Yellow is used as a background with pink and black font over it to make the text stand out and black is used with yellow text over it to also make this stand out. Smaller images are used to show information of the inside stories e.g. the photographs of clothes and the photograph of a female model. The colours of the magazine give off a young, hip feel which is relevant as the magazine is aimed at teenagers, especially girls-shown by the pink font and content in the magazine e.g. girl's fashion. The title of the magazine, 'sugar', is short and catchy and emphasises the fact that the magazine is for girls as sweet things are usually associated with females. There are also no images of, or to do with, males on the cover which also shows the magazine is aimed at females.