Magazine cover analysis!

Masthead: written in bold letters and presented in a bold color ‘red’ to

denote that the magazine is going to unfold a serious issue

The font and color of masthead is not very flashy so that the audience knows

beforehand what the magazine talks about and that it isn’t about entertainment instead

it highlights quagmires!

The outline of the magazine is colored in proportion to the color of the masthead to emphasize on the genre of the magazine.

Tagline: a one liner that defines the magazine. It is a issue highlight and is placed on the top of the magazine to simplify it

further. The font is again the same as the masthead, however the color is white make it more prominent. White is also used to

make an appropriate color combination of white and other darker colors!

Date and month.

Website of the magazine

Main cover line: presented in the same color as the tag line to

maintain the appropriate color combination. Cover line is in white

as it strikes us as a stark color against black.

Description of the cover line that further piques our interest

and which highlights the occurrence of the tragic

incident.

Cover photo

The dress code is typical of Asian Muslim country. Ironically, she is

wearing bright color to emphasize on the suffering she’s gone

through.

Left side of the magazine is light jaded green, however right

side is blacker indicating that there is a dark side to the story. It

also denotes the two parts of the girl’s life. The former being the lighter one, and the latter being the dark

side she lived through and managed to escape.

Magazine cover analysis.

Masthead: being on the top of the magazine as per the convention however unusually it is in

bold white against the grey cover. White is used as a symbol of sophistication here to go with the

cover photo of Bill Gates.

Highlights the Masthead

Date and month.

White outline; same color as the Masthead.

Strip; at the top of the masthead in dark yellow to make a sharp contrast with the dull

colors. It describes the issue at hand that might be discussed in the magazine…!!!

Cover line

Foremost words of the cover line are in smaller font and in white, also the color of Masthead, that indicates that the word gives a general view and helps us to switch the readers attention to the

next Main words of the cover line.

These are in bigger font and in the dark yellow color the same one in the tagline. Emphasizes the connotation of the word through color and

the larger size of the font e.g; ‘MOST POWERFUL.’ It makes the readers want to look

further into the magazine.

Tagline; describes the features of the magazine and the cover photo. It raises our curiosity as it offers some exclusive things

about Bill Gates, who’s described the richest and powerful man.

Cover photo

The colors are eliminated from the cover photo and is greyed out which again dominates the sophistication

and aura of power held by the subject.

Magazine Cover analysis!

Masthead

Is on the top, as usual, of the magazine. The masthead is in simple bold white which is

appropriate as it compliments the background of nature. The white color communicates an aura of

freshness. All letters are clearly visible which gives us a hint that the magazine name isn’t well

established.

Cover line

White color used to go with the masthead. A parody of the famous novel ‘Eat, pray,

love’ by Elizabeth Gilbert is used to make it more eye- catching. Exclamation mark is used to communicate the message to its

full potential. A promising line used to raise reader’s interest.

Month and website.

Puff; a main interest of women highlighted in blue

along with the page number to increase women interest.

Buzzword; it is used to make the magazine more unique

and established for the audience.

Selling line; used Michelle Obama, the wife of the

most famous personality, to increase sales.

Main Cover Photo

The non-verbal code; that is, the laid back gesture, relaxed and content expression and

sophisticated style is there to compliment the Masthead ‘Essence’. Also the woman ‘Michelle Obama’ is quite popular so all

these combined tempt the target audience to read the magazine. There is a hint of nature at her back which further contributes to the

aura of freshness she carries. The white sunny dress goes with the mast head and suits the word ‘Summer’ used in the cover

line.