The Appeal of Magazine Covers to Target Audience

The Appeal of Magazine Covers to Target Audience

When picking a magazine you look for particular things and information on the front page which will grab your attention and make you want to buy it and read the articles inside. Magazines focus on a particular audience who like a certain type genre in music.

Looking at this magazine cover, we can see that the main focus and first thing that communicates with your eyes is the large white writing in the middle of the page reading out ‘Panic! At the Disco’. This method draws you in and makes you want to place your attention on to that magazine. If the audience are familiar with this band they may want to find out more on why they are front cover. The picture of the band help this appeal even more as if you look at it, its making them look too big for the magazine that they are overlapping the title. This shows they are in the lime light and their angle they are shot in makes them look lie their on top, looking down on you.

The word ‘FREE’ on the magazine appeals to the audience as things are free are always good and appealing as its extra and it doesn’t cost. The posters are the free feature of this magazine and it shows the examples with pictures of what they are and who they are. Furthermore the words at the top of the magazine are names of other bands which will be featured in this issue.