1) Based on your research, what type of people read Reveal?
(Demographics& Psychographics)
People in the lower or middle classes mainly read magazines such as Reveal. This is because its a cheap low brow magazine. The main age of Reveal readers varies between the ages of 18-34 and the race/gender is usually white females.
2) How does the editor introduce Reveal magazine?
Girls usually give their friends advice and gossip a lot. This is why the editor introduces Reveal magazine as a best friend to the reader.
3) What is the difference between the Reveal and Tatler target audiences?
The difference between Reveal & Tatler magazines is that Tatler is aimed at higher classed people and Reveal is aimed at the lower class, but both may be read by middle class people.
4) What issues are Reveal readers interested in?
Reveal readers are interested in things such as gossip and celebrities.
Media language
1) How many of the 12 magazine cover key conventions feature on this edition of Reveal?
7 of the 12 key conventions are featured on the Reveal magazine.
These include a central image, a flash, name checks, bar code, price etc.
2) What is the font choice used on the cover and what does this choice connote?
The font on the cover line is mainly in a sans-serif font. This suggests that the magazine company wants the reader to feel more engaged & because of this it should hopefully get the reader to want to buy a copy of Reveal.
3) How do the cover lines appeal to the Reveal target audience?
The cover lines are appealing to the target audience of Reveal because its aimed at a young adult female audience around the ages of 18 to about 35. Its appealing because it makes the reader feel confident and comfortable around the magazine company.
4) What are the connotations of the Reveal colour scheme on this particular front cover?
The Reveal colour scheme is vibrant this means that it stands out and its eye catching, therefore making it visible from a long distance.
5) How are images used to create interest in the magazine? Use CLAMPS.
List three points.
Images create interest in magazines because of the costume, lighting, setting, hair & make up.
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6) What differences can you find between the use of design and typography between Tatler and Reveal? List at least three and explain the effect on audiences.
The differences between the design of Tatler & Reveal is the main cover line. Reveal's main cover line is in sans serif and Tatler's main cover line is in serif.
Representations
1) What different groups of people are represented on the cover?
(Look at the image and text/cover lines)
The different groups represented on the front cover are higher and middle class people there isn't an exact gender that this magazine is meant for but its slyly for female a bit more than for males.
2) What type of celebrities are represented on the front cover?
3) Are there any stereotypes being reinforced or subverted? How? Why?
A stereotype that is being subverted is the fact that models starve themselves in order to be/stay skinny or that they're generally healthy people.On the front covers you are able to see models eating unhealthy/junk food which proves the stereotypical expectation that people have of models wrong.
4) What view of celebrities does Reveal want the reader to have?
Reveal wants us to feel like we are no different to any other person in the world even if they are celebrities, rich, famous or powerful.
5) What would be the preferred and oppositional readings to this cover of Reveal?
The preferred reading for Reveal is that the magazine is main stream and affordable for everyone, so no one is going to complain about the cost of the it.Also, the fact the celebrities are portrayed as 'normal' in the magazines helps Reveal build a stronger audience since it's honest and doesn't use a lot of Photoshop, which makes people feel more confident about themselves unlike other magazines.The oppositional reading for Reveal would be the fact that they use paparazzi shots of celebrities without them knowing.This may seem to some people as rude and disrespectful because we are not respecting their personal life and privacy.Also, some people dislike this whole idea of a paparazzi since they stalk and harass celebrities and then somehow manage to get away with it.
Media language
1) How many of the 12 magazine cover key conventions feature on this edition of Reveal?
7 of the 12 key conventions are featured on the Reveal magazine.
These include a central image, a flash, name checks, bar code, price etc.
2) What is the font choice used on the cover and what does this choice connote?
The font on the cover line is mainly in a sans-serif font. This suggests that the magazine company wants the reader to feel more engaged & because of this it should hopefully get the reader to want to buy a copy of Reveal.
3) How do the cover lines appeal to the Reveal target audience?
The cover lines are appealing to the target audience of Reveal because its aimed at a young adult female audience around the ages of 18 to about 35. Its appealing because it makes the reader feel confident and comfortable around the magazine company.
4) What are the connotations of the Reveal colour scheme on this particular front cover?
The Reveal colour scheme is vibrant this means that it stands out and its eye catching, therefore making it visible from a long distance.
5) How are images used to create interest in the magazine? Use CLAMPS.
List three points.
Images create interest in magazines because of the costume, lighting, setting, hair & make up.
If you see
6) What differences can you find between the use of design and typography between Tatler and Reveal? List at least three and explain the effect on audiences.
The differences between the design of Tatler & Reveal is the main cover line. Reveal's main cover line is in sans serif and Tatler's main cover line is in serif.
1) What different groups of people are represented on the cover?
(Look at the image and text/cover lines)
The different groups represented on the front cover are higher and middle class people there isn't an exact gender that this magazine is meant for but its slyly for female a bit more than for males.
3) Are there any stereotypes being reinforced or subverted? How? Why?
A stereotype that is being subverted is the fact that models starve themselves in order to be/stay skinny or that they're generally healthy people.On the front covers you are able to see models eating unhealthy/junk food which proves the stereotypical expectation that people have of models wrong.
4) What view of celebrities does Reveal want the reader to have?
Reveal wants us to feel like we are no different to any other person in the world even if they are celebrities, rich, famous or powerful.
5) What would be the preferred and oppositional readings to this cover of Reveal?
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