Analysis of Magazine front cover

Analysis of Magazine front cover

Unique Selling Proposition
Does the magazine have one? What are its competitors?
Cover
Identify Font and colour of title: what connotations?
Identify Anchor image: why used? Connotations/Denotation?
Look at subsidiary headings and call outs: Examine font/colour/placement
Look at subsidiary images: cut outs? Straight sides? Of what? Of Whome/ Why? Links with content?
Use of white space? How much? Useful clue as to how upmarket the mag is.

The cover denotes target audience and mags placement in market: how?
Any use of lines to make eye follow a direction?
What type of font? What colour? Why?
Are sub headings used? Where and why?
Identify how much white space/image/headings/body text: % of each and explain why?
How do images relate to text.