Magazine Cover Analysis

Task 2: Magazines and Audiences

Part 2: Magazine cover analysis

The magazine 'FourFourTwo' is a magazine that appeals very specifically to its target audience, the magazine appeals to fans of football and throughout the front cover it has a big football theme, the cover as a whole does not completely appeal to the male audience, however it has a very male orientated front cover. The whole of the cover is completely regarding football which appeals to the target audience of males because it instantly attracts to the audience, also in the bottom corner there is a line about beer and football together which relates to the target audience because they are the two things that males are related to. The masthead of the magazine reads 'FourFourTwo' which is known by all football fans to be a well known formation in football so instantly relates the audience to the magazine and makes them want to read it because they are attracted to it, the font of the masthead is very simple but also very easy to read and also a sophisticated masthead which explains that the magazine content will be completely regarding football. On the cover the main cover line regards one of the most well known men in football which the whole audience will know and when heard that his career may be over makes readers want to read to see what is happening. Also it has many cover lines all also relating to football engaging readers to what they want to read. There are also pull quotes on the front cover which draw readers in because they want to hear more on who thinks who is the 'Fat Maradona'. The font on the cover is very simple but bold which relates to the target audience as they don't want style, they just want to know about football. Also the main colour on the magazine is red which instantly refers to Manchester United and Sir Alex Ferguson.