The reason for analysing this magazine is to show how different this magazine cover is compared to the others. Straight away you can clearly see the target audience which is young children, and the way the magazine is laid out in comparison to the other magazine covers. The pictures, writing, font and colour scheme is completely different and I thought it would be interesting to analyse it, as it shows how sophisticated and professional some of the others have to look to appeal to a certain audience.
The head- mast stands out to the readers as it is bold. The fact that the background of the circle it is in is white and the font used of the writing is black makes it catch your eye and is clear to read and recognise. The font used is attractive and the letters are not all line which makes it look fun and catches your eye, it also goes well with the magazine as it looks informal and unsophisticated which it doesn't need to be to attract its target audience, being young children. The reason for the name of the magazine being in a circle, separates it from the rest of the magazine to draw your attention to it more so that it doesn't get lost in the magazine cover blending in with everything else going on, as it is very colourful and busy. The writing also has hearts/ butterflies inside the circle which make the colours black and white more interesting otherwise it would be boring and plain to look at and wouldn't catch your eye as much id there wasn't other things with it, which is important in this magazine as it is for children.
At the top of the magazine, it has BBC in the top left hand corner, this straight away shows us that the magazine is linked to the TV channel which airs the show. In the green at the top the writing saying' very special FREE sticky fun felt set!' suggests that the magazine comes with this which will attract the children to want the magazine as they know they will get free felt to play with. The writing also stands out as it is bold and in white writing which clearly stands out and the explanation mark at the end emphasises on the fact it is also ' free'. Along the side of the cover in a circle reads' use your lovely stickers inside' this would appeal to any child and attract them wanting to get the magazine as they will want to use these stickers, and that you may be able to use them inside the magazine and implies they fact there may be some activities to do inside.
Underneath the name of the magazine it suggests that the magazine is for children who enjoy arts and crafts, and the fact is say ' excuse me this is my crafty magazine' denotes that the magazine is really good and fun that other people will want to read it and have a go too. At the bottom of the cover, you can see straight away that this magazine is full of things to do and make. The parents who are also looking at the magazine may see this as they may believe it will keep their child busy for a while. The word scribble is in bolder writing than the rest, which emphasises the word to make the it look fun.
The cover is full of colours and is very busy with pictures, the magazine needs pictures if it wants to appeal to the target audience as it makes it more interesting too look at. Lola and Charlie are also on the cover which relates to the name of the magazine and shows that the main features are them, which is good for children if they like the show. The show is on Cbeebies which is a channel showing, only kids programmes. The pictures shown on the magazine show Charlie and lola doing crafts and this will make the children want to do it even more as they can see the main features ' Charlie and Lola' making stuff. It also shows you some stuff that you can make too, this is a good way to sell the magazine as the children are going to want to make the stuff shown, just because it is on the cover.
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