Magazine analysis

Cumbria lifeThis magazine is for the people who live in Cumbria, the magazine includes:• Local events• Quizzes and crosswords• Historical events and stories• Places to visit• Places to walk & maps• Car, food and event advertisements.• Pub guides• This magazine cover is very eye catching and appealing to me, I

chose this edition to analyse because I think the layout and the colours work so well for the style of magazine. I like how the image is the main focused of the front cover and this is accentuated by the white around the top and bottom edges of the page. Although on this edition some of the headlines are on the main image, the headlines and stories that the magazine wants to attract attention to are on the top and the bottom white boarders on the front cover.

• I also like how with the main image they have kept the middle section completely clear, they have also not made the headlines to harsh so that they don't take attention away from the beautiful landscape on the front cover.

http://www.cumbrialife.co.uk/

Carlisle living • Carlisle living is a regional magazine based in Carlisle Cumbria. • This magazine includes:• Bucket lists for the month• Social pages• Food• Home and interior • FASHION• Local stories and events• Pub guides• Wedding specials • I really like how simplistic this front cover is, it sticks to a small

selection of colours and uses these colours repeatedly through different sections of the front cover. I think that this make the front cover so appealing to the magazines target audience.

• As well as this I also like the way it has been laid out, again, this magazine front cover keeps the middle section of the completely clear keeping the focus on the model.

Scots heritage magazine • This magazine is a boasting for a wealth of Scottish historical and cultural

articles. This magazine is aimed at people wanting to know more about the history and the future of Scotland.

• The magazine is a quarterly publication that is followed by Scottish people worldwide.

• The magazine includes:• Advertisements for Harris tweed and tartan• Tours around wealthy old Scottish style homes• Historical Scottish landmarks to visit• Puzzles and music recommendations• Clans and societies• The interesting thing about this magazine is that it is mainly image, there

isn't any headlines and stories on this front cover. This sets the mood of this magazine and also shows you the type of target audience that the magazine is aiming for. The target audience is just one type of person, an intellectual Scottish person. The lack of headlines on the front cover also shows me that the content is consistent to the magazine when it is published every 3 months.

• http://www.scotsheritagemagazine.com/

Exclusive• This magazine is based in the London area. They have magazines based

in the regions of:• Kensington and Chelsea, Marlow, Amersham, ST Albans and Harpenden,

Weybridge• This magazine includes features such as:• What's on in the area• Home and garden• Style • Food and drink• Travel• Motoring • And people• From looking at this front cover it is clear to see that it is a high end

magazine, however, this is suitable for when the magazine is distributed. The colours that have been used contrast each other making the image so outstanding. I also like how the join between the two walls behind the model runs directly down the middle of the page. This magazine has also kept the headlines on the front cover to a minimum therefore not taking attention away from the model on the front cover.

http://www.exclusivemagazines.co.uk/

International regional magazine; BALTIMORE STYLE

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• This is a regional magazine based in Baltimore, USA.• This magazine was founded in 1989 and covers the well known

people and provocative issues in Maryland. As well as this, there is also fashion, food, health and fitness, home and garden, travel and entertainment in the Baltimore region.

• This magazine is published 9 times a year.• Each issue reaches 75,000 upscale readers.This magazine includes:• Food and drink• Beauty and health• Home and garden• Travel• Arts and culture• shopping,• Hot topics• Just in• Marketing promotions

The websites where I found the cover and the magazinehttp://baltimorestyle.com/

• This front cover is unlike the other front covers I have analysed. This front cover is very busy in respect to what's been used in the photoshoot for the image on the front cover. The patterns between the background and the chairs and outfit clash. In some ways you would think that this wouldn't work, however, I was attracted to this front cover because of this reason, it looks unusual compared to other magazines such as those in the UK. Like some of the other magazine this magazine also keeps it headlines that are on the front cover to a minimum.

International regional magazine: PERTH WOMAN

The statistics• Readership: over 100,000• Frequency: Seasonal• Distributed by Gordon &

Gotch• 15,000 copies per issue• $7.95 per issue

http://www.perthwoman.com.au/homeThis magazine includes:• Fashion• Beauty• Health • Family• Men• Cars • Bridal• Home• Pets• Travel• Work

• This front cover is exceptionally striking, this is due to the monochrome colour scheme used on the front cover. This theme as also used when selecting the outfit for the model. From looking at this magazine and the magazine from the UK you can see a difference in layout and outfits on the model, this is down to the audience of the magazine. The shows us that there is a difference between UK magazines and international magazines, however some of the layout conventions seem to be used all over the world.

Comparison• From looking at all the regional magazines above from different ideas, I have

come to the conclusion that all the magazines follow similar directions whether they are talking about the countryside, fashion and lifestyle or even the city. Even international regional magazines follow in the same direction. The most talked about subjects are

• Fashion and lifestyle• Home and garden• Food• These three subjects therefore will be the main 3 topics that I will talk about in

my magazine.• As well as this, all the magazines seem to have a similar composition on their

front covers, the majority of these magazines feature models. This is consistent in comparison to the national and international magazines.

• There is also similarities between magazines the feature models on their front cover and those that feature other things such as props and landscapes, all the magazines carefully consider the layout of their headlines and subheadings, these aren't usually laid over the main image, therefore not distracting the consumer from the main image.