Magazine analysis two

Denotation: This is a Glamour magazine which was released in November 2012, the dateline can be seen at the bottom right of the page. The masthead is red and the theme colours are red, white, blue, and black. The font style is kept the same throughout but it varies with different sizes and colours. Taylor Swift is positioned in the middle of the page with her hands stretched out in front of her on top of the bottom of her dressed, which has been pulled up slightly while she is sitting down. Her dress is gold and red and her makeup looks natural except her bright red lipstick. Connotation: The theme colours which are red, white, blue, black and gold makes Taylor and this front cover glamorous which links into the magazines name 'Glamour' which will attract the targeted audience which if for eighteen to twenty-five year old females. The cover has made Taylor look glamorous and all about her by expanding her white skin, red and black makeup and blue eyes across the rest of the page. The masthead is in a bold and bright red font which stands out and the colour red attracts and draws in attention, to make people want to buy it. The main cover line is all about new hair styles and what to do, which has been placed next to Taylor Swifts hair which has had a lot of work put into styling it. This is to encourage the audience to believe that they can have great hair like Taylor Swifts if they buy this magazine, because females aged between eighteen and twenty-five are typically conscious of what they look like and want to make themselves look as nice as possible. Most of the cover lines have the same layout, they start off with a bold light blue font and then underneath they have slightly smaller white font which is just information which is expanding from the first line, but all of the cover lines have a slightly different layout which makes the cover look more interesting which will attract the targeted audience. Taylor is wearing a sparkly golden dress to match her golden hair colour, this makes her look glamorous and ready to party which is what most eighteen to twenty-five year old females want to do, and they will want to look like Taylor and they believe if they buy this magazine they will look like her.