-Masthead:The title of a newspaper or magazine at the head of the front or editorial page.
-Front Cover: The front page of magazine.
-Barcode: A series of vertical bars of varying widths, in which each of the digits zero through nine are represented by a different pattern of bars that can be read by a laser scanner.
-Puff: Puff is the graphic design of which grabs the readers attention.
-Plug: Plug is the thing thats being given away.
-Main Coverline The main coverline is on the front of the magazine and is usually in the biggest font along side the masthead and is generally the magazines main point.
-Main Image: The main image is on the front cover of the magazine and is usually of a celebrity who has been interviewed for the magazine.
-Pull quote from an interview- On the front cover usually a quote from the celebrity on the fronts interview.
-Price: How much the magazines costs.
-Date Line- Gives the date of which the magazine was issued.
-Serif Font-In typography, serifs are semi-structural details on the ends of some of the strokes that make up letters and symbols.
-Coverlines: Main stories/things talked about in the magazine all sub-headed on the front cover.
-Images: Pictures/photos used with in the magazine.
-Interviews: An interview is where someone from the magazine asks someone like a celebrity questions and then is used within the magazine.
-Contents: Is basically whats in the magazine.
Vogue’s target audience is females in their late twenties to thirties. You know this through its genre of being more of a fashion magazine. Vogue is similar to the magazine Marie Claire for their content, however Marie Claire includes a range of different features such as global problems and events of which will appeal to a range of audiences. Whereas Vogue just specifically aims to appeal to its one target audience. The typical woman who might read vogue may read it for aspiration and distraction purposes as although they may not being able to afford the clothes and products being advertised, it gives them something to aspire towards and perhaps give them a want for that lifestyle.
This front cover may appeal to its target audience of firstly through the use of the colour red like on the models hair. The colour red would appeal as it's stereotypically seen as a sexual, flirtatious colour and generally the women who read vogue want to feel sexy and flirtatious.
Another way of which Vogue appeal to target audience through this front cover would be through the main image of Rihanna. This would appeal to target audience of women aspiring to be like her and feeling as though they're a part of her life as she is such as successful, sexy woman. Perhaps to escape their own lives and read into the life of her because they want an insight into what she's got. Furthermore Rihanna despite her successes is known to have a nice figure, which is deliberately shown through her tight, fitted dress, many women of this target audience would aspire to have this figure. So it would perhaps make them want to be like her. In addition to this her red hair and facial expression represents her being sexy and seductive of which many women stereotypically want to be. So by sticking Rihanna centre of the front cover instantly draws people to her due to brightness of her hair and could potentially make them want to be like her and most importantly look like her.
Vogue also appeal to target audience through the use of the puff and plug 'THE 10TH ANUAL SHAPE ISSUE'. This would appeal to the target audience as women want to look at other women's bodies, especially celebrities as it gives them something to aim and aspire towards. It manipulates them into becoming obsessed about what they look like and what they need to look like, so persuades them to buy the magazine especially when there being offered something of which they're so obsessed by.
Another way of which Vogue appeals through this front cover is through the coverline 'EAT YOURSELF HAPPY'. This would appeal to the target audience as they may feel as if Vogue knows what they're going through and feel as if they're hearing what they want to here that it's ok to comfort eat. This is important as the reader will feel as if they have some sort of ideology and feel as if they belong to the magazine, therefor appealing to the target audience as they will feel as if this magazine is specifically for them as it understands. Women of this target audience stereotypically are known to be the most depressed so by Vogue mentioning it would make it all seem ok for them.
Overall Vogue has used a range of features with in their front cover to appeal to their target audience of women in their late twenties to thirties.
A main convention from all of these fashion magazines front covers would be the use of girly colours. Using colours such as: red, pink, purple and light blue. This is important as it immediately tells you the target audience is women so immediately makes women feel as if the magazines are aimed at them, no matter what their age.
Another main convention would be the use of the facial expression on the model as their all kind of posing and not smiling. This could be used because the target audience for fashion magazines want to feel sexy and seductive, so the models have to look sexy and seductive.
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