CLOSER:
{ Closer.pdf (bauermedia.co.uk) }
-The logo of the magazine, 'Closer' is represented using a sans serif font. However, bold font is also used throughout the front cover, to distinguish importance and to encourage people to read it.
-The setting presented in the main shot is unclear when the background is blurred, however, the greenery suggests that the photo was taken outside.
-The colours represented in the images are dull and unsaturated, as there is no use of brights colours in the main close-up shot encoded on the front cover.
-The magazine is encoded to be aimed mainly at women, as the aren't any men presented on the front cover, and the stories represented are of issues that mainly women face in their lives. The women shown on the cover, appear to be middle-aged. The women presented also appear to be celebrities, which suggest they're of a high upper-class.
-Although the masthead of the magazine, 'Jordan's new cheating hell' suggests the magazine is mainly aimed at women, it also distinguishes the everyday problems both men and women face.
-The brand of the magazine 'Closer' anchors the idea of the audience looking closer into people's lives, the bar code and price aren't present on the cover of the magazine.
-The cover model encoded on the front cover is represented in a fashionable way, with her hand on her face, which anchors the idea of vulnerability - linking to the masthead of the magazine.
-The lifestyle they promote is based around
