MAGAZINE WORDCLOUD

This is a mood board to present some ideas to go towards my magazine cover. The main image of my magazine will be of a women, hence the word 'female'. My magazine is also a real-life magazine, hence the 'real-life' word.

TASK 4: MAGAZINE FRONT COVER ANALYSIS

CLOSER:

{  Closer.pdf (bauermedia.co.uk) }

-The photos used are mainly close-ups of celebrities, with some mid-shots and far shots. The photos are also evenly spread out, which distinguishes the different topics discussed in the magazine.

-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

MAGAZINE TEMPLATES: FRONT COVER AND CONTENTS PAGE

 Magazine 1:

 For the template of my magazine I'm going to use the conventions of 'That's Life' and 'heat'.

Magazine 2:

 For the template of my magazine I'm going to use the conventions of 'That's Life' and 'heat'.

TASK 3: CONVENTIONS

CONVENTIONS OF REAL-LIFE STORY MAGAZINES:

-Masthead: eye-catching to audience.

-Strapline (subheading): eye-catching to audience.

-Direct address: to engage with the audience and make it relatable to them.

-Pugs: price/barcode

TASK 2: MAGAZINES

CLOSER:

{ Closer.pdf (bauermedia.co.uk) }

-Closer is a British tabloid magazine founded in 2005, published by Bauer Consumer Media. A French language version shortly followed, as well as an American edition which began in 2013.

-Closer mainly focuses on combining the news, gossip and glamour of the celebrities to attract their audiences.

SOCIAL MEDIA:

-Twitter: 'Closer Mag & Online' (103.5K followers).

- Instagram: 'closeronline' (44K followers).

-Facebook: 'Closer Magazine'

THAT'S LIFE:

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-That's life is a British women's magazine founded in 1995 and published by H Bauer UK, a subsidiary of the German Bauer Media Group on a weekly basis, with new issues released every Thursday.

-That's life combines real-life stories with classic women's weekly editorial and sense of humour.

SOCIAL MEDIA:

-Twitter: 'thatslifeuk' (4.6K followers)

-Instagram: ?

-Facebook: 'that's life! magazine'

TASK 1: INDUSTRY

BAUER MEDIA

{ https://www.bauermedia.co.uk/brands-magazine }

HISTORY OF THE COMPANY:

Heinrich Bauer Publishing, trading as Bauer Media Group is a German multimedia conglomerate headquartered in Hamburg and is one of the world’s largest privately-owned media business with media assets all over the globe. Founded in Hamburg in 1875 and now in its 5th generation of family ownership. It operates worldwide and owns more than 600 magazines, over 400 digital products and 50 radio and TV stations, as well as print shops, postal, distribution and marketing services.

WHAT SORT OF MAGAZINES IT PUBLISHES:

Our magazine heritage stretches back to 1953 with the launch of Angling Times and the acquisition in 1956 of Motor Cycle News, both still iconic brands within our portfolio. More recently, Closer was launched in 2002 and Britain’s first weekly glossy, Grazia, was launched in 2005. Many of these magazines are famous household names, such as Heat magazine, Empire magazine and Grazia magazine. Bella, Closer, Grazia, Heat, Take a break and That’s life are the main real-life story magazines, but most of these magazine brands are aimed at older reader, but my brief is for 16–25-year-old graphic.

FACTS AND FIGURES:

-The Bauer Media Group reaches 200 million consumers worldwide and operates in 13 countries including the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, UK and USA and has 15,000 employees. 

-Founded in Hamburg in 1875 and now in its 5th generation of family ownership. It operates worldwide and owns more than 600 magazines, over 400 digital products and 50 radio and TV stations, as well as print shops, postal, distribution and marketing services.

-This statistic shows the revenue development of the Bauer Media Group from 2005 to 2016. In 2016, the publishing company based in Hamburg generated a revenue of roughly 2.2 billion euros.

LINKS:

- https://www.bauermedia.co.uk/brands-magazine

- https://www.instagram.com/bauermediadk/?hl=en

- https://twitter.com/bauermedia?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

- https://kz.linkedin.com/company/bauer-media-group

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