Research: Magazine Layouts

The front cover of any magazine is what determines the kind of audience it would be targeting and how profoundly it would be known to its readers. It needs to be reflective of its targeted audience, their characteristics and tastes, while also being in line with the genre that it follows. In the case of Beauty magazines, different brands follow a different theme when it comes to portraying their definition of beauty through elements including, camera angle, shot, lighting and mise-en-scenes. Here are a few examples of brand diversity in beauty magazines.

These magazines have given me a good understanding of what my own beauty magazine cover page should look like.

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Preliminary Task: School Magazine - Final Product

Marketing Kit

For the marketing of my magazine I have created a marketing kit.

Planning: Codes and Conventions

Application of codes and conventions on the genre. The above magazine follows the conventions of a teen beauty magazine. The model used for the main image is a young girl in a casual dress-up. The subtle make-up and bubbly expressions denote the innocence and youthfulness that teen girls have. The codes and conventions followed in the above magazine are bold, over the top styling, heavy make-up and extravagant props. The models in this genre usually take up looks that no woman would generally wear, so it's not necessarily a representation of women rather a creative portrayal of beauty as art.

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