Magazine cover analysis
Im am going to analyze the cover of one of the issues of ‘FHM’ magazine.
Anchorage text: ‘the kitty girls’ ties in with the picture as the name of the girl group on the front cover are called the pussy cat dolls.
Mode of adress: the girls and tiger in the picture are all directly looking at the reader, this makes the reader feel involed with the magazine as it gives the impression that it is adressing the reader. The tiger in the picture corespnds with the girls ‘wild and more ferocious’ lable, this will appeal to their male target audience.
Blurb: the barcode, date and price
Slogan: ‘the number 1 magazine’ trying to convince the target audience that this is the magazine you want.
Puffs: ‘Guns ablaze’ could be advertiseing that there is an article on guns inside. this will appeal to the male target market group.
Graphic feature: the pus sign above some of the puffs on the left hand side suggests that all these have been added in.
