Deconstruction of Angels' Magazine.
The magazine I am writing about is called Angels'. We have been giving the task of producing a magazine cover and deconstructing it; this will include what the magazine is about, an Audience profile and the Deconstruction essay on why it is laid out like this and also who the target audience is aimed at.
The purpose of magazines is to make money for the company, by raising current issues and trends and using suspense on the cover to sell their magazine. Each individual magazine on the market has its own particular target audience, and the one for Angels' is 12 to 15 year old girls, as this teenage subculture tends to be the ones who buy most magazines.
The background is a baby blue, which gives it girl appeal, as girls of the age of the target audience like these sorts of colours. The main picture is Justin Timberlake, who is a very popular music artist, and would appeal to the target audience, who see him as an icon. Your eyes don't focus on the blue background because the foreground picture takes your attention away. .
The main focal point of the magazine is the picture, as it is in the centre, and would attract the attention of a potential reader. As Justin Timberlake is seen as a teen icon, the audience would be attracted to this, and would want to know why he is on the cover, so may persuade them into buying it. The other pictures on the cover are Keanu Reeves, in an action scene from The Matrix Reloaded' as he is another teen icon, and may attract more teenage readers. Also, there is Christina Aguilera, who is the top female icon at the moment and someone who many teenage girls aspire to be, so they would want to read more about her. The last picture is one of the Mr Potato Head' family playing Twister', and this would add comedy value to the cover, but also has connotations of the young age of the audience, and perhaps, that they may not be as grown up as they would like to be, so makes the magazine more relevant for their age group.
