reveal case study
General
1) The majority of people who would read this are the female mainstreamer or the female struggler of ages 18-34 possibly in college or university ranging from classes ABC1-C2DE.
2) The editor introduces the magazine as someones best friend.
3) The Reveal target audience is young women who don't have much money whereas the Tatler is mainly aimed at middle aged women who have a lot of money.
4) The issues Reveal focuses on are relationship struggles and celebrity gossip.
Media language
1) Title of publication- is in the centre of the top of the cover.
central image- an image of two celebrities.
cover lines- down both sides of the cover
colour scheme- pink green and yellow bring the cover to life giving off a fun bubbly atmosphere
name checks- there are names next to every picture
language - the use of sans serif fonts make the magazine seem modern and the use of handwritten fonts allow is to seem home made or familiar to the reader.
direct address- there are many cover lines using the noun 'you' as direct address
bar code and price- circled and in big bold letters at the top left corner is the price-99p- and in the bottom right corner is the bar code
2) The main font choice is sans serif to seem modern and handwritten to seem familiar to the audience.
3) All of the cover lines are about celebrity gossip which may intrigue the audience as it is interesting.
4) The bright red, yellow and pink colour scheme connotes that they are trying to catch your attention with flashy colours which could also mean that they want to seem cool and fun and in a way young.
5) By using an image of a celebrity stuffing food in her mouth, a pregnant celebrity and a couple with serious looks on their faces. This could induce intrigue because it is changing the 'norm' by having celebrities changing their diets, and gossip.
6) The differences i can see between the designs of Tatler and Reveal are: while Tatler has one large center image Reveal has many smaller images this may change the sophistication of the images for the audience, compared to Reveal the Tatler colour scheme is a lot cooler which may make it seem a lot less friendly. Finally while Reveal is talking about gossip in all of its cover lines, Tatler mainly talks about audience relationships and things the audience can do.
2) The main thing that the cover lines tell us about the readers is that they are worried about relationships and body image which may conclude that most of the audience is of teenage to their twenties as that is the main age for people to worry about how they look and who they are with.
3) A reoccurring problem with most Reveal covers is the constant price change and the fact that they take away all privacy in the lives of all celebrities featured.
4) Reoccurring celebrities seem to mainly be the relationship between Katie Price and Peter Andre as it is popular and anything to do with Cheryl Cole.
5) By using an image of a celebrity stuffing food in her mouth, a pregnant celebrity and a couple with serious looks on their faces. This could induce intrigue because it is changing the 'norm' by having celebrities changing their diets, and gossip.
6) The differences i can see between the designs of Tatler and Reveal are: while Tatler has one large center image Reveal has many smaller images this may change the sophistication of the images for the audience, compared to Reveal the Tatler colour scheme is a lot cooler which may make it seem a lot less friendly. Finally while Reveal is talking about gossip in all of its cover lines, Tatler mainly talks about audience relationships and things the audience can do.
Representation
1) The people represented in Reveal are typically succeeders or aspirers who are mainly reality TV stars.
2) The main type of celebrity represented on the cover are reality TV stars.
3) A stereotype that is used here is that all celebrities use strict diets this is enforced in a cover line when it says "stuff the diet" and "swapping cardio for carbs".
4) They want the reader to believe that all celebrities have no private life and that they all have diets and strict regimes.
5) The preferred reader for this cover would be younger women who are bored and interested in gossip and celebrities lives. The oppositional reader for this is people who believe that this is an invasion of privacy and feel sorry for the celebrities featured.
1) The only parts of British life portrayed in this cover are where posh rich people are and the lives of those who are wealthy yet normal somehow. 5) The preferred reader for this cover would be younger women who are bored and interested in gossip and celebrities lives. The oppositional reader for this is people who believe that this is an invasion of privacy and feel sorry for the celebrities featured.
Social and cultural context
2) The main thing that the cover lines tell us about the readers is that they are worried about relationships and body image which may conclude that most of the audience is of teenage to their twenties as that is the main age for people to worry about how they look and who they are with.
3) A reoccurring problem with most Reveal covers is the constant price change and the fact that they take away all privacy in the lives of all celebrities featured.
4) Reoccurring celebrities seem to mainly be the relationship between Katie Price and Peter Andre as it is popular and anything to do with Cheryl Cole.
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