Case Study: Cover Analysis

TIME Magazine

Image

This cover is a picture of Donald Trump. He appears on the centre front of the magazine covering the name of the Magazine. He uses up most of the Cover as he is staring straight at the camera and just his face is shown.

Cover lines

On this Magazine there is only one headline that is positioned on the top left hand corner near the models forehead. The headline stands out as it is in white. It does not take up much of the space on the cover but does draw a lot of attention.

Main Cover line

The main cover line is the only cover line on this Magazine cover. Which is positioned on the top left hand corner of the page. It does not take up most of the page but it does definitely draw a lot of attention as it is in white and disturbs the picture.

Title

The title of the magazine sits at the top of the magazine and is covered by the head of the model therefore it does not occupy much space.

Taglines

This magazine actually does not have a tagline

Price

This magazine does not have a price on the cover.

Date

This cover has a date on the top right corner hidden and hardly noticeable.

Seventeen Magazine

Image

This cover is a picture of Jenifer Lawrence. The picture is positioned in the middle of the magazine but slightly more to the right than the centre. It occupies most of the cover.

Cover Lines

On this magazine there are several cover lines which help fill up the space around the models face. It even overlaps the models face at times.  It uses up a lot of space and stands out a lot.

Main Cover Lines

The main cover line is located at the bottom right of the cover. It occupies very little space but does stand out as it is printed in a large and colourful font.

Titles

The title sits behind the model but can still be seen. It does not occupy much space but can still be clearly.

Taglines

The tagline is positioned on the right side of the models face. It does not occupy much space is quite hard to identify.

Price

This Magazine has a price. It is located at the bottom left corner and does not occupy much space.

Date

This cover does have a date on it next to the price and on top of the barcode. It does not occupy much space.

Vogue Magazine

Image

This cover is a picture of Lena Dunham. The picture is just of her from mid chest upward. It is positioned in the middle of the page staring straight at the camera.

Cover Lines

On this Magazine there are many headlines located in every free space on the cover. The headlines help cover most of the magazine. This draws attention away from the models face.

Main Cover Lines

The main cover line on this magazine is positioned at the bottom centre of the cover. It takes up most of the space at the bottom and does stand out quite a bit as it is printed in a bold black colour.

Title

The title of this magazine is located at the top of the magazine where it stands in front of the model in bright red. It occupies quite some space on the models head.

Taglines

This magazine has a tagline on the upper left side of the cover. It does not take up much of the page.

Price

This magazine does not have a price on it.

Date

This magazine does have a date underneath the title in very small white letters it is barely noticeable.