The similarities and differences between magazine front covers.

Magazines used:

• Now.
• Hello.
• Good house keeping.
• Women's own.
• Doctor Who.

These magazine covers had many similarities.
Each of these magazines had a main image that depicted what the main story would be about. These images where all either mid shots or long mid shots of celebrities. This picture, unless a paparazzi shot, uses direct address so the celebrity is looking straight into the camera. The main coverline should also match the main image. They was also smaller images around the main image with from three to seven subheadings to show what other stories would be included in the magazine. There isn't often a great range of fonts used on the covers, the masthead font is unique and there is only usualy one of two other fonts used within the subheadings. Within the masthead and subheadings there is usually some sort of colour scheme using two or three different colours.
Another similarity they all had was a barcode and price on the front. The barcode is usually at the bottom and the price is at the top. Usually by the barcode is the date the magazine was first put into shops.

The only totally noticable differences in these magazine covers is the target audience. The women who read things like Now, Hello and Womens own would most likely be younger than the woman who read Good house keeping. I can tell this by reading the coverlines, looking at the colour schemes and what the main image is and what the magazine itself is actually about. The Doctor Who magazine is aimed at children, this is clear because at the top is mentions that there is a free yoyo and stickers and there is also posters included inside. And the colours and images suggest it is more dirrected at boys.