Thursday, January 23, 2020

Cover Analysis

I will be analyzing the components and the conventions of 3 different food magazines. They all follow the same basic conventions with their own styles and features added.

1. Bon Appetit

 

- The orange details on the title match the mac and cheese in the main photo
- The cheese stringing from the fork is appetizing and looks good to eat to the reader to get them to read more about the mac and cheese.
-The subtitle, "Dig Into Comfort", previews to the reader that the entire magazine will be solely based on comfort foods, such as Mac and Cheese.
-The cover line saying, "Mac and Cheese Hands down the tastiest version we've made" also draws the reader into reading more of the magazine because it will then show you how to make the same mac and cheese that caught your attention on the cover. 
-The other cover lines base off the the overall theme of the magazine which is comfort foods. It mentions how to make easy deserts and even a sandwich. This all goes with the magazines theme and adds some flow to the magazine as a whole since its based around the same broad topic, comfort foods. 
- All of the cover lines are clear and easy to read since they are laid over a grey background. The blue bolded words on the cover lines do not specifically go with the overall theme of comfort food, but are added as features to add variety to the book and to draw in more people to buy and read it. 
-The color choices are all warm toned colors such as oranges, reds, and some yellows. These colors are used since colors like reds and yellows are known to make people hungry and catch their attention to the food since the colors are very bright too.
- The close details all on the mac and cheese such as the baked cheese on the perimeter of the bowl and the baked cheese sprinkled on top also make the photo more appetizing to the reader. The mac and cheese does not look like any basic mac and cheese you would get cheaply, it looks as there was much effort put into that dish and that it would taste almost as good as it looks. 
- The yellow tear drop features the page number you can look at to find the recipe on the Mac and Cheese. This feature is very effective, so the reader does not have to flip through every page of the magazine and so the information can be given to you straightforward. 
-The blue bolded words on 2 of the cover lines, add contrast to the cover since all the colors are warm toned.


2.Southern Living

 

-The cover photo has warm colors which compliment the yellow detailing on some of the titles to match the overall color scheme of the photo.
- The title, "Slow Cooker" gives the reader insight into what this edition of the magazine will be about and matches goes along with the cover photo.
- All of the cover lines are based on the "Slow Cooker" theme also by mentioning "105 easy comfort foods"
-The cover photo is in focus on the meal displayed has more of a blurred background of the glasses of wine towards the top right corner.
-The cover photo is very well focused on the meal shown to show the audience everything that is in the meal.
- The yellow box around "What's for supper" adds a pop of color that matches the photo and makes the cover line easier to read. If there were to be just white font, it wouldn't pop out and catch the readers attention.
-Adding numbers to your cover adds specificity of what will be mentioned in the rest of the magazine and gives the audience a cleared idea.
-The warm color scheme matches the southern theme, since the magazine is by Southern Living.


3. America's Test Kitchen


- In the cover photo, the main dish is in the rule of thirds which is more eye catching to the audience rather than it being in the center of the page.
- The title of this magazine and the titles of the cover lines match the sauce on the left side of the magazine and also go with the warm color scheme of the main dish.
- All of the cover lines perfectly match the edition of the magazine, "Sunday Suppers".
- In the handle of the pot, it names the dish that is displayed on the cover photo.
- The blue background of the counter contrasts the warm color scheme of the meal shown on the cover.
- The placement of the title makes the whole page looking more full and is also in the rule of thirds, instead of being in the center and going over some of the components of the photo.
- All of the cover lines give two examples of dishes that will be shown under the categories of different types of dinners such as "Old-World Classics" , "Lazy Dinners" ' and " Dinners Around the World".
- In the cover photo, the color of the sauce and bread, towards the top of the page, go along with the color scheme of the main dish shown.
- In the main dish you can see clearly what the main dish is supposed to be and is close up and detailed of the pot.

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