Soap Magazine Annalysis

After completing my soap magazine front cover I have learned so many valuable skills in how to use Photoshop and how soap magazine publishers use and manipulate certain texts and images to gain an audiences attention.

It was apparent from the start from researching in depth all different types of primarily soap opera based magazines that the color scheme I should be aiming for was very bright and color contrasting. This could be seen in other words as 'trashy' and the most sophisticated of styles. However in order to fit in with other successful soap opera magazines It was apparent that's the style guidelines I had to follow. I wanted to create a color scheme with the same kind of vibrancy as Whats on TV and Soaplife so I decided to use a contrasting color scheme of Yellow, White, Pink, Black and Red, however the primary colors that I decided to use were Red, Black and and White. I decided to use different sizes of fonts and colors that contrast to emphasize the story lines to potential consumers. I also thought these bright contrasting color scheme would be effective because it might convey excitement and interest to the potential buyer.

My primary choice of font was Comic Sans.I chose this font because I thought it was clear and sharp and looked effective when making the fonts outlines and shadowed, but also because it held some similar resemblances to Soaplifes's font usage which seems to be effective. I wanted the title to stand out from the rest but also carry resemblances to some of the other subtitles and text so in order to make a clear separation I decided to use a shadowing effect on Photoshop to emphasize that it was clearly the title of the magazine. I used the tagline and primary story line as 'WINTER SHOCKERS' as I thought it would catch peoples eye as it comes across as it was a really big story line of the season of the soap opera. 

For the bottom story line, I decided to use the font red when stating the word 'Revenge' as i thought it contrasted effectively with the blank font and symbolizes danger. Finally for the top story line I used the tagline 'Gemma leaves Dan . for WHO?', I think this was most appropriate as it creates suspension and curiosity for the potential buyer which may push them towards buying it. Underneath have wrote 'heartbreak in corrie'. Calling Corrination Street, 'Corrie' as a kind of slang, might appeal to the target audience of the reader hinting that it's not too serious and has a 'chatty' and gossip feel to the magazine.