Fair Lady Magazine Analysis.pptx

8/14/2019 Fair Lady Magazine Analysis.pptx

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Fair Lady (2011) Magazine

Analysis

By Shanelle Peters


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The masthead of the magazine cover is covered by

the actress Anne Hathaway. The main image of the

actress takes up over half of the magazine cover

suggesting that Anne Hathaway is the main selling

point of the magazine, as Fair Lady is a SouthAfrican womens magazine and is not globally

recognised.

Fair Lady is a magazine that aims to

network passionate and intelligent women.

This is evident in the anchorage textunderneath the model credit which quotes

Anne Hathaway Im going to be exactly

who I am. It is evident that the magazine

content alludes to female independence.

This links with the magazines niche

audience of women, specifically women

who do not wish to read celebrity tabloids


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The model credit is positioned near the bottom right

of the magazine as the actresses name does not

need to be explicitly positioned across the face of

the magazine. The white serif font of Anne

Hathaways name adds to the femininity of theposter.

The cover lines across the

magazine cover are written in a

range of colours. The lack ofuniformity in the poster reflects the

emotional ranges of women, for

example, the yellow depicts joy and

happiness and the red is indicative

of passion and courage. This

reinforces the independent female

ideology of the magazine as these

women have the courage to be

outspoken.


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The cerise red is a theme within the magazine cover

and reinforces the feminine ideology. The

independence of women links to the film One Day

and Anne Hathaways character Emma, who is a

dependent and headstrong woman.

The cover lines around the magazine target the

typical readers of the magazine. The colour

palette of the colour lines utilises pink,back and

yellow. However, certain parts of the text that is

designed to be eye catching will include a

layering of colour.

The paradigmatic feature of

the floral dress reinforces

the femininity of the

magazine cover. This

creates the syntagmaticmeaning of effeminacy.


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The paradigmatic feature of the colour palette and the

focus on red and pink creates the syntagmatic

meaning of ladies. Both the mast head and the

main image incorporate similar tones and as a

result the composition creates an enticing aesthetic

that will allow it to stand out on the magazine shelf.

The paradigmatic components such as Anne

Hathaways pose and hairstyle subtly conveys the

style of the magazine creating syntagmatic

connotations of the gender of the magazine and the

desired readers of the magazine content.

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