Magazine Covers - Ms Wigly

Four Four Two

Four four two is a football magazine which is targeted at men. The magazine cover uses symbolic & written codes to appeal to its audience. The central main image is a picture of the famous football icon David Beckham. This is a medium shot to which enables the readers to see that David Beckham is wearing his team colours. This will appeal to the audiences as the magazine is most properly about football. Since four four two is a football magazine they use a famous football star In order to show the genre of the magazine just by looking at the main image.  Four four two have already used a technical code in order to appeal to its audience.

Four four two have used written codes in order to appeal to its audience. The use of its bright red coloured masthead appeal to its audience as it stands outs in front of the plain white background.  Also, it also adds a contrast to the red carpet that David Beckham is standing on connoting that he is a famous superstar across the world.  This is one of the symbolic codes that four four two have used on their front cover.  

David Beckhams body language suggests that he is in control of the ball. This can also connote that he is in control of the sport itself “football”. His body language identifies him as a important person in the football world.

Four four two have used written codes in order to engage readers on the front cover. The use of colour text informs the readers about additional stories. For example, “exclusive interview with David Beckham” which is in white colour over laying the red carpet.