Friday, 26 September 2014


Marjorie Ferguson 1980


 Identified four types of facial expression in the cover of women’s magazines:
Chocolate Boxhalf or full-smile, lips together or slightly parted, teeth barely visible, full or three-quarter face to camera. Projected mood: blandly pleasing, like a warm bath, where uniformity of features in their smooth perfection is devoid of uniqueness or of individuality.

Target Audiences fort his type of cover would usually be mid aged women, an example being mums. 


Invitationalemphasis on the eyes, mouth shut or with only a hint of a smile, head to one side or looking back to camera. Projected mood: suggestive of mischief or mystery, the hint of contact potential rather than sexual promise, the cover equivalent of advertising’s soft sell.


The audience attracted by this cover could be fashionists and yet again women from aged 20 plus. 

Super-smilerfull face, wide open toothy smile, head thrust forward or chin thrown back, hair often wind-blown. Projected mood: aggressive, ‘look-at-me’ demanding, the hard sell, ‘big come-on’ approach.

The audience that may be interested in this could be young teens plus. 

Romantic or Sexual: a fourth and more general classification devised to include male and female ‘two-somes’; or the dreamy, heavy-lidded, unsmiling big-heads, or the overtly sensual or sexual. Projected moods: possible ‘available’ and definitely ‘available’.

The chosen audience this may appeal to would be old teens plus , especially in todays society, 

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