CSP : tatler

 1) Look at the Tatler Media Pack. Go to page 2: how does the editor introduce the magazine?

AS a very glamourous and fancy or posh magazine for the upper class


2) Now go to page 4 of the Media Pack. Focus on the print magazine (NOT tatler.com - the website). List the key demographic details: age, gender %, ABC1 % (social class), HHI (Household Income), % of those living in London and the South East. What do these demographic details suggest about the average Tatler reader?

89% female, average age of 29, London and south England and a AB social class



3) Look at page 6. What do Tatler readers think about fashion? How much do they spend?

They see it as avery succesful promotion method and bussiness they have spent 843 million pounds.




4) Go to page 10. What are the special editions of Tatler that run throughout the year? What does this suggest about the Tatler audience? What about the pyschographic audience group that best fits Tatler?

Travel Guide

MARCH
Weddings Guide

APRIL

Beauty & Cosmetic Surgery Guide

JUNE
Spa Guide

JULY

Watches & Jewellery Guide

OCTOBER
Schools Guide







Media language

1) What different examples of typography can you find on the cover of Tatler? What are the connotations of the serif and sans serif fonts?

The connotations are serious ands mature and sophisticated whereas the sans has a very bold and eye catching look giving connotations of drama.

2) How do the cover lines appeal to the Tatler target audience?


By using political or a mature type of drama to engage the relative

3) What are the connotations of the Tatler colour scheme on this particular front cover?

VEry bright and posh type of watercolours

4) How is the central image designed to create interest in the magazine? Find three reasons for your answer. (E.g. the model, the mise-en-scene such as props, costume and make-up, body position, facial expression etc.)


Representations

1) What celebrities or famous people are mentioned on the cover? Why do you think Tatler put them on the cover?
Emma Weymouth. They put her on the cover to show their connection with the bl
2) What do the cover lines suggest about the lifestyle of rich people in the UK?
That it is very fancy and high brow

3) Looking at the image and cover lines together, what different groups of people are represented on the cover and how are they represented? (E.g. men/women/rich people/race & ethnicity etc.) 
There isnt really any race mentioned within the cover lines but the image represents a black women as powerful and strong.
4) Are there any stereotypes being reinforced or subverted? How? Why?
There is one subverted stereotype which is that black people cant be as rich as white people as it represents a very powerful

Social and cultural contexts

1) What types of people are NOT featured in Tatler? (Watch the clip above again if you need help with this - the clue is in the title 'Posh People') The lower classes such as working class or lower class

2) Tatler runs special issues on holidays, spa breaks, cosmetic surgery, watches and jewellery and private schools. What does this suggest about the magazine's representation of life in Britain?  That it is very glamorous and fancy or enjoyable

3) What audience groups might be offended or insulted by the front cover of Tatler? 
The low bro type audiences such as working class
4) Find three other front covers for Tatler from different months. What issues, subjects or people are regularly featured in Tatler?












































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