Feature Spread Analysis
Feature Spreads Analysis of "Mother Earth Living"
After analyses of both, the covers and tables of contents, of "Mother Earth Living" I will also analyze a few of its feature spreads. This will also assist me when kaing my own spread for my magazine, "Nature's Boon".
One repeated aspect of the spreads that I have significantly noticed is the profuse amount of texts on them. Many magazines have a central image in spreads and surround it with text but this particular magazine focuses more on the content than the actual focus of calling attention to their images. But like any other spread they highlight certain topics of the issue and its theme with a wide variety.
For example, the "Stay Healthy While Traveling" issue suggest they address the concept of health when visiting other places out of one's everyday environment. To compliment this focus, Mother Earth Living included a two page spread where they provide guidance as to how to use herbs for health and possible interactions they may have with certain substances. This is a pattern that is present within the magazine, where the spreads, many time, deal with health.
The "Stay well with elderberry" follows these same line. The cover also depicts that it contains articles on how to "boost your immune system" and such, highlighting the health aspect. In the two pages they provide tips on how to "boost heart health", "improve bone density" and a variety of subjects like this. It displays a sort of care for the audience as the magazine doesn't strictly stick to health but give significant guidance on it rather than strict instruction.
This sort of care for the audience can also be emphasized in a special spread for the "elderberry" issue where the readers sent their feedback and experiences with herbs and plants based on the magazine. The section was titled "Your Remarks".
Editors also replied to these messages almost like having a conversation, having the audience be heard and the magazine could benefit from some feedback simultaneously. This communication creates a sense of intimacy with the audience and creates a connection which breaks the wall between simply having a magazine brand and the subscribers.
The family-like aspect of showing care for the audience is also surfaced in the images. They never really stick to a specific gender or age in the people they photograph. Various age groups are races are displayed accordingly to the issue. The images also seem to have similar editing styles repeatedly.
As I previously mentioned in my blog post on Mother Earth Living's table of content, the images maintain this white lighting in their images that gives the sense that natural lighting is present in all of them. They also remain persistently candid. I believe the diversity of the people in the images and the natural lighting also communicates a message that the articles, information and advice provided can be applies to everyone at home and anyone can apply them to their lives. I can greatly appreciate this element and would like to apply it to my own magazine. What this does is also make the audience feel comfortable,as well as widen its audience range with the diversity.
The following are some Images from Mother Earth Living, displaying its diversity in its images.
For example, the "Stay Healthy While Traveling" issue suggest they address the concept of health when visiting other places out of one's everyday environment. To compliment this focus, Mother Earth Living included a two page spread where they provide guidance as to how to use herbs for health and possible interactions they may have with certain substances. This is a pattern that is present within the magazine, where the spreads, many time, deal with health.
The "Stay well with elderberry" follows these same line. The cover also depicts that it contains articles on how to "boost your immune system" and such, highlighting the health aspect. In the two pages they provide tips on how to "boost heart health", "improve bone density" and a variety of subjects like this. It displays a sort of care for the audience as the magazine doesn't strictly stick to health but give significant guidance on it rather than strict instruction.
This sort of care for the audience can also be emphasized in a special spread for the "elderberry" issue where the readers sent their feedback and experiences with herbs and plants based on the magazine. The section was titled "Your Remarks". Editors also replied to these messages almost like having a conversation, having the audience be heard and the magazine could benefit from some feedback simultaneously. This communication creates a sense of intimacy with the audience and creates a connection which breaks the wall between simply having a magazine brand and the subscribers.
The family-like aspect of showing care for the audience is also surfaced in the images. They never really stick to a specific gender or age in the people they photograph. Various age groups are races are displayed accordingly to the issue. The images also seem to have similar editing styles repeatedly.
As I previously mentioned in my blog post on Mother Earth Living's table of content, the images maintain this white lighting in their images that gives the sense that natural lighting is present in all of them. They also remain persistently candid. I believe the diversity of the people in the images and the natural lighting also communicates a message that the articles, information and advice provided can be applies to everyone at home and anyone can apply them to their lives. I can greatly appreciate this element and would like to apply it to my own magazine. What this does is also make the audience feel comfortable,as well as widen its audience range with the diversity.
The following are some Images from Mother Earth Living, displaying its diversity in its images.
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