Analyse two different digital magazines. 500 words each

Compare two digital magazines.
500 words each.

http://www.bridesmagazine.co.uk/

Navagation

' Page 1: Remember Oscar '
The image is clearly labed and gives a clue that the certain topic is aimed at to those who are looking for a wedding dress.
The navigation on this certain image is ' In Fashion '.
When you click on the link you do get directed to the certain area you want to view.

 'Page 2: Top Trends'
The image gives the reader an insight on where to look for the certain relevent subject you want to go.
The navigation of this is that is says the 'Top Trends' are ' In blog' and has a link to click to take you to the blog to view the top trends.
Once clicking onto the link you do get directed to the certain topic you do want to go to.

  'Page 3: The Little Things'
 This image is of 'little things' which make up the whole wedding which will be important to the readers.
The image clearly shows wedding invites and table numbers which are needed for the wedding.
Therefore the navigation for this is made simple and less time consuming since the designer of the website has put a clear and easy access to the certain part of the site you'd want in ' In blog'.




'Page 4: Gothic Angel'

Navigation is simple and easy in all images of the slideshow since there is links in the same place of each. However the images are all completly different from eachother which is important for each navigation.
The ' Gothic Angel in Fashion . This navagates the reader to the image where they want a wedding dress similar to the model in the photo, unlike having a traditional wedding dress like page 1.




Page 5: Vera Wang'
This is aimed at those women who want a wedding dress designed by the designer Vera Wang.
Also the navigation is important since all 3 of these wedding dresses slides are 'In Fashion' they narrow the slide navigations narrow it down to style.






'Page 6: Honeymoon Guide'
Completely different to all the other slides since with a wedding will come a honeymoon, worthy of a slide.
The simple and and quick navigation to something important and may take someone long to research and find.
'Honeymoon Guide In Blog' is a direct link to the page you'd want to visit.

Animated Graphics

There isn't many animated graphics on http://www.bridesmagazine.co.uk/
The bridal magazine ive chosen has to advertise is 'Vogue' which is a designer wedding brand, which features photos of famous celebrities in wedding dresses/bridal dresses.
The animated graphics of this certain photo is blinking, it flashes on and off to try and grab the readers attention to download and read.

The slides are paced 5 seconds apart so the reader can read and has an insight of what the magazine has install to read.
 The image which is included at the bottom of the website features Taylor Swift, with bold letters ' VOGUE ' on her forehead has an animation of also a blinking on and off screen effect which then switches to the other ' Vogue ' image at the top of the screen. Yet again, the blinking emotion of this animation on the image and the celebrity endorsement is to catch the readers attention to click on the ad so the bridal website can get money.

Overall Layout

The overall layout of the homepage is very narrow and needs more space to spread alot of things out since the page is very crowded.
The center of the magazine homepage is very confusing to look at since there is a vertical row of different articles, althought the certain articles do provide a little infomation.
It makes the whole page look messy and out of place.
The navigation bar under the title is clear and easy to navigate and access certain parts of the page.
There is alot of images which floods the page.

Fonts and colour of interactivity.

There is no special fonts, But the use of interactivity is used in colour which is in the colour pink because the website is aimed at females.
Theres also a use of orange on subtitles which is also a pastal orange which is also very girly and eyecatching to read and click on.

Word count : 706 words.






http://www.fhm.com/

Navigation

There is easy navigation of this site with its navigation bar.
This is a typical man site with headings of pages which men would find interesting.
Also there is box headings which can direct you onto 'featured' navigations to click on which may be popular/interesting.
Once you click on the subheading of titles, the titles change from block capitals to orange block capitals.
This may be more eyecatching for the male eyes, and may help them remember which site they were using in the future.

Animated Graphics

The animated graphics on this website is of two advertisments of freederm spot cleansing products.


The animations are a moving duck which is gliding along the icecaps, and there is a caption of ' What makes you feel free?' and then changes to an advertisment of ' Freederm gel '
The animations are of cartoons and i wouldn't think is appropriate for an older male site.
Although the animated graphics don't seem the age range for the site, it may appeal to dads to buy it for their sons or maybe themselves if they do have breakout of spots.
It's also a good animation to promote the brand along with social media which alot of young males will have on their smartphones/tablets.
This animation requires twitter to hashtag.
This site would improve if it did have more animations of their own or videos

Overall Layout

The overall layout in my opinion is very basic and simple and really easy to access certain areas of the site which can be good.
However i don't find the site appealing or eyecatching.
The articles on the site seem very random in some areas,but then some of the articles are very related like ' Bromance ' which is a slang teen word for ' man love ' but in a joke way.
However this word is used amoungst most teenagers, some young adult men also use the word as joke for a  laugh with their mates.
The page is very narrow and dont allow much space for things, so therefore everything looks very vertical and messy since the articles are very close together on one page.

Use of colour

The title is in orange and the rest of the writing is in either a plain black or a block black typed style.
The background is a plain white which isn't very eyecatching.
It makes the website look plain and boring and empty.
The adverisments have alot of blue in them as it features alot of the sky, it's the only thing which makes the website look appealing and slightly eyecatching.
The colour quality of the photos and pictures they've used are very eyecatching, mostly dark images but they're clear to see and easy to understand without needing to read the title.

 

Fonts and interactivity

There is fonts used on this website of 'block letters'
which may be appealing to the male eye, and once you hover over the block letters they change to the colour orange,
There is a few uses of italics under the title of ' It's great to be a man' this may interact with the males as to feel superior and interested about the site as it makes them feel good about themselves.

Word Count: 536
All together word count: 1,251