Research Into Magazine Cover Text - Luke

Magazine Teaser Text

·         World Exclusive

·         First Looks!

·         Ultimate Winter preview

·         Guy Ritchie loads Revolver

·         Grab Your Golden ticket!

·         The 60 Hour Movie You Must See

·         Essential Winter Preview

·         Definitive In-Depth Access

·         Sizzling Exclusives!

·         On Set Of The Alien Invasion

·         Confessions Of A Control Freak

·         Who Should Win?

·         Welcome To Wonderland

·         The interview the world’s been waiting for

·         The Da Vinci Code but better

·         Action’s new hero

·         The summer’s darkest blockbuster

The language that is used across these teaser texts boasts a sense of exclusivity that couldn’t be found anywhere else. They’re trying to show the reader that you are reading this before most people persuade them into purchasing their product. Words that are used a lot on magazine cover teaser texts usually relates to recent films ‘Guy Ritchie Loads Revolver’ and ‘Welcome to Wonderland’ as two examples. These tap into a certain audience of film fans and entice them into reading. Words such as ‘World Exclsuive’ ‘Ultimate’ ‘Sizzling Exclusives’ ‘Must See’ are used as a way of getting the reader excited as they are exciting words and manage to persuade a reader without saying much. Some teaser text is used as a way of summarizing an article ‘The Da Vinci Code but better’