Textual Analysis Part 1 GQ

GQ

This is a very standard magazine cover, as this a mens magazine and has a male that is relevant to their target audience due to Ryan Gosling who is the same age as their target audience. The stories that are in the magazine are also relevant to the target audience because the people that would read this magazine would like to know about the stories, this will draw the reader in to buying the magazine as they will want to watch know what is going on around that topic. This magazine cover ill also draw women into buying it due to having Ryan Gosling on the front cover as he is looking directly at the audience drawing them in, he is also attractive so will get people buy the magazine because they like him. people may also buy the magazine because of Ryan Gosling is on the front cover and they are fans of Ryan Gosling 

He is in the centre of the shot in the middle of the thirds this also draws the audience in and makes him stand out more due to him being in the middle third of the magazine. This shows that he is very important for the magazine because he will draw in more audience for the magazine and because their audience can relate to him as he is the same age as them, they would also look up to him or be like him as he is an influential male with fashion so if they see what he is wearing they will want to be like him.
We can see that this magazine is made for men because on the front cover we can see a man they they will relate to in some  way. It also talks about rebooting their wardrobe which males are now doing. It also tells you how to build a boat which mainly men to as it is a big hands on job which stereotypically men do. The name of the magazine also shows that it is aimed at men because it is called Gentlemen's Quarterly (GQ). This magazine is well known because they don't have to put their whole name on the front cover so shows that people know this magazine very well was they can know the magazine without the whole name on the magazines front cover.