https://padlet.com/calbeard/g6thqshh7g6o Made with love en-us 2017-10-31 14:25:56 UTC 2017-12-07 15:47:50 UTC hello@padlet.com calbeard https://padlet.com/calbeard/g6thqshh7g6o/wish/202775860 2017-11-02 04:28:32 UTC https://padlet.com/calbeard/g6thqshh7g6o/wish/202775860 calbeard https://padlet.com/calbeard/g6thqshh7g6o/wish/202776465 2017-11-02 04:36:14 UTC https://padlet.com/calbeard/g6thqshh7g6o/wish/202776465 calbeard https://padlet.com/calbeard/g6thqshh7g6o/wish/202776597 2017-11-02 04:38:08 UTC https://padlet.com/calbeard/g6thqshh7g6o/wish/202776597 calbeard https://padlet.com/calbeard/g6thqshh7g6o/wish/202776758 Take a Break is a women's weekly magazine, and is also the most popular of its kind in the UK. It is based on dramatic content within everyday life. It is a magazine full of shocking and surprising articles based on events that have happened to everyday people. ]]> 2017-11-02 04:40:09 UTC https://padlet.com/calbeard/g6thqshh7g6o/wish/202776758 calbeard https://padlet.com/calbeard/g6thqshh7g6o/wish/202777100 Take a Break aims at te demographic group of C1C2DE women between the ages of 25 and 54. Typically Take a Break is aiming at mothers, and more specifically mothers who do not have much money. If a woman is a single mother with a low income for example, she will likely be in the house a lot and this type of magazine could be a time filler for her and also cater to her interests, similar to the TV show Jeremy Kyle. To use VALS theory Take a Break caters to survivors and strivers, the people reading take a break are both wanting money but also wanting to save money. This is backed up by the multiple competitions throughout the magazine which offer cash rewards. Also the money saving articles demonstrate that the magazine is aimed at those who want to save money and spend as little as possible, how they can get by for easy. This links in with the readers being very family orientated, they are providing for their children etc, which can be difficult so the craving to find out new money saving tips would be highly attractive to Take a Break readers. The use of holiday advertisements in the magazine also shows that the audience is interested in travelling. A similar trend can be seen involving things like beauty and cooking with many parts of the magazine including content based on these topics.

Take a Break aims at the survivor of society, often gamblers too, this is why the magazine is riddled with competitions and prizes. The people they are aiming at do not have a lot of money, they are getting by but not living a life of luxury, so they expect the reader to enter all these competitions and it clearly is a valid method. The psychograhics aimed at by Take a Break seems to be mothers and women who are married or in a relationship. This is based on the content which is family orientated, to tug at the emotions of these women and make them think about how they would feel if it happened to them. ]]> 2017-11-02 04:44:36 UTC https://padlet.com/calbeard/g6thqshh7g6o/wish/202777100 calbeard https://padlet.com/calbeard/g6thqshh7g6o/wish/202777258 The content is very shocking and dramatic. We can see below an article "ANOREXIC? NO! So what was killing me?". This title does the good job of locking you in with the extreme title, straight away you see "ANOREXIC?" and instantly look to see what it is about, then the following leaves you wondering what was "Killing her" and why did it seem like anorexia? Almost all of the content in the magazine is like this, very dramatic real life events. There is a title "He DUNKED our condoms in POISON" the words dunked and poison are in capital letters and underlined/in a contrasting colour. This title stands out and it is even more gripping when you know it is based on reality. As well as this there are a lot ofcompetitions that you can enter to win large amounts of money. There is a personal feel to the content, seeming to include the audience, this is done to make the audience feel like they are part of a group or community of like-minded people and get them invested for a long time. 

Take a Break also includes advertisements aimed towards the target audience, such as cleaning products like fairy liquid, shampoo, and other necessities. To cater to the interests of the audience the magazine includes a lot of content to meet their interests. This includes articles on fashion for example, the latest hand bags or coats and how much they cost, and where you can get them, as well as other fashion items like make up. There is also articles including cooking recipes, as a lot of Take a Break readers are mothers this makes sense to include because a lot of mothers cook for their family, they will likely be looking for new things to cook especially recipes that are cheaper, also healthy recipes to make sure their children are eating good. There is always a top tips section which could be regarding anything really, for example "Top tips to make your man happy". As well as that there is an Agony Aunt section in which people send in their problems and the "Agony Aunt" responds to them with advice. ]]> 2017-11-02 04:46:37 UTC https://padlet.com/calbeard/g6thqshh7g6o/wish/202777258 calbeard https://padlet.com/calbeard/g6thqshh7g6o/wish/202777274 Take a Break is full of bold, in your face cover lines and colours, stand out titles prevail here and it seems difficult to turn a page without something jumping out at you. On the front cover we can see bright colours of pink, blue and yellow, these are very contrasting colours and all bounce of each other to uncontrollably draw your attention. We can see a stand out title, "Evil hubby kept them locked up for TWO YEARS". This is a very dramatic title and that is done on purpose, they want you to notice it firstly so that is where the stand out colours come in. Then they want you to be shocked by what you read, leaving you curious about what has happened. They always will have a very intriguing and shocking title, but further information will be inside, of course leading to you buying he magazine and investing you time into it.

Take a Break has a very busy layout, there is always a lot happening on a page and there is very little blank spaces on the page. The cluttered layout reflects on the readers' lifestyle as a lot of them have a very busy lifestyle. rushing around and not getting much time to sit down and relax. The cluttered pages also give the illusion that there is a lot of content on every page, while there is actually not as much as it seems and the content is quite easy to dive in and out of. This is perfect for people with a busy lifestyle meaning they can read at the pace and amount they choose to. ]]> 2017-11-02 04:46:50 UTC https://padlet.com/calbeard/g6thqshh7g6o/wish/202777274 calbeard https://padlet.com/calbeard/g6thqshh7g6o/wish/202778273 2017-11-02 04:59:59 UTC https://padlet.com/calbeard/g6thqshh7g6o/wish/202778273