This magazine cover targets a young female audience aged 10-13 years old from a lower social class. This is evident through the use of bright pink and yellow colours, cartoon-like images of girls' clothes, and child-friendly themes. The magazine uses modern technology references like a heart to convey "love" to appeal to its target audience. The large bold fonts, bright colours, and overlapping images are used to grab attention and highlight the main story.

1. This magazine uses media that The images that the cover contains
includes bright colours which could are bright, cartoon-like and child
relate to an audience of young friendly. The artists that are
females. This is apparent due to included are seen as pop artists
colours such as pink and yellow which appeal to a younger
which is used in a cliché manner to audience of about 10 years+ who
refer to young females. The media are of a lower social class. Images
included also contains child of girls clothes are used which also
friendly themes and refers to a young female audience.
designs, further emphasising its
child friendliness.
The mast head of the magazine uses
imagery to relate to the target
The fonts used on the magazine audience by including a picture of a
cover are bold and follow the heart which is used in text messaging
‘young female’ styled colour to portray the word ‘love.’ Using
scheme which shows a consistent semiotics that relate to modern day
and neat layout. This is seen as technology means that they are
appealing and improves the trying to also relate to the target
magazines aesthetic quality. The audience who are seen as a
use of block capitals makes the generation brought up on
individual stories and articles stand technology.
out. The size of the font depend on
the importance of the article which
allows the customer to see the
main story easier and be attracted
to he magazine for this reason.

2. This magazine uses a large masthead
The colour scheme of the font to grasp the attention of the
magazine is very mature by being audience. The white font colour
black and white which suggests allows the masthead to stand out
that the magazine is not for an from the dark black background. The
audience below the age of 13. The masthead also includes a small piece
semiotics behind the colour of text saying “new” which is also
scheme include the yellow, that attention grasping as it is where the
intercepts the black and audiences eyes will first look to read
white, which implies that the the title.
contents is not boring and has a The magazine cover includes a main
hint of craziness. story image of a famous artist to
make the magazine look more
exclusive for the target audience. The
The font used around the
image is very large and even overlaps
cover is in block capitals which
the masthead which makes the story
makes it stand out along with
stand out and suggests that the story
its colour which helps it stand
is very important and worth the
out from the black
audience’s time. The image focus, the
background.
artist, is making eye contact with the
camera and audience which
The language used is quick and subconsciously makes the story more
short, which could suggest that exclusive to the magazine. The focus
it’s trying to pack in as much of the image is wearing dark
content as possible and is full of clothes, this subconsciously makes
urgent news that may interest the audience feel that in the interview
the reader. It is also written in with him, he has dark secrets.
full English meaning it most
likely relates to an older
audience.

3. NME is a well known organisation This magazine cover looks more
which when seen, is usually related cluttered than most music
to music articles or stories. The magazines. This makes the
popularity of the organisation audience think that the magazine
means they can afford to have a has more content and is maybe
smaller masthead but still be better than the others for content
recognised as a big named quality.
magazine. The masthead is in the
top left corner and is not too The magazine uses a basic white and
noticeable as it blends in with the red text colour scheme which
other text on the cover. doesn’t clash and ruin the colours
used in the image in the background
The large article name “AMY” of the magazine cover. The images
stands out more than any colours are very neu6tral and are not
other aspect of the magazine too bright which allows the audience
cover which draws the to read the articles on the front
reader’s eyes to the main and easily.
most likely more interesting
article. The image used to show a main
story article is of a well known
music artist who appeals to all
The language used in NME is ages meaning the magazine could
very neutral and has no be for any age and background.
specific style, yet its lack of The eye contact that the image
informal language suggests shows makes the artist look more
that it focuses on an older and mysterious and dark, which could
more mature audience. entice the reader into finding out
more.