The masthead for this magazine is very clear and stands out compared to the rest of the text; it is in a separate box and is located at the top of the page, in larger writing than a majority of the text. At the top of the page there is a coloured strip, this helps to add extra colour and fills in white space as well as helping to attract reader’s attention to information located in the strip. The information within the strip isn't the most eye catching pieces but it is part of the magazine that some readers may find appealing. The colour of the strip itself is a light turquoise colour, which is appealing to the target age range of the magazine as they are very light and girly colours.
The magazine is aimed at younger teens as it has a fun feel to it, and the language used is directed towards this age range. Most of the text is written in brightly coloured text boxes, in a clear bold text. This helps the text to stand out, with the main stories in much larger fonts to the others, for example ‘BATTLE OF THE FITTEST’. This text is also in capital letters, again suggesting that this is the main feature of the magazine. This story headline is written in contrasting colours, pink and yellow, which are both bright and eye catching. The pink is used to attract the young teens, while the yellow makes this story stand out. The front page looks fairly crowded and messy, which could be seen as a modern way to layout the magazine, or can be because the publishers wanted to put a lot of information on the front page to attract a wide variety of teen girls.
The boys on the main image are wearing similar clothing, both wearing a hoodie, which suggests that they are every similar to each other, possibly because the bands themselves are in the same music market or because they are individually similar. One boy is wearing very light clothing, a white hoodie, while the other is wearing a dark purple. This could suggest that even though they are wearing similar clothing, they still want to be separated and seen as two people. The boys are both smiling in the image, which suggests that, the pose and the ‘battle’ is only a joke and a way to attract the magazine’s audience and that they don’t really believe that it is a fight between them. Other images are a lot smaller, and are all surrounding by a frame, which helps to make the image stand out against the text on the page. Borders are typically used to keep attention in straight lines, so by using them on a fairly messy front page it breaks convention of border usage.
The main image on the front page is of two boys standing back to back with their arms folded. This pose suggests that the boys are on the defence and are posed for a fight. The crossed arms represent a person who is very closed and on edge, this, combined with them standing back to back creates the sense of tension between them and like they are preparing for a fight. This portrayal is further enhanced by the headline over the image ‘BATTLE OF THE FITTEST’ which continues to explain the image by telling us they are from rival boy bands.
Overall the front page of this magazine works well to attract young teen girls. It uses bright colours and highlights important information that al help attract the attention of the girls. By having the two boys on the front it will also attract girls as they can be seen as good looking, so a large number of girls will want to read the magazine because of this. Other images show more famous faces, and the information used in the texts is specific to young teen girls, saying things about beauty and fashion, which is 2 of the things that young teen girls will want to know about.
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