The masthead of the magazine "shout" is a weekly magazine about celebrity and you tuber gossip. The target audience of the magazine are young teenage girls, aged 10-14, who are fans of the genre and topics inside the magazine. the masthead of the whole magazine is shout, i think that the name of the magazine reflects the genre and the reader, i believe this because, the whole idea of the magazine is for gossip, and when kids the age of the target audience hear gossip about a celebrity they want to"shout" it and let everyone know about it.
The main image on the cover of this magazine are of you tubers, who are very famous and influential in the eyes of the target audience. The creators of the magazine have chose to use these people on the front cover of their magazines because they know when the target audience see them on the cover it will attract them and make them buy it. Also if the target audience are inspired by these you tubers and want to be like them when they are older it will attract a brand new sub-section to the target audience.
All the images around the front cover of the magazine imply to us that this is a celebrity gossip/ you tuber magazine. It id clear to us that this is a celebrity gossip magazine because they have pictures of stars like Justin Bieber with the caption "Justin's secret snapchats". As well as this many other celebrity's are mentioned in this magazine including Justin Bieber and Little mix, seeing these stars names will make the target audience want to read about them. Other images on the front cover are of things like the beauty awards 2016, which also indicate to us that this magazine has also got a beauty genre to it as well.
The colours on the magazine are mainly pink, commonly seen as a feminist colour, suggesting to us that the magazine is trying to create the target audience to be mainly young girls. other colours used on the front cover are black and yellow, yellow because it is a strong, pastel colour, helps grab readers attention on the shelf, and black to brig out the other 2 colours in great more depth.
The font used on the magazine is mainly a bold bubbly font, this could suggest to us that it is trying to attract children to it because the font seems very powerful but childish. Also all the writing in this font is all in capital letters as well, makes the writing seem more important, also very in the readers face so that they know what the magazine is about.
Like many magazines aimed at young children, this magazine comes with a free gift for the readers, it is what looks like a hair band, further emphasising the fact that this magazine is aimed at young/ teenage girls. It makes the audience feel as if they have been given extra for the money they have spent on the magazine, which can make them want to buy more and more issues after that.
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