The front cover shows a medium close up of a well-known aritst taking up the majority of the page showing it is at the top of the visual hierachy. This suggests to the audience that the artist is the main focus of the fornt cover as well as showing his significance. The layout is quite conventional as the masthead (showing the name of the magazine) is at the top and is the biggest piece of text. This effectivley allows the audience to notice the name of the magazine allowing it to be recognized in future issues.
Taking the colour scheme into account, I would say that the colour scheme would appeal to a younger auience due to the bright and bold uses of white and light pink which connotes youth and energy.
When first looking at the page the audiences eyes are immediatley drawn towards the phrase "The Teenagers". This already shows that the article focuses on a young audience which is strengthened by an image taking up all of the left-hand side of the page portraying 3 young people. This would attract the attention of the teenage audience as the phrase as well as the picture indirectly relate to them.
Once again, their is a bold colour scheme with highlights of blue,black and white. I believe the this piece in particluar would appeal to a male teenage auidence as the colour scheme is rather masculine as shades of blue are typically associated with males as opposed to pink being typically associated with females.
You show basic research into similar products here - you must think about the magazine genre you wish to create and use some examples of this including contents and double page spread. You also need to use media specific terminology to analyse the magazine and explain how it attracts its target audience. How do the images work? What shot types have they used? Why?
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