THE MASTHEAD, is big and bold capitals to help it stands out to the audience. People will automatically look at the masthead and recognise the magazine from the colours and font ect. Pink and purple colours which are represented as stereotypical girly colours.

THE MAIN IMAGE, the main image is of a well known artist who is popular to the genre of music the magazine is targeted at. Britney is sexualized in this image, as she has her hair and make up done, and she has a lot of skin showing.

Barcode-date/issue/price- this helps sell the magazine in the shops, so they know the price when they scan the barcode. The issue number helps keep the readers organized with which issue they need or haven’t read.

BACKGROUND, the background is a very soft colour, and the colour is purple which gives a girly approach to the magazine, as the colour purple is stereotyped to be quite feminine. The softness of the background shows that the genre of music may be soft music.

USE OF A PULL QUOTE, this quote makes the audience intrigued into finding out why Britney was told to behave. It shows that the magazine may have stories or gossip on this artist, or similar artists to Britney's genre of music. From the magazine calling Britney by her first name, makes it non formal, and gives a friendly approach.

THE SELL LINES/COVER LINES, help to sell the magazine by telling the audience what's included in the magazine or who’s in it. It also shows what type of genre the magazine is from showing what artists will be included in the magazine. The sell lines make the audience feel as if they’re getting more for their money by using words such as ‘PLUS’, it makes the reader feel as if they’ll be missing out if they don’t buy the magazine.

The sell lines use up a lot of space in this magazine. They ask questions to the audience to make them want to read on and find out more, it also makes the magazine seem friendly and informal because they are directly speaking to the reader.

RULE OF THIRDS/THE LEFT THIRD, the left third has the flash, a lot of the background, a pull quote and the mast head. This makes the magazine cover look uneven, which could suggest what the type of genre the music type within the magazine is like.

THE HEADER, tells the reader what they’ll be getting free with the magazine, making it seem as if they’re getting more for their money. This helps to attract the reader and persuade them to buy the magazine.

FRONT COVER ANALYSISTHE MASTHEAD, is big and bold capitals to help it stands out to the audience. People will automatically look at the masthead and recognise the magazine from the colours and font ect.

THE HEADER, says it’s a special, and it’s 16 pages which makes the reader feel as if they are getting a lot for their money.

THE SELL LINES/COVER LINES, help to sell the magazine by telling the audience what's included in the magazine or who’s in it. It also shows what type of genre the magazine is.

THE MAIN IMAGE, is a well known artist which will help sell the magazine as the main image is such a big part of the magazine. Dizzee Rascal looks happy in this image and is crouching down. The image is a canted angle which shows chaos. The main image shows that it’s related to hip hop or indie. It’s his own style, but he still looks clean and tidy.

THE MAIN COVER LINE, attracts the audience because it’s in big capital bold writing which is the artist’s name. it’s in the centre as it’s the first place the audience will look. The writing is at a canted angle to give the impression of chaos, using the same effect as the main image.

Barcode-date/issue/price- this helps sell the magazine in the shops, so they know the price when they scan the barcode. The issue number helps keep the readers organized with which issue they need or haven’t read.

THE FOOTER, gives more information to the audience and tells them what type of genre the magazine is.USE OF A PULL QUOTE,

this is a happy and friendly quote from Dizzee Rascal, we know this because he uses the word ‘man’ to make it friendly, and the word ‘joy’ which gives a happy approach. This shows that it is not formal.

BACKGROUND, the background is very busy and colourful and the background looks like a wall with graffiti on. This is relating to the type of genre.

USE OF A FLASHER, offers something extra to the target audience. It stand out because the white writing contrasts the red background. It gives a friendly approach by using words like ‘wowee zowee’.

RULE OF THIRDS/THE LEFT THIRD, the left third has the flash, a lot of the background, a pull quote and the mast head. This makes the magazine cover look uneven, which could suggest what the type of genre the music type within the magazine is like.

BACKGROUND, there is no background on this front cover magazine because it’s too busy with photographs, sell lines and the mast head. This helps relating to the genre because it all looks a bit messy as everything is on top of one another. A little bit of empty space is shown in the colour yellow to make the blacks which are mainly used, to stand out.

THE MAIN IMAGE, straight away from looking at the main image you can tell the type of genre the magazine includes. This is from the dark clothing, dark hair, and dark eyes. It’s a well known artist in this type of genre, which will attract its target audience. The man in the image looks serious, to show the genre of music is quite serious and dull.

THE MASTHEAD, is black bold capital writing which contracts on the white background, making it stand out. People will automatically look at the masthead and recognise the magazine from the colours and font ect.

RULE OF THIRDS/THE LEFT THIRD, the rule of thirds isn’t really used on this magazine because everything seems as if it’s just been thrown on the front cover, as there is a lot of information. Although, the artists top half of his body is to the front of everything else behind it in the top centre third at the top. It covers a bit of the mast head, but makes the face stand out even more, as it’s less busy around his face.

Barcode-date/issue/price- this helps sell the magazine in the shops, so they know the price when they scan the barcode. The issue number helps keep the readers organized with which issue they need or haven’t read.

THE FOOTER, gives more information to the audience and tells them what type of genre the magazine is. It tells us what else is including in the magazine, to make the audience feel as if they're getting a lot for their money.

THE SELL LINES/COVER LINES, help to sell the magazine by telling the audience what's included in the magazine or who’s in it. It also shows what type of genre the magazine is. In this magazine it tells us who is starring in the magazine and lists a long list of artists and says ‘and more’ making the audience feel as if they're is a lot they will want to read about in this issue

USE OF PHOTOGRAPHS, a lot of different photos are placed on this front cover, this helps the audience understand who’s in the magazine without having to read all the sell lines. All the photographs are of artists of the same genre of music as the magazine and it’s audience. You can tell straight away from the photographs, the type of genre which the magazine is about.