The date and the price is shown in a small text near the masthead. The price is shown in a small text because the central image attracts the audience before they find out how much it costs. The price is £3.99 which is a lot of magazine, although the magazine is very popular which suggests a lot of people will buy the magazine even though it is very high in price. The date shown is "August 2008" which indicates that it is a monthly magazine as there is no specific date for release. This also suggests that it has a monthly audience who buy the magazine. The masthead is usually the most biggest and brightest text on the front of the magazine cover. This is because it draws attention to the title of the magazine and the readers who usually buy this magazine monthly will see the big title straight away. The bright colours also makes the magazine stand out from the rest of the magazines which will be on the magazine stand with it.
The tagline "THE WORLD'S BIGGEST MOVIE MAGAZINE" attracts the target audience and makes the magazine stand out. It also attracts a new potential audience as it guarantees high quality and states popularity. It will also suggests that if this magazine was next to another magazine and the reader was indecisive about which magazine to buy this would encourage them to buy this magazine. "45 NEW MOVIES YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT RIGHT NOW!" This use of text grabs the audience's attention. The use of words such as "need" and "right now" emphasise that if the reader does not pick this magazine they will be missing out on some amazing and important information the magazine will include.
The use of a barcode is to make it clear that the magazine is not a free magazine. Also, it denotes professionalism, making it not look free and of low quality. The barcode is positioned in the far bottom right so it does not distract the audience of steal focus from any other important feature on the cover, mainly the main image. The use of the blue star helps to navigate the potential audience around the front cover of the magazine. It directs them to finding out information the reader may want to know.
The website address is located under the masthead. It is important for the viewers as the readers are most likely to be film lovers, in which case they can find out more about the new film and find out exclusive news and facts. Also the use of social media conveys the idea that the audience is those between the ages of 15 to 25 (older teenagers and young adults.)as they tend to be the age group is most likely to use social media networking sites.
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