Textual analysis of magazines

The front cover includes the 'hit' show 'The inbetweeners'; this will make the teenage audience it is trying to attract interested in the magazine and make them want to read on. The banner on the magazine 'The inbetweeners interview inside' stands out and grabs the reader's attention, the words are large and on a yellow background which helps it stand out even more. The only writing on the front cover that is bigger than the banner is the title of the magazine 'First car'; the larger fonts used for these two headings shows it must have some importance to the magazine, which they evidently do the title needs to stand out so that you know what the magazine is called and the banner does so you know what the magazine contains inside. The title is large and in bold on a dark background, this catches the eye of the passer by. The photograph used is a shot of the characters from 'The inbetweeners' this lets you know without even reading the titles or subtitles that there is a special inside on the show or characters. The colours used on the front colour and straplines all combine together such as yellows, blacks and whites which helps the magazine look tidy and quite expensive for a student magazine. The niche audience is for teenagers you can tell this as there is a subheading saying 'the magazine for young people' this easily shows the type of audience the magazine is trying to attract.