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By looking at front covers such as this it gives me ideas to start forming my front cover. This example looks typically like a pop magazine by the colours used pinks and purples, the sparkles, bright pink and yellow gives it a girly feel. and this appeals to its target audience( teenage girls), the main story is on High School Musical which is targeted at many people, there are alot of images on the front and lots of writing making it look busy and exiting so i will try and put alot of these features onto my magazine. This magazine would be read for all Escapism, Personal relationships ( this is shown by the headline"Your a star" making the reader feel on a one to one basis), Personal Identity( there is advice on clothes on the front page "A list glam. 56 hot buys" this is creating an identity by copying a celebrity image) and surveillance.
The stories would interest young girls as they are about celebrities or are interesting or shocking (body shock).
This magazine shows the genre of pop very well, and will help me create my magazine.