Cover Deconstruction

Masthead- It's the title of the magazine, it's placed at the top of the page so that's the first thing you see. Fans that buy that magazine weekly will recognise it as it always stays the same.

Sell line- It's a short sentence telling readers what else the magazine will contain. It's usually the main story within the magazine, so will link to the image of the celebrity. It won't give away too much as it wants to draw in the audiences attention, and tease them to want to read more.

Bubble- Way of highlighting something that's nothing to do with the image. This can include a competition

Main image- This is a giant image of a person, a well known celebrity. Whoever it is will link to the sell line. It builds an identity for the magazine as people will recognise the person or people on the front cover

Subheading- It explains the sell line further in a little more detail, but not too much as they still want to tease the audience so they will be enticed to buy it

Barcode- It's used to sell the magazine at the counter, usually the price is place just beside the barcode too in a small font, so the price doesn't put off the audience