heat

• The set cover for Media Studies AQA GCSE is a magazine titled 'Heat'.
• The cover of the magazine is busy with multiple images and lines, suggesting that it is full of content.
• The masthead for the magazine 'Heat' suggests that it is a hot magazine filled with hot gossip.
• The lowercase letters used in the masthead of 'Heat' make it seem more alternative, down to earth and informal.
• Most of the pictures in the magazine 'Heat' feel like paparazzi photos, taken on the street, adding to the sense of realism.
• The use of hyperbolic language on the front of 'Heat' such as 'shock', 'terrified', 'secretive', 'heartache', adds a sense of drama and excitement, making things seem more dramatic and appealing to an audience.
• The use of enigma codes on the front cover of 'Heat' suggests that there are questions that need to be answered, encouraging an audience to read the whole magazine.
• The use of celebrity endorsements, such as Harry and Meghan, suggests that the magazine is aimed at a general audience.
• Posh Spice, a member of the Spice Girls, is also featured on the front of the magazine, representing women as powerful and dominant.
• The use of bright colors on the front cover makes it seem exciting and fun.
• The bonus material advertised in the top left-hand corner of the front cover gives the impression that the magazine has value for money, attracting audiences who want something extra for their cash.
• The use of colloquial phrases like "baby daddy" on the front cover suggests that the magazine is aimed at a younger, less educated audience.
• The word "exclusive" on the front cover suggests that the magazine has something that no other magazine has, which might draw in an audience.
• Giovanna Fletcher is referred to as the "Queen of the Castle" on the front of the magazine, suggesting her power and dominance.
• The price of the magazine, 1.95, is relatively cheap, making it accessible to a wide range of audiences, particularly working class and average women.
• The use of very large images on the front cover suggests that the magazine is trying to catch the eye and make things very bold and persuasive, but the fact that there's relatively minimal writing and lots of very large images may be to make it easy to understand for audiences.
• The use of intertextual references to celebrities and other pop culture products on the front cover of 'Heat' is a good way of widening the readership, attracting fans of those shows to buy the magazine.
• The use of confident words such as 'badass' in the context of fashion on the front cover of 'Heat' represents women as being confident and aggressive, a modern representation.