magazine front cover analysis

what do the magazines have in common or what are there diffrenses?

• now
• good house keeping
• womens own
• hello
• dr who

common

• the biggest story matches the image.
• they all have a big central image.
• they all have a celebrity as their main image witch will attract fans to.
• there is also texts around the main image.
• all have a central heading.
• small images or texts around the central image.
• they all have three or more colours.
• they all have a barcode and a price they also all have a date ,the barcode is near the bottom and the price is at the top.
• they all have a colour scheme
• central images /mid or mid long shot.
• they all hvae a masthead.
• they all have graphics around the cover line.(three or seven story lines that will catch the audiences eye.)
• diffrent fonts masthead font is unique)all diffrent sizes atleast 2/3 fonts .
• they all use direct adress looking straight out at the audience except gossip magazines were paparatzie shots are used to make it look like they celebs are busy doing things and they've been paped unexpectadley.