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The purpose of this text is to inform the audience about the world and what is going on it society and in the news however also provides entertainment to the audience through the sports and music pages.

The sun is the most popular British newspaper as a result appeals to a mainstream audience. The sun is a tabloid newspaper and we can tell this because of the size, this means that the audience it seeks to gain is a middle class younger audience. The layout suggests that it is full of information from different areas for different audiences. The first thing we as an audience are drawn to see if the article title ‘tango’d’. This headline has an essence of humour in it to entertain the audience however inform the audience of the news being presented. The font of the headline catches the eye of the reader and as it’s written in bold can connote the importance of the article. This is the main focus and the article on the front page needs to attract the readers attention in order of selling the newspaper so using this font persuades the reader to read the article written in this paper with the help of humour.

The masthead is in a bold however easy font in a white colour over a red background. This brings out the white better and makes it stand out more in order of gaining more readers to purchase the newspaper rather than others. The name itself is not long and easy to remember as a result people are more likely to remember the newspaper more than others. The red background overlaps the black background for the primary image. The black background makes the medium close-up image of Natalie Portman look dominant and as a result advertise the celebrity as well as star wars itself to gain more publicity. This creates a whole new audience for the newspaper, the fans of star wars or Natalie Portman herself benefiting the sun newspaper. Natalie Portman is shown with a smile on her face looking directly towards the readers. This engages the audience to read the newspaper and as she has a smile on her face it gives a warm welcome and giving readers something enjoyable to read offering readers entertainment. This black background also benefits the masthead as its placed behind a red background and the black being the stronger colour as a result the masthead is more clearly seen and would attract more readers due to this.

At the bottom of the newspaper, there is a pug/earpiece. This offer is on a trip to France for only a £1. To attract a high audience, the colour scheme of the writing is in the same colours used on the flag of France. This makes the offer more realistic and gives the audience the sense of France. The positioning of the offer is directly below the main headline on the front page. This will gain more attention as when people look towards the headline; they are likely to notice the offer. Only three words are used as a result this is easier to understand and easier to take in.

The website of the newspaper is given below the masthead. This gives the audience the chance to read and access the newspaper from the internet, allow the audience to leave comments as a result interaction is given to the readers, this makes them feel welcomed.

The colours used are bright/bold colours such as red; black and blue that makes the newspaper stand out, making it easily noticeable from other newspapers. The articles are of different genres on the front page as a result it means that there is a choice in order of individual’s preferences. There is an article of sports, entertainment and news; this will reach a variety of audiences to suit their preferences.

In conclusion, the sun newspaper uses a variety of features to appeal to different audiences such as colour, typography and the articles they put in. The language of the article itself is very easy to understand and as a result the audience are not intellect people and the style such as the use of humour makes it more appealing. The colours contrast with each other to make them stand our as a result will catch more peoples eyes, this gaining more readers and making it a successful newspaper.

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The function/ purpose of this magazine are to entertain the audience. The cover is used to persuade the audience into buying this magazine out of the rest of the magazines.

Heat is a magazine that reaches a mainstream audience. This means that is it a successful as a result it reaches a wide audience. To attract and persuade these audiences, the colours used are very bright and stand out for the magazine. These colours include red, black and yellow. The colours make the article titles stand out from other magazines as a result makes the audience want to read this magazine rather than other magazines that are similar. Red is the dominant colour used on the magazine cover. This could connote fire and this links with the masthead of the magazine, heat. As heat is hot and is represented by the colour of red, the colour suits the masthead and this can be identified by the readers. The typography used on the front cover is a bold font. This makes the writing on the cover stand out as a result it can be seen clearly by the audience for far away. This would attract wide range of audiences as it stand out getting easily noticed.

The main article, 30 skinniest celebs can attract both men and female. It can attract men to buy the magazine because men can see women in swim suits ect.. As a result reinforce the male gaze, a theory by Laura Mulvey. This provides men with erotic pleasure that will satisfy them and give them pleasure them. On the other hand, it also attracts women because they find it entertaining and can see the celebrities are as a roles model. Looking at the pictures makes the women want to aspire to them. The other reason is that the genre of the magazine is to provide gossip, a feature that women like to know about celebrities.

The background colour is white; this makes the red stand out more. The reason they would want the main article to stand out is because this is what will bring in the audience so it need to stand out so they can tell it apart from other magazines. On the front cover, beside the title are 3 women who will be in the actual article inside the magazine. The reason they did this is so the readers are given examples of what is going to be included.

The puff is on top of the masthead. It reads ‘this week’s hottest celebrity news’. The word hottest is used to in the puff and this links with the masthead-heat. Heat is hot and they created humour out if it as well, this makes the audience feel involved.

At the bottom it says excusive, this means that they have an article that only they could get. This would persuade the audience to buy it because it creates enigma and the enigma is only resolved if they buy the magazine. Only is underlines and it’s like a privilege reading it as he’s only done one interview and for heat magazine. This will give the audience the impression that heat is a good magazine and as a result give t a good impression with the public. Underneath that it says really in a different colour to the rest of the sentence. This means it’s a gossip interview as a result would persuade the audience to read it.

At the top, there is an article of Britney and her son. It catches the reader’s eye because they have her smiling next to her child who looks so cute, this would make the audience want to read it. Britney is written in red, a colour that stands out as a result it catches the audience’s attention. It’s at the top of that page and near the masthead as a result people will notice it clearly. The image is telling the audience that she want to share her joys with everyone else creating identification and involvement. She is also creating a good image for mothers as she is posing with her son, smiling.

In conclusion, a variety of features are used to persuade the audience to buy the magazine using colours and fonts to pictures.