The front cover of a magazine normally has the picture of somebody who has recently been in the limelight or has done something which will make them more famous e.g releasing a new album. Sometimes their head will go in front of the title of the magazine to show they are more important than the magazine name because of who they are. The main person on the front of the magazine will most likely be the main story for the magazine, although this magazine doesn't show this, a lot of magazines that use women on the front cover usually have the women portrayed for sex appeal. Because my magazine is for girls, I would like my boy-band to look good looking so girls would be more interested in buying the magazine. The main image normally always has a caption nearby referring to them. 

A logo for a magazine is normally something that will stand out to people when they look at the magazine, just glancing. i would like my name to be the logo and I will set it out a bit so then they look at it and easily recognise which magazine mine is. 

The masthead is normally the title of the magazine and this never changes. The only things that ever change are the stories and the background. It is important to keep changing the background and the stories to keep readers interested although there has to be something in the magazine that people see every week, e.g puzzles. 

The barcode and price is normally situated in the bottom corner of the magazine, it is smaller so it doesn't obstruct the main photo. The price is normally smaller because if it was big people would see it straight away and maybe decide not to buy it because it is too expensive. The price has to be somewhere on the front cover but by making it smaller so people can't see it as much will make it more likely people just pick the magazine up without considering what the price may be.

The issue number of the magazine is important because people will then be able to know which issue they are currently on if they collect it and also if there is a lot of issues the magazine has sold it is sort of boasting to other magazines that they are a good magazine because of how many copies they have produced.