Heat is a British entertainment magazine first launched in February 1999 published by Bauer Consumer Media. As of 2004 it is one of the biggest selling magazines in the UK, with a regular circulation over half a million. Its mix of celebrity news, gossip and fashion is primarily aimed at women, although not as directly as in other women's magazines. It also features movie and music reviews, TV listings and major celebrity interviews.
This issue of Heat advertises the main story on the cover and the picture of the person involved in the story, the picture used on this cover is a paparazzi shot, not a picture from a professional photo shoot however the front cover of an issue of Vogue normally has a picture of a famous supermodel on it and has been taken by a professional photographer in a photo shoot the model on the front cover isn’t always relevant to a story inside of the magazine however in Heat or a gossip magazine it normally is to attract readers.
Heat magazine has a very ‘busy’ front cover with lots of advertisements and inside stories in different colours and sizes whereas Vogue magazine sticks to one or too colours making it look more classy rather than loud. The different colours and sizes of the texts grabs your attention. Heat magazine use words such as ‘scandal’ and ‘doctors chilling prediction’ which makes the story sound exciting and interesting and makes people want to read more.
Heat magazine writes about ‘typical gossip’ for example ‘Gav spends night with Charlottes friend’ it’s a typical gossip story about relationships and the stories in Heat and other gossip magazine are often made up and just wrote to attract readers and sell more copies. A gossip magazine such as Heat only has a few interviews in each copy, this is because its cheaper for them to make up their own stories rather than pay someone else for the truth or an interview.
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