Analysis of front cover:
The main colours scheme of the magazine is pink and purple. The bright pink represents the fun and girliness of the magazine and clearly shows that it is aimed at young girls. There white background is used so the reader can focus on the central image and the writing. There is black used for some of the fonts to tone it down a little. The title of the music magazine is right at the top in large, bright pink font so that the reader can immediately see what the brand of the magazine is. The title straight away gives a clear message about what genre of music the magazine includes.
The examples of specific artists are shown at the bottom of the front cover so the reader can see if their favourite artist is included in the issue of the magazine, making the reader want to buy it to read about them. Many rhetorical questions are used to engage the reader and make them want to read on (therefore purchase) and find out the answer to the questions. The main, large image of the artist is located in the centre of the magazine and takes up most of the page so the reader is directly attracted to it. The artist is wearing pink clothes with white hearts to link into the girly pink colour scheme of the magazine. Her facial expression directly looks at the reader. She is standing with one arm down by her side and one arm up by her face which looks like she is inviting the reader to read the magazine. There are also smaller images of famous artists so that if the main image doesn’t appeal to some people, they can look at the smaller images.
Words such as ‘Shocking’ make the reader interested because they want to find out what and why it is shocking. Words such as ‘Exclusive’ make the magazine seem special and like it is the only one on the market including an interview with Cher Lloyd. The barcode, price and issue number is located at the bottom left of the page because it is the least important item on the page however is a legal requirement. The quote ‘Why I’ll never get used to fame!’ is next to the main image of the artist to show the article is about her. The reader becomes interested making them want to read the whole article.
The main colours scheme of the magazine is pink and purple. The bright pink represents the fun and girliness of the magazine and clearly shows that it is aimed at young girls. There white background is used so the reader can focus on the central image and the writing. There is black used for some of the fonts to tone it down a little. The title of the music magazine is right at the top in large, bright pink font so that the reader can immediately see what the brand of the magazine is. The title straight away gives a clear message about what genre of music the magazine includes.
The examples of specific artists are shown at the bottom of the front cover so the reader can see if their favourite artist is included in the issue of the magazine, making the reader want to buy it to read about them. Many rhetorical questions are used to engage the reader and make them want to read on (therefore purchase) and find out the answer to the questions. The main, large image of the artist is located in the centre of the magazine and takes up most of the page so the reader is directly attracted to it. The artist is wearing pink clothes with white hearts to link into the girly pink colour scheme of the magazine. Her facial expression directly looks at the reader. She is standing with one arm down by her side and one arm up by her face which looks like she is inviting the reader to read the magazine. There are also smaller images of famous artists so that if the main image doesn’t appeal to some people, they can look at the smaller images.
Words such as ‘Shocking’ make the reader interested because they want to find out what and why it is shocking. Words such as ‘Exclusive’ make the magazine seem special and like it is the only one on the market including an interview with Cher Lloyd. The barcode, price and issue number is located at the bottom left of the page because it is the least important item on the page however is a legal requirement. The quote ‘Why I’ll never get used to fame!’ is next to the main image of the artist to show the article is about her. The reader becomes interested making them want to read the whole article.
Analysis of Contents:
Overall this contents page is very crowded with a lot going on. This again reflects the younger audience it is aimed at. The house colour scheme of pink and purple is continued into the contents page to link the whole magazine together and to appeal to young girls because they are 'stereotypically' expected to relate and like the colour pink. Yellow suggesting brightness and fun is also used to highlight important parts of the text to attract the reader’s attention to it. The smaller image of the front cover is used with arrows pointing to parts of the front cover and showing what page they are on so that the reader can quickly find the pages they feel that they are most interested in. Various images of the famous artists and bands are dotted around the page in order to attract the reader because they can see that their favourite artist/band is included in the magazine. The images of the clothes and shoes are samples to see if the reader likes them and if they do they can turn straight to that page to find out how to buy them. The image of 'One Direction' boyband is included to appeal to young teenage girls. The title of the page isn't clearly labelled 'contents page' but instead 'Inside the mag...' this is is more entertaining than just simply saying 'contents page' like most of the magazines do and is appealing more for younger girls because it is a simple sentence. The font of the title looks like handwritting which again suggests the younger audience who are still at school and can relate to the handwritting font. The contents page is split into 6 different sections each with sub headings so the reader can clearly choose what they want to read about. However by having so many columns makes it look quite young and childish because there is less writing under each sub- heading. The title of each item is in bold with the page number clearly located to the left of it. There is a very brief sentence underneath each title to give the reader an idea of what every article is about. 'We love boys' suggests how young the audience is for the magazine.
Overall this contents page is very crowded with a lot going on. This again reflects the younger audience it is aimed at. The house colour scheme of pink and purple is continued into the contents page to link the whole magazine together and to appeal to young girls because they are 'stereotypically' expected to relate and like the colour pink. Yellow suggesting brightness and fun is also used to highlight important parts of the text to attract the reader’s attention to it. The smaller image of the front cover is used with arrows pointing to parts of the front cover and showing what page they are on so that the reader can quickly find the pages they feel that they are most interested in. Various images of the famous artists and bands are dotted around the page in order to attract the reader because they can see that their favourite artist/band is included in the magazine. The images of the clothes and shoes are samples to see if the reader likes them and if they do they can turn straight to that page to find out how to buy them. The image of 'One Direction' boyband is included to appeal to young teenage girls. The title of the page isn't clearly labelled 'contents page' but instead 'Inside the mag...' this is is more entertaining than just simply saying 'contents page' like most of the magazines do and is appealing more for younger girls because it is a simple sentence. The font of the title looks like handwritting which again suggests the younger audience who are still at school and can relate to the handwritting font. The contents page is split into 6 different sections each with sub headings so the reader can clearly choose what they want to read about. However by having so many columns makes it look quite young and childish because there is less writing under each sub- heading. The title of each item is in bold with the page number clearly located to the left of it. There is a very brief sentence underneath each title to give the reader an idea of what every article is about. 'We love boys' suggests how young the audience is for the magazine.
Analysis of Double page spread:
The main colour scheme of this page is pink, yellow, blue and white with pink being the most dominant colour to appeal to young girls. The blue font on the left hand side of the page links both of the pages together due to the artist wearing the same colour for his suit. The blue may also resemble the the artist's masculinity. The whole right hand side of the page is taken up by a large image of the artist so that the reader can see who the article is about without even starting to read the article.The artist is wearing a smart suit with sunglasses which is an unusual style but shows the uniqueness and edginess of the artist. The word 'exclusive interview' at the top of the page make the reader think that they haven't read anything like it before and that they will actually see what the artist is like because it is a personal interview with them. The smaller image of the artist and his mum makes the article very personal to the artist. The caption is used to tell the reader who the artist is with in the photo and briefly whyt it links in with the text. The interview is set out in 11 seperate areas with a sub heading of the question the editor is asking the artist so that the reader can choose to read the answers to the ones they are most interested in. The advertisement at the bottom of the page helps to promote the main artist even more so that if readers have enjoyed reading about the artist they can know when his new single is released and download it. Lastly,the pull quotes are used throughout the article to emphasise the important and interesting parts of the text so the reader is more likely to read the whole of the article.
The main colour scheme of this page is pink, yellow, blue and white with pink being the most dominant colour to appeal to young girls. The blue font on the left hand side of the page links both of the pages together due to the artist wearing the same colour for his suit. The blue may also resemble the the artist's masculinity. The whole right hand side of the page is taken up by a large image of the artist so that the reader can see who the article is about without even starting to read the article.The artist is wearing a smart suit with sunglasses which is an unusual style but shows the uniqueness and edginess of the artist. The word 'exclusive interview' at the top of the page make the reader think that they haven't read anything like it before and that they will actually see what the artist is like because it is a personal interview with them. The smaller image of the artist and his mum makes the article very personal to the artist. The caption is used to tell the reader who the artist is with in the photo and briefly whyt it links in with the text. The interview is set out in 11 seperate areas with a sub heading of the question the editor is asking the artist so that the reader can choose to read the answers to the ones they are most interested in. The advertisement at the bottom of the page helps to promote the main artist even more so that if readers have enjoyed reading about the artist they can know when his new single is released and download it. Lastly,the pull quotes are used throughout the article to emphasise the important and interesting parts of the text so the reader is more likely to read the whole of the article.
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