This is a Top of the Pops music magazine and by looking at the front cover I can tell that there are posters inside, issues about fashion and clothing’s, discount at a retail shop and gossip about celebs. Top of the Pops magazine is targeted at 11-15 year old girls but some boys do tend to read it too. The interests of the target audience will be celebrities and teen stars that they can try to be like. An image of Cheryl Cole is used for the central image and the magazine is using a direct mode of address. As Cheryl is looking with a direct mode of address, the relationship she wants with the reader is close and personal. The reason an image of Cheryl is used as a central image is because many young girls aspire to be like her as, she’s really pretty and has won the most sexiest woman in the world two times. Also she’s really well known in the UK because she’s in a really popular girl band and she was a judge on the X Factor which is a family reality show so most of the target audience will recognise her.
The anchorage text says ‘Get Cheryl’s life!’ which implies about Cheryl is that people want to be like her and want a life just like hers, but who wouldn’t she’s one of the prettiest woman’s alive, she has a footballer as her husband, she’s in one of the most popular girl and she was a judge on the X Factor. The overall message Cheryl is giving off is welcoming for you to read the magazine. The groups being represented on this magazine is young teen pop stars who are all good looking which will attract most girls’ attention, also they’re all pop singers or actors on the cover so you can tell that the magazine isn’t only about music. The buzz word used on the magazine is ‘JLS EXCLUSIVE!’ which catches the reader’s eye as it’s in capital letters with an exclamation mark, in a box, also it makes the reader want to buy the magazine and read it. In the cover line about JLS, the main thing that stands out is the buzz word as it’s in the centre of the box which makes it a focus point of the cover line.
You can tell that the magazine is a pop magazine because of the design of the title block which has a curved, bright, funky font. By looking at the title of the magazine you can guess the target audience of the magazine is young/teen girls because the font is pink and funky also because it has the word ‘pop’ in it and most teen girls like pop music. The title of the magazine tells me that its image is going to be bright and funky and images of young good looking celebrities is going to be used. The magazine will have lots of pop singers and the style of the magazine will have lots of images and brightly coloured fonts.
The cover lines suggest that the magazine is going to have lots of celebrity secrets, fashion tips, and lots of topless guys and ways to impress them. By looking at the cover lines I can tell the audience the magazine expects to get is, young girls who care about their appearance and like to impress the boys, also girls who want to be up to date with the latest fashion trends and who are interested in celebrities’ lives.
The top of the pops magazine does have a slogan but it’s covered by Cheryl Coles head but the actual slogan says ‘More gossip! More scandal! More you!’ which has a repetition of ‘More’ so it makes it more memorable, stand out and it attracts more readers. As the words, image and title are laid on top of each other it is called superimposition and this is a conventional set up of a music magazine.
The main colours used are blue, pink, white and yellow; they’ve been used because they’re bright, bold and girly colours and they connote happiness, childishness and joy and they all associate with teenage girls. As the colours are bright and bold it makes the magazine more attractive and eye catching. The fonts used are big, bold and brightly coloured which makes it stand out more and makes it more appealing to teenage girls.
The magazine has used bight, bold colours and fonts to make it stand out more also it has used attractive celebrities who will grab the girls attention also some boys.
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