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Masthead: the colour of the masthead is bold and outstanding which means it will stand out to the audience. The colour of the masthead suits the genre of the magazine because most of the readers of the magazine are girls. Skyline: the skyline of the magazine convinces readers that it is worth buying there magazine to get a free gift, the colour of the skyline is also pink which makes it stand out. Also by putting the word ‘Free’ in different colour writing makes it stand out and also catch the readers eye. Central image: This magazine has chosen Britney as its main image; this will make the readers feel more persuaded to buy the magazine as it is someone that they recognise. By choosing a well-known performers readers feel more tempted to buy the magazine. Teasers: the magazine says ‘No 1 for music!’ this persuades the reader to buy the magazine as it boosts the magazines image. Flash: ‘win a call from your favourite pop star!’ having this on the front cover tempts the reader to buy the magazine as they would have a chance of winning something. Flash: ‘Oh Behave Britney’ putting this on the front cover helps persuade the audience to buy the magazine as well as the picture, because the central image is off a well know artist by putting behave Britney shows that there is gossip which the reader could see. Also the type of language they use is quite a chatty tone which shows that it is relating to more of a younger teenage audience, also by putting the writing in pink and white shows again that it relates to a girls audience rather than a boys. Graphic feature: Once again by using a well know artist such as Eminem it will attract the target audience to buy the magazine. Also by using more chatty language such as ‘(Bleep)-ing interview’ shows that teenagers would be more interested in buying the magazine as it is easy reading.

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Page 1: Music Analysis

Masthead: the colour of the

masthead is bold and

outstanding which means it will

stand out to the audience. The

colour of the masthead suits

the genre of the magazine

because most of the readers of

the magazine are girls.

Skyline: the skyline of the

magazine convinces readers

that it is worth buying there

magazine to get a free gift,

the colour of the skyline is

also pink which makes it

stand out. Also by putting the

word ‘Free’ in different colour

writing makes it stand out

and also catch the readers

eye.

Central image: This

magazine has chosen

Britney as its main

image; this will make

the readers feel more

persuaded to buy the

magazine as it is

someone that they

recognise. By choosing

a well-known

performers readers

feel more tempted to

buy the magazine.

Teasers: the magazine

says ‘No 1 for music!’

this persuades the

reader to buy the

magazine as it boosts

the magazines image.

Flash: ‘win a call from

your favourite pop

star!’ having this on

the front cover

tempts the reader to

buy the magazine as

they would have a

chance of winning

something.

Flash: ‘Oh Behave

Britney’ putting this

on the front cover

helps persuade the

audience to buy the

magazine as well as

the picture, because

the central image is

off a well know artist

by putting behave

Britney shows that

there is gossip which

the reader could see.

Also the type of

language they use is

quite a chatty tone

which shows that it is

relating to more of a

younger teenage

audience, also by

putting the writing in

pink and white shows

again that it relates to

a girls audience rather

than a boys.

Graphic feature: Once again by using a well know

artist such as Eminem it will attract the target

audience to buy the magazine. Also by using more

chatty language such as ‘(Bleep)-ing interview’

shows that teenagers would be more interested in

buying the magazine as it is easy reading.

Page 2: Music Analysis

Masthead: The masthead of this magazines stands out to the

audience as it is clear and bold and easy to read. To name the

magazine ‘We (heart) love pop’ is trying to convince the audience that

they love the magazine before they try and buy it. By having a love

heart to represent a word shows that it related to young teenagers

and by having it in pink it related to mostly girls. The masthead on this

page also stands out to the rest of the magazine because it is put in a

speech bubble.

Slogan: This magazines

uses a slogan of ‘Don’t

bore us. Get to the

chorus’ this shows that it

related to our target

audience of teenagers as

it is using very chatty

language, and also using

language that teenagers

would say. By saying ‘Get

to the chorus’ this shows

that it fits in with there

music magazine of pop.

Teasers/ puff : ‘Actually Amazing Mag!’ by saying

actually amazing mag this is tempting the reader to

buy the magazine as they would feel if they didn’t

that they would be missing out on the ‘Amazing’

magazine.

Central image: This

magazine has chosen to put

Rihanna on there front

cover, by choosing

someone as famous as

Rihanna this helps bring in

the readers as they will be

tempted to read what the

story is about by knowing

the person on the front.

The picture taken also

shows that she has lots of

attitude, which again

related to teenagers.

Graphic features: By

having ‘Harry styles’ on

the front cover as a

graphic feature will bring

in the readers as most

teenagers girls would be

interested in him. Also

by having ‘Harry styles is

yours for £50’ shows

that this graphic feature

is also being used as a

teaser to draw people in

to buying the magazine.

Graphic features: By having JLS posters for offer on the magazine

will attract the target audience of young teenagers girls in as most

of them would fancy JLS meaning they would feel tempted to buy

the magazine.

Graphic features/

teaser: By having tips

about fashion on the

magazine will intrigue

readers in to buy the

magazine as they

would feel they are

gaining something

back from it.

Page 3: Music Analysis

Masthead: The masthead of this

magazines stands out to an audience,

the colour of pink will grab the target

audience’s attention and it is also

very clear to read. By making the

masthead have a sparkly effect it also

shows the type of target audience

that this magazine is aiming at (girl

teenagers). The masthead of this

magazine also makes it clear to the

audience what genre the magazine s

focusing on ‘top of the pops’.

Skyline: The

skyline of this

magazine is trying

to tempt the

audience to buy

the magazine as it

shows that there

is gossip in the

magazine. Also by

relating the

skyline back to

boys by saying

crush, also related

to what the target

audience would

want to read

about.

Flash: ‘Get

summers hottest

trend’ by having

this in a bring red

circle this makes

the information

stand out and

draw people in to

buy the magazine.

Plugs: ‘who’s the

fittest? Justin and

harry battle out’, by

having major

celebrities on the

front this will bring in

readers as they will be

more interested in the

celebrates they know.

Central image: Once again

by having a celebrity on the

front cover this tempts

people to buy the magazine

as they want to find out the

story with the picture. Also

by having a girl on the front

cover give the teenagers

idols for people to look up

to.

Plugs: ‘your most embarrassing body

worries solved’- by having this on the front

cover interests young teenager girls as

appearance is a big issue as a teenager so

by putting this on the front cover will

interest them to buy the magazine to read

the whole article. Also by having the plug

in bright pink makes it stand out to the

rest of the magazine.

Page 4: Music Analysis

Masthead: This magazine masthead doesn’t

stand out to the other magazines, but still they

are using colours which represent the genre of

the magazine e.g. purple. The masthead of this

magazine stands out on the cover of the

magazine and is also very recognisable for the

target audience to recognise.

Central image: the central image stands out to an

audience as they have chosen a celebrity which

most of the target audience would look up to, and

also a lot of people would recognise ‘Miley Cyrus’

so this would interest people in buying the

magazine.

Plugs: ‘Miley Cyrus- The

Queen of Teen Grows Up.

Will Her Fans Follow?’ by

having this plug nearly as

bold as the tittle means it

will catch people’s

attention when looking at

the magazine.

Plug: ‘Glee, the rolling stones…’ by having

popular pop bands on the front cover will

tempt the reader to buy the magazine as they

will be interested to see what’s written about

them.

Plugs: ‘Clone

Wars-This

magazine

uses different

language to

relate to its

target

audience, for

example in

this example

by saying

‘clone wars’

shows that

something big

has happened

and also using

chatty

language, this

will interest

young

teenagers as

it uses the

type of

language they

use.

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Masthead: ‘Smash Hits’ the masthead of this magazine stands out to

the rest of the magazine by using a bold, clear font and also by using

colours which relate to the target audience makes the masthead stand

out. The Masthead is also using chatty language which again will relate

to a teenage audience.

Flash/ Teaser: ‘Win! 250+

Prizes For you!’ this will

attract the reader to buy

the magazine as when

seeing I on the front cover

they will think they have a

chance of winning

something if they

purchase the magazine. By

putting this in a bright pink

circle makes it stand out to

the audience which means

I will attract people

attention, also by having

this flash right at the top

of the magazine by the

title will mean it will be

one of the first things that

people will look at.

Plug: ‘The story behind

the break-up’- this plug

will interest the target

audience as they would

be interested in gossip.

The way that this plug is

written also will tempt

the audience as it is

written to shows that it

is an exclusive interview,

from this the audience

will be interested in

finding out about the

article.

Plug: ‘Britney pop

princess or drama

queen’ by putting

this plug on the

front cover will

interest the

audience because

they are using a

celebrity the target

audience will be

more interested in

information about

them, also by asking

the audience a

question will make

them think about it

and then interest

them in the article.

By writing the words

Britney in bold and

white makes it stand

out to the rest of

the page which will

interest the

audience.

Teasers/ Graphic Features: ’12

Posters’- By putting this teaser on

the front cover will tempt the

target audience as they will feel as

they are getting something out of

the magazine, also by having the

graphic features with this will also

help tempt the audience as if they

see a celebrity they like they will

be more tempted to buy the

magazine.

Plug/Buzzword: ‘Secret behind-the-scenes action! –by

writing the plug like this will attract the target

audience as they will be finding out exclusive gossip,

the plug is also written in friendly, chatty language.

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Graphic feature: The graphic features are used to make it clear for the

audience which page number the picture relates too. There are a lot

of graphic features used on this page compared to any other page,

this also makes it easier for the target audience to see the

information on the page and also get tempted by the celebrities they

see. The pictures used also relate to the target audience by being

colourful, bold and also the expressions used in each picture.

Layout: the layout of the contents page is very clear for the target

audience to see what information is on each page. Overall the

page is colourful and set out in a clear and easy way. The colours

used also represent the target audience and this will also attract

the readers in. Also the colours of the magazine all link in which

make the page look inviting to the reader.

Callout: the quotes

used on this page

will attract the

target audience by

firstly interesting

them in the article

and secondly

making it clear

what the article on

the page is about.

Flash: ‘snuggled up

with the sats’: by

having the flash in blue

and also a different

makes it stand out

from the rest of the

page, which will attract

the eye of the reader

and lead the reader

back to the main story

of the Saturdays .Also

by having a celebrity in

the flash makes it

attract the reader to

the article.

Flash: ‘Hot posters’- having this flash in a different colour and shape from

the rest of the page makes it stand out and attract the reader. Also by using

graphic features to back this up will attract the reader even more. As the

pictures will catch the reader’s attention.

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Content headers :In this magazine they

use a fun clear font, and also include

hearts over the page, this relates to the

target audience by showing that they

are girly and also shows they are teens

by using pictures such as hearts as

words.

Header: the header used on the magazine is clear for the

audience that it is the contents page and also the font and

colours used show the target audience, for example by

using pink shows that the target audience is related to girls.

Graphic features: the main graphic feature on

this page is a boy group, which again shows the

target audience as they would be most

interested to see about there favourite boy

group.

Graphic features: the graphic features

of the bag once again relates to the

target audience of young teenage girls

as they would be interested in fashion.

By putting a copy of

the front page on

the contents page

with the page

numbers makes it

clear to the

audience and also

helps them find the

articles they were

tempted by on the

cover.

The overall layout

of the contents

page represent

the target

audience and this

is what I’d like to

show in my

contents page,

the page is set

out Cleary in

sections of the

magazine and

also the colours

represent the

audience.

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The colours used on this contents page

represent the genre of this magazine, as

they are quite girly and young teenagers

who are interested in boys and fashion

and the colours used, for example pink.

Graphic Features: The graphic features used

represent the target audience of this magazine

by choosing young boy groups and pop stars

which young teenage girls would be interested

in weather it was a boy who she would have a

crush on or a girl that the target audience will

look up to.

In this contents

page they use

hearts to bring in

the target

audience by

attracting there

eye to the graphic

feature. Not only

does the heart

bring attention to

the picture but it

also shows how

the contents page

represents the

target audience by

showing they are

girly and would be

attracted to pink

picture such as

hearts.

They use

plugs on this

contents

page to

bring the

audiences

attention,

by using a

plug on

Justin Beiber

will ensure

that the

reader will

read the

plug and

then be

interested

to carry on

reading the

story in the

real article

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The way this

contents

page is set

out is clear

for the

readers to

see what

article is on

which page.

They do this

by using

plug. The

plugs they

use help

bring in the

reader to

want to read

more of the

article. They

also chose

well known

artists who

are popular

to bring in

more

readers to

the articles.

The header

they use on

this

contents

page is

trying to

convince the

reader

about this

magazine, it

is also bold

and

outstanding

which

makes it

very clear

what the

page is. The

same with

the titles of

the articles

they are put

in clear and

large fonts

which make

them easy

to read

which will

then make it

easy for the

readers to

view the

articles.

Flash: in this contents page they use a flash at the bottom of the page by putting posters up which are in the

magazine, this will then convince the reader to either buy the magazine or to go to the pages where the

magazine is.

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This double page spread will suit the target audience by having two boys from a boy band

on there, as the target audience is young teenage girls this will attract them to the page as

they will be interested in there favourite boy band.

The colours used make the pages easy to read and very clear.

By Using quotes as a flash make the page look more inviting for the reader and also first

make it clear about roughly what the article is about.

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This double page spread suits the music genre and the target audience by using colours,

which represent them such as pinks and yellows, these colours make the pages stand out and

look inviting.

The main image on this double page spread suits the target audience as it shows a young pop

star in fashionable clothes, and this would interest a young teenager as someone they can

look up to.

The writing on the page is set out clearly and not in big chunks, which makes it easier for the

target audience to read and digest.

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This double page spread fits in with the target audience by using colours which would interest

them such as pinks and yellows they use these colours because the target audience is teenagers

girls and these colours represent quite happy emotions.

The header on this double page spread is very bold and clear and also quite wacky, by using a

different type of font. The header stands out from the rest of the page and makes it clear to the

reader what the article is about.

To help with making the article clear the graphic features and main image also help with this. The

pictures used show actions shots and fun pictures, the picture are all happy which again relates

to the target audience and the genre of music which is upbeat. The pictures on the page help

bring in readers as the target audience would be interested in reading about there favourite boy

band, and even if they didn’t know the band they would still be interested as the pictures would

bring them into the article.

The whole double page spread also relates to the target audience by having more pictures than

words, this makes the page more easy to digest and more fun for the readers. Which again

relates to the target audience as young teenage girls wouldn’t be too interested in reading a

large chunk of text.

The text used in the double page spread is very chatty and easy to understand which makes it

easy reading for the target audience.