Top of the pops magazine is targeted at teenage girls, and the genre of music is pop. There is a strong brand identity with the colours of the magazine being pink and there having many popstars on the front cover distinguishes the magazine from others. The mast head runs along the top but isn't very noticeable as Cheryl's head covers the middle part but the main words are showing "top & pops". As this magazine is targeted at young teenage girls the designers do not wont to make it boring and put bullet pointed coverlines, so they have done the coverlines in bubbles, text boxes and pictures. At the bottom of the front cover there is a strapline/coverline with it showing that there are 6 hot posters inside with the graphics next to it giving a preview of what they are also they are in a pink textbox, like all the other texts. The font on the front cover and through out the magazine changes to what the writer is talking about. The font is connected to the genre of age as its different and stands out, and also is more appealing to read. There are 2 based colours which are white and pink these to have a comparison as when one is on top of another one stands out. Abbreviations are used "OMG!" this relates to the mode of address as its young teenagers they talk in this way. There are many lures on the front cover showing what is inside the magazine and the page numbers, the lure can be used to make the customer want to read more and buy it. There is a lure with members of the jls band, "JLS SIGNED HOODIE" the quote i have pasted is in a different font this could show that the offer of a jls hoodie is exclusive and different. The mid-close up shot of Cherly is the main picture in the centre of the page, the colour of her top is white which connects with the white and pink theme. Speech bubbles are used to add entertainment as the editor has made humor to the celebrities.
Contents page-
For top of the pops there was not a contents page so i picked a page that has features of a contents page. The features of a contents page would be that there is a text box about the BBC, a "Meet the TOTP magazine team". There is not a theme of pink and white its white and yellow. The features of a contents page are in a purple textbox this stands out as its important information. The headline shows the byline of who wrote it which was "Dick & Dom". There is no hybird as its all one genre, (young teenage pop). The mode of address is chattyy, informal and entertaining, they use this type of mode of address to connect to the audience. Cropping pictures is very common, as you can crop the picture to a certain size and certain parts, they use this with the "hot bod" man. The layout, is a copy and simailar to a contents page. Graphics have been used with spiltting an image to show the spilt in there relationship. There are competitions at the top to win makeup, this is a feature of maybe a contents page.
Double page spread-
The double page spread i have picked to anaylsis is a double page spread that im thinkng of doing in my own magazine. The double page spread is of an interview with a picture of "Robert Pattinson" this picture of him takes a whole page but is spread over both pages with the background of the picture being behind the text. There is a yellow text box running along the bottom on each page showing that the two pages are connected together. There are stars in between each letter "R*O*B*E*R*T" these could show that he is famous. The stars continue on each page with the pink and yellow theme. The interview that taken place has been layed out into columes. The grapics for the word "vote" the v is in a form of a tick they have done this because the tick means vote. The layout of this page is that the texts boxes overlapp to push everything in. This peice of writting is aimed at an audience who like hot new actors so putting it in this magazine is a particullar good choice. There is a caption were a picture has been taken with pattinson knowing and a text box with writting about it this adds humour for the audience.
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