analysis

This magazine is called top of the pops. It is aimed at younger girls due to the bright colours and bright fonts. The mode of address is aimed at the younger generation as they would be more susceptible to want to be a ‘star’. The top of the pops logo is always the same if in different colours. It is bright and it catches the readers attention immediately and the readers are able to identify with it. The title top of the pops detonates to being on the top of the pops which connotes to literally being on top of the pops and having all the inside knowledge to the music industry at this time. In this issue ‘high school musical’ is featured on the front of the magazine. This would have been because high school musical had just released their newest movie at this time. The characters from high school musical are the biggest image on the magazine however there is many other images on the front cover too. The Anchorage text is 'you're a star' and if offers a high school musical make over. most young girls who are interested in the magazine would be interested in high school musical therefore would like to buy the magazine to be in with a chance of winning that. All over the front of the magazine there are pictures of what is featured inside. This emphasises the importance of all the features in the magazine.
Some of the sell lines used in the issue are things such as ‘ celebrity love secrets exposed’ this intrigues the younger generation as they would immediaty be interested into the secrets of celebritys.

ANALYSIS

This magazine cover is the one I want mine to most represent.
This magazine uses mostly reds and whites as the background the fonts stick to the colour scheme and it also includes one bold colour as in most NME covers, in this case the bold coloured font is yellow. The picture of lily on the front cover is what is used on the inside of the magazine on the double page spread. the strap lines all look quite bold and the main one is taken from the double page spread featured inside the magazine. The main imgaine takes up most of the page and some of the title, I want my magazine to resemble this design and include a big picture with a red costume. The front cover also includes round 'stamps' with information on it. i want to use this in my magazine because i think this most represents what buyers of my magazine would like to read, although it has all the information on it that the readers would like to know about the band, it also isnt to harsh on the eyes to look at, due to the space on the page and the size of the picture.