RESEARCHPop magazine for teenage girls

MASTHEAD ANALYSIS

Kerrang is the name for a heavy mental magazine. This is portrayed in the masthead with the black edgy writing. The word Kerrang is the sound heavy mental makes when its ringing in peoples ears. The contrast of the black writing on the white background makes the masthead stand out on the page.

Mixmag is the name of a dance magazine. The name might of beem given because it's a mix of dance music, mainly drum n' bass. It has curvy font to make it not look very formal as it's a dance music magazine, which would be targeted at the young population.

Top of the pops magazine is a music magazine aimed at teenage girls. This is shown through the girly colours used and the curvy bubble writing. When you look at the masthead you can instantly tell it's for girls from the use of pink. Pink being associated with young girls. The bubble writing gives the impression it's for the young population as it's not very formal and looks quite fun.

FRONT COVER ANALYSISMasthead in usual, top left hand cornerUse of pink to fit the target audience. It stands out a lot on the page as they've used black, bold font and in speech bubble on a pink box which catches the readers eye

The hot pink in the masthead links with the font on the rest of the page

Yellow is a very bright and happy colour which makes the front cover stand out even more on the shelf. As yellow is associated with a happy mood it portrays a happy vibe for the magazine

They have used Jessie J for the main image because she was a very popular pretty, young celebrity.

The celebrity is in a black dress so the hot pink stands out. She's wearing pink lipstick which matches the main colour scheme of the magazine

Promotion to interest reader

Main head line in bold pink writing

FRONT COVER ANALYSIS

The masthead 'Top of the Pops' is written in a very girly font. The 's' has been exaggerated with a swirl at the bottom, this gives the impression it's for a young audience as it's pretty and not formal. The font has been put onto a pink box which makes it stand out from the rest of the cover.

The main cover line is written on a triangle the same colour as the masthead which shows the importance of it and also makes it stand out from the rest of the cover.

-The content of the magazine is young celebrity gossip, posters, new popular music artists, fashion and beauty and articles suitable for the target audience.-Price: £2.99-Circulation: 98,030-Readership: 298,000

Colour scheme: blue and bright pink-girly colours

Puff/plug :bright yellow to make promotion stand out

CONVENTIONS OF A TEEN POP MAGAZINE From looking at both pop music magazines: ‘we love pop’ and ‘top of the

pops’ I found that they always have a popular pop singer as the main image on the front camera. I think this is because she’s someone who the reader would look up to, a role model. It also shows easily that the magazine is for teenage girls. I’ve also found that they use lots of bright colours for the in house colours. This is normally pink as this colour is associated with teenage girls. Other colours include bright purple and blue. From looking at both magazines I have found that information that needs to stand out is normally in yellow and puffs and plugs that promot things are also in yellow. This is because yellow is a bright colour which makes it stand out from the other pinks, purples and blues used on the cover. Another thing the magazines always include for this genre is free magazines, normally shown at the bottom of the page. The pop magazine also always have a few bits about fashion even though it’s a music magazine. This is because girls of this age are always interested in the latest fashion so it’s important to include it.

CONTENTS PAGECarried on colour scheme from front cover

Lots of photos

Use of front cover

CONTENT PAGE CONVENTIONS

From looking at the two contents pages I’ve found they normally use the house colours from the front cover. They also use a lot of photos to show readers where to find things is the magazine, this fits the target audience as it should be easy to find and not have much writing. The Top of the Pops magazine have put a photo of the front cover on the contents page which makes it even easier for the reader to find what they want. Also the double page spread always has big, bold writing at the top telling you a bit about what has been said below.

DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD

CONVENTIONS OF DPS From looking at the two double page spreads I have found that pop

magazine normally use one side of the dps for a photo of the artist/group that is talked about on the other side in either an article about them or a interview. I’ve also found that the dps with the main cover story uses the same colour scheme as the front cover and contents page of the magazine.

RESEARCH QUESTIONNAIRE

QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS 85% of girls aged 14-16 said they prefer

pop music

70% said they prefer magazines to be published fortnightly

90% said they like magazines to include interviews, fashion and celebrities

14/20 girls said their favourite band at the moment is One Direction and 11/20 said one of their favourite group is Little Mix