Contents page analysis

 

We love pop is a music magazine aimed at teenage girls aged 12 to 15. It’s the contents of the magazine is about pop music and the artists involved in the genre. From this genre I would expect to see bright colours, large font, colloquial ‘chatty’ language and lots of images to appeal to the young target market.

The colour scheme is bright yellow and blue; the yellow is girly and connotes innocence which represents the stereotypical girl that would want to read we love pop. Blue connotes happiness and enjoyment which is what the editor wants the reader to feel when they read the magazine. The main image is of one direction, a boy band that the target audience are likely to fancy/admire. In the photo they all have direct address which makes the reader feel as though the band is talking directly to them, this creates a bond between the reader and the celebrities which is why the girls want to read the magazine. 10 out of 13 of the other images on the contents page are of other male celebrities such as jls and the wanted, this is because the young female audience will like these male celebrities so will want to by the magazine for the photos that are inside.  3 smaller images of female celebrities have been included because these are people that the target audience look up to and may be able to relate to.

The headline is ‘WE LOVE THIS…’ this has been used because it is as if the magazine editors are chatting like friends with the reader which makes the reader trust the information in the magazine. The headline for the main image is ‘id pose naked for about a hundred quid’; this suits the magazine because the target audience will want to know why the band has said this and what the story is about. The typography is bold and rounded like bubble writing, this could be linked to young girls drawing and doodling in their free time.

At the top of the page there is a pug that says ‘for your eyes only’; this is effective because it makes the reader feel like they are receiving exclusive information, as if they are having a one to one interview with their favourite bands themselves. Another pug at the top of the page says ‘5 covers to collect’; this promotes the magazine because if the reader is interested in the band/artist on the front cover (in this case one direction) then they will want to collect all the covers to keep the photos.

To conclude, the most important features of any magazine contents page are; images relating to the articles in the magazine to give the reader an idea of what the magazine contains, subheadings/ categories that the articles fit into so that the reader can quickly find what they are specifically looking for and page numbers so that the reader can locate the article in the magazine easily.