AS Media Coursework Homework. Magazine Article Analysis

1. Homework Article Analysis
We Heart It
Top of the Pops

2. Conventions of a Teen Pop
Magazine
• Bright and colourful palette
• Lots of photographs
• Interviews are in Q&A form
• Sans Serif fonts for main text
- Not too bold for reading the article.
• Serif fonts for headings
- Harsher to have more effect on the reader. Bolder to have
an impact.

3. Bright and Colourful Palette
The use of bright and
colourful colour palette
helps the audience to
identify the genre. The
examples from ‘We Heart
Pop’ and ‘Top of the
Pops’ use pinks, blues and
pastels to show
domination of the target
audience. The use of
bright and colourful colour
palette makes the pages
look more visual.

4. Photographs
Magazines aimed at
young audiences
such as teenagers
use a lot of
photographs. This
keeps the page
minimum in text and
the fills up blank
space.

5. Q&A Form
Magazines aimed at a
young audience tend
to use Q&A’s as a
simple form of interview
which is easy to follow.
The use of a Q&A keeps
the response short and
simple and does not
require a lot of reading.

6. Categories
of the
interview
Splash
Pull Quote
Headline
Category
Page number
To help find
the page
from the
contents.
Webpage
Links to the magazine’s
website
Subheading
Interaction

7. Facts
Pull Quote
Subheading
Exclusive

8. Category
In the top left hand corner titles the
artist/group this will help the reader to
find the article they are looking for when
flicking through the pages rather the
looking at the contents page.
This would incorporate well with my
article as it would be a time saver for the
reader as well as it being conventional
of music magazines and most cases
magazines in general.

9. Headline
The headline doesn’t include
the artist as such but is relevant
to the interview type. The
‘Carrier bag of questions’
suggests a lucky dip
arrangement of questions.
Perhaps using questions from
readers.
This would not fit well with my
magazine article as I intend to
exaggerate the individual
conducting a more formal
type of interview.

10. Subheading
The subheading ensures the reader that the questions are
random and drawn from the bag. This informs the reader
that any subject could occur adding a bit of mystery to the
article.
In Top of the Pops the subheading is used to welcome the
group to the interview and magazine. This gives a general
overview to the magazine’s intentions.
This would be a good thing to include in my article as it
would explain the article so the reader could choose to
read it if they wish to.

11. Categories of the interview
The categories of the interview
breaks up the different topics. This
will help the reader choose to
reader questions and answers
which has the most appeal to
them.
This wouldn’t be relevant or
appropriate to my magazine as my
questions are pre-set and does not
overly branch out into categories.

12. Pull Quotes
Something which is said in the interview
which would interest the readers. In ‘We
Heart Pop’ they used a pull quote to
embrace the information the band member
gave about one of their fellow band
members.
In Top of the Pops the pull quotes are used
as a headline as well as small interesting
facts and information.
This would be a good addition to my article
as it will highlight what might interest the
reader.

13. Exclusive/Facts
In Top of the Pops they exaggerated
the fact they had an exclusive
interview which informed the readers
of new information. Displaying its
‘exclusive’ shows the pride the
magazine has towards the group and
to interest the reader.