2. TYPE/FOCUS OF THE MAGAZINE
The magazine was launched in February 1995
(fortnightly), and is famous for giving girl group
„The Spice Girls‟ their nicknames. The
publishing company is BBC Worldwide and it‟s
current editor is Peter Hart. The price is £2.99.
It was originally marketed as the missing link
between „Smash Hits‟ and „NME‟. It has
gradually changed, with hardly any music
content, more like a gossip column to appeal
to the change in the target audience, which is
young girls. It is still in publication despite the
cancellation of the TV show. It is aimed at
younger teenage girls from the age of 11+. The
main focus of the magazine is pop music. It
provides celebrity gossip about the featured
artists in the magazine, fashion tips, boys and
beauty advice, quizzes, song lyrics and posters.
3. DISTRIBUTION
As well as buying it your local
news agents or supermarkets
such as Asda or Sainsbury's,
you can also get a subscription
online from sites such as
„News Stand‟ and selected
issues of Amazon. However,
this is usually more expensive
than purchasing it from a
supermarket.
4. ANALYSIS OF THE FRONT COVER
The teenage boy The house style of
band appeals to the the magazine is
target audience of very busy which
young girls and by appeals to the
also giving a direct target audience.
mode of address it
makes the reader
Pink/blue/white
feel as if it is more
colour scheme.
personal.
The masthead is pink Main coverline
which relates to the has large capitals,
target audience, this smaller capitals
is a convention. underneath
The puff of the „1D Effective variety of
pics inside‟ draws the font sizes – reflects
audience in and also hierarchy of
the „7 hot posters‟ puff. importance
The barcode is clearly noticeable
5. ANAYLIS OF CONTENTS PAGE
A note from the
Title centred at top
editor makes the
magazine seem
The colour scheme more personal and
has changed from also the use of the
the front cover to title „inside your
purple/black/white mag‟
A smaller picture Each feature has
of the front cover a title and a brief
is on the contents description in
page to make it small print
easier for the
reader to locate Large page
the stories on the numbers in
cover they want to photos link to
find. features
The three
Puff of „Wins and offers‟ columns have
in the corner grabs the subheadings
readers attention above each of
them.
6. ANALYSIS OF THE DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD
Large portrait Direct mode of
image takes up address given
all of the left by the three
page and some teenage boys
of the right
hand side as Text wraps
well. around the
The colour photos and pull
scheme is A “pull quote” is highlighted in large font quote
continued from centre of page Text laid out in
the contents two columns.
page.
The text is in
A smaller interview
image of the A “pull quote” is form.
right page links highlighted in large Different colours for the three
in with the main font centre of page boys and the interviewer are
image. different to make it clear to
the audience who is
answering the questions.
7. ASPECTS I INTEND TO USE
I will imitate some of the features of ‘Top Of
The Pops’ in my magazine such as:
A band or single artist shot on the front cover
A bold colour scheme to draw the reader in
1 large image on the double page spread
and a couple of smaller ones
Two columns on the contents page
A large pull-quote in centre of page
A note from the editor
