2. WE LOVE POP
The first magazine I shall be analysing is the "We Love
Pop" magazine. This magazines genre obviously pop.
In the top right you have the logo "we love pop" which
is very clear and quite large so you know what
magazine is from. The house style is very clear and
consistent through out the contents page and links the
same as the front cover so it's evident what magazine
this is. Furthermore the house style is very colourful,
bright and clean which links to the pop theme as it
should be very bubbly. The theme colours are green,
blue, white and black which again follow the pop
theme. The sub title "We Love This" is the biggest text
and most central which is very consistent as each
magazine has the same lay out where it is. The sub title
draws in the audience as they want to find out more.
The ellipsis implies there's more to find out which also
intrigues the reader.
3. This contents page has clearly three columns which allows
for good structure and to clearly lay out your information,
for example in the first column you have the editors letter.
The editors letter is used to explain what's in the issue and
why it's been written, it's a personal way to connect with
the reader in a more conversational tone than
informational. Also using the hand written font at the
bottom which says "Emily x" makes it seem very personal
and like it has been written personally from "Emily" to you as
the reader. Also putting a kiss makes it seems very personal
as you would only message kisses if you know the person
which also makes it very personal. Within the second
column you have the main image of the main artist in the
magazine Olly Murs which is used because he's the main
focus of this issue and is a article on him on page 30. These
used of pull quotes underneath also gives an insight on the
story which interests the reader, for example these pull
quotes say "I'd give Rita Ora a nice cuddle...and maybe a
snog". This use of gossip grabs the readers attention and
then uses page numbers to tell you where it is within the
magazine. In the third column you have images used to
show page numbers and stories but also using images is a
very clever way to give the reader an insight on the
magazine but also really interest at the same time.
4. Over the whole magazine there is a range
of different fonts and the sizes but they seem
to be very consistent as what they are used
for and the sizes. For example the titles use a
specific font to identify what's what to he
reader. Also the fonts link to the genre if pop
as they are every clean and sharp looking
which appeal to a young audience (child -
young adult). Also the contents page
includes a "free" Calendar which is the "We
love pop" Calendar for the year. This is used
to make the reader want to have it and
them every time they look at it it reminds
them of the magazine because it has the
logo everywhere. It also persuades you to
buy the magazine again because they get
a free product which the public loves.
5. Another very important part of the magazine is
having links to other places where you can
subscribe to and find out more information such as
the website. This is placed in the bottom right
hand corner next to the page number which is
also very important as it tells us what page we are
on. Furthermore roughly in the centre to the left is
the box with page numbers and interesting stories
to inform the reader on what is the content and
where it's located in the magazine. Moreover they
have a section at the bottom which is labelled
"hot posters" which is very smart as the pop
audience traditionally love pop posters of there
favourite artists. Especially teenage girls really like
having there "teenage crushes" up on there walls
such as One Direction. Finally this magazine carries
a Christmas theme because it's a Christmas issue.
6. NME
The second magazines contents page I shall be analysing is
NME also known as New Musical Express. I have chosen this
to analyse because the house style and genre of rock
contrasts with the "We Love Pop" magazine.
Firstly at the top of the page you have the title of the
magazine followed by the lexis' "this week" implies it's the
contents page as you are going to find out the content of
the magazine. On the left which lasts the whole length of
the page is the "band index" which is used very cleverly as in
the theme of rock which this magazine focuses in there are
a lot of rock bands and basically they have listed the bands
and put page numbers by the bands to let you know what
page they are on so it's easy and quickly to find your
favourites. The clever use of different colours makes it clear
what page it's on contrasting to the band names.
7. In the centre of the page like the "We Love Pop"
magazine is the main image of the main band
or artist being talked about in this issue. But
unlike the other magazine it has a bit of slight
detail of the story underneath about what the
article will be about. Above you have the
headline in a large bold text so it's clear to the
reader what the main story of the issue is, the
headline is "The moment that...Everyone got on
board Africa Exprez". Underneath is a subscribe
box which is used in yellow completely different
to all the other texts so it stands out to make you
he drawn to it and subscribe. It also has a mini
front cover on it to show exactly what you are
subscribing to. The main texts about the
subscription is very large and bold and then the
small text at the bottom gives more information
where to go and contacts details.
8. Again like the "We Love Pop" magazine
the contents page has 3 columns. In the
first column is the band index, in the
second you have the main story/image
and subscription and then finally in the
third column furthest to the right you
have all the categories and information
about where it is. The categories include
"News, radar, reviews, features and Live!"
There is also a little section at the bottom
which says "plus". Then underneath you
have the content which fits into that
category and an arrow next to the
content that was mentioned on the front
cover incase that interested you.
