1) The front cover of the pop music magazine analyzes uses bright pink and red colors along with images of popular artists like Justin Bieber to target their young female audience and promote a fun lifestyle.
2) The NME magazine cover uses bold pink colors and the image of Rihanna to attract readers' attention while addressing their older teen audience in standard English.
3) The Billboard magazine cover features pop artist Miley Cyrus prominently to draw viewers in and inform them of stories across various music genres in a professionally laid out design.
2. Masthead- Top of the Pops. Has website as well,
Genre is pop music magazine which means wider
as the pop artists on the FC tell audience.
us this. Use of pink and red Central Image- Main
colours tells us audience is image is easy to spot.
young girls. Bright colours tell Young girls are aware of
us that the magazine promotes who he is. Artist is
a fun lifestyle for girls. represented as popular
with girls which attracts
Cover line- main
readers.
story is about
Justin Beiber Plugs- give us info
getting bullied. about other stories in
Pull quote- said by the magazine.
Beiber himself to Anchorage to assist
make us want to the stories as well.
read more. Makes it easier to
follow.
Mode of address is Use of the love hearts
colloquial as audience is tells us that the
young girls. This makes it audience are young
easier tor them to girls.
understand what is said as Teaser- persuades reader to
the language is easy and find out more and read the
simple. magazine.
3. Puff aims to persuade Central Image- Covers
Masthead- NME readers to buy the most of the FC. Grey
Use of the bold pink magazine as it has a rare background makes image
colours for main special edition cover. stand out. Rihanna
writing attracts represented as cool,
readers attention to young & edgy to draw
important parts first audience in.
which tempts them Genre- indie/rock but
to find out more. Rihanna changes this
edition to a hip-hop
Cover Line- genre.
informs us of
what the main Pull quote- Placed in
stories are so the middle of the FC
that readers are which draws our
persuaded to attention to it. We
buy the want to find out more
magazine. about what Rihanna is
talking about.
Mode of address is
standard English as
With the Central Image, plain background and
audience are older teens. only a small amount of writing on the cover
Makes sure that it is easier the magazine represents itself as simple and
for audience to understand cool. It looks attractive, therefore its audience
everything. of both boys and girls will buy the magazine.
4. Genre- Covers all genre of
music due to it being a
Billboard magazine. Genres
Buzz word Masthead is slightly
include Pop, R&B/Hip-hop,
‘Don’t Miss’ covered up by central
rock etc.
which gets the image which tells us that
readers full everybody is aware of the
attention title of the magazine due
to its popularity.
Plugs- four plugs on
either side on Central Image- Pop
Central Image which artist Miley Cyrus.
give us info about Covers most of the FC
smaller stories which shows how
within magazine. important she is. We
are instantly drawn to
her, and then the
Cover Line- gives
information around
us information
her.
about the main
story in the Layout of the FC is professional as
magazine. Tempts plugs and central image etc are Mode of address is
readers to read laid out orderly. Everything is easy standard English. Clear and
more. to see. This promotes a cool and simple English makes
simple lifestyle just like the FC. audience comfortable.
5. Genre- R&B and hip-hop. Mode of address is standard
Central Image informs us English. Easy for audience to Masthead VIBE is not
of the genre of the understand what is said. fully shown due to
magazine. the central image.
Audience are young boys Tells us that audience
and girls (majority boys) are aware of what it
who are into R&B and is called anyway. Red
hip-hop music. colour makes it stand
out.
Central Image- American
Cover Line-
hip hop artist T.I.
informs
Represented as cool, good
audience of the
looking and rich due to
main story.
clothing. Even though
Different colour
clothing matches with the
for the name T.I.
background, T.I still stands
which makes it
out which draws our
stand out.
attention to him.
Bold colours used with the white
background make everything stand Plugs- info about smaller
out more to attract audience. stories. Easy to find out
Lifestyle promoted is a cool and what else is feature in the
young one due to the style of the magazine.
FC itself.
6. Masthead is covered
Mode of address is standard by central image
English. Easy for audience to which tells us that
Central Image-
understand what it said. everyone is aware of
Rihanna which tells
us that the genre of the name of the
this magazine is hip- magazine due to its
hop with rock. She is popularity. Red colour
represented as makes it stand out
young, wild and sexy. from rest of the FC.
Audience is made up
of older boys and the Plugs- 3 plugs on the
image tells us this as side each inform
Rihanna is posing for audience of other
boys which attracts stories in the magazine.
their attention to this Gives audience more
edition. info which helps them
decide whether to buy
magazine or not.
FC tells us that the lifestyle
of this magazine is a wild
one due to the example of Cover Line tells us main
Rihanna being used. Black, story is about Rihanna and
red and white colours her love life. Tempts the
show a edgy style. audience to read more.
