2. For the front cover
overview, I will using a
variety of different front
covers from pop
magazine, which are shown
on the left. The magazines
are from the two wellknown pop magazines, ‘Top
of the Pops’ and ‘We Love
Pop’. There are a variety of
typical front cover
conventions used
throughout all the pop
magazine front covers
shown. The pop magazines
are designed to attract fans
who like the music
genre, pop.

3. One of these features are the use of bright colours. Bright colours are used to represent pop genre as a whole, so people
are able to recognise the magazines are for young teenage girls who love listening to pop music. For each pop magazine,
there will be a colour scheme throughout the magazine to show its effectiveness and its representation. These colours
also represent emotions like happiness, excitement, fun etc, which links to the personality of young girls who read these
pop magazines. The colours include bright pink, yellow, orange, blue and white. These colours will be used to stand out
and catch the audiences eye, convincing them to pick up the magazine and read through it.
Another feature that is common through each of the front covers is a simple blank white background. This is used to
emphasise the main image, and make it more dominant. The white background also makes the reader think of innocence
and purity, which links to the personality of young, teenage girls and the very innocence personality of pop. Furthermore,
it allows the bright text seen on pop magazines to grab attention even more from the target audience. In addition to this,
the simplicity of the background reflects the light hearted and straight forward style of pop music. As pop magazine use a
lot of features on the front cover, it would be more comprehensible to use a plain white background instead of using a
bright colour like yellow, as this would be less effective. If a pop magazine was to use a bright colour as the background, it
would be even more busy, less attractive and would not convince individuals to purchase the magazine.
In each of the magazines, they have the convention of having a dominant main image. This is to capture the readers eye,
and persuade them to read the magazine. The shot of the main image is at the same level of the artist/bands, as if the
shot was taken at a high angle, it would make the artist/band look vulnerable. Furthermore, the pop magazines also have
sell lines surrounded by the main image, featured article photos and mastheads which are effective and appropriate to
pop. This also attracts the target audience, convincing them to make a purchase.
The majority of pop magazines have the name of the artist featuring in the main sell-line. This is to remind the target
audience who the artist is and what the article is about. They use a famous artist/band as their front cover to attract fans
and lure them in. Each of the artists on the front cover have a happy and positive facial expression and body language. It is
a close up, and each individual is smiling and laughing which indicates they are loving life, fun and living life to the full. This

4. links to the personality of young girls as they are always happy and stress free. The use of happy facial expressions
shows they are enjoying singing, which makes the target audience feel inspired and want to read more about these
famous artists/bands.
There are other similarities in each of the magazines through mise-en-scene elements. In results of costume, the
artists are wearing stylish and trendy clothes, which is the clothing that young teenage girls wear. The clothes are
bright which represents them as pop singers, as well as fun and bubbly young individuals. The use of clothes in pop
also brings an exciting and happy mood towards the reader, allowing them to have a positive self-esteem and feel
good about themselves.
On each of the six front covers, they all feature small, close up article photographs. This is used to make the reader
aware of what articles are included in the magazine and who they are about. These are all generally in a smaller
form, to make the main image more dominant and appealing. These images are also attracting and appealing to the
reader as young girls find images more engaging, which then convinces them to read about the article.
The majority of the magazines include posters which is a typical feature in pop magazines. This is effective as young
teenage girls love to decorate their room, especially with images of their famous crushes and role models. This is used
to persuade you girls to make a repeat purchase, due to the attractive posters provided with the magazine for free.
On each of the six front covers shown on the first slide, general codes and conventions are used across each of them.
For instance, on every magazine created, mastheads will always stand out and be dominant, which allow the
consumers eye lines to be drawn to this. This will make the magazines name become more noticeable and memorable
which will benefit the magazine itself. ‘Top of the Pops’ and ‘We Love Pop’ have a very dominant masthead as they
both use a bold font with bright colours. This will have a result of young teenage girls being able to notice their
magazines anywhere they go.