analysis of magazines

1. Analysis of magazines:

2. They have dressed Justin
Bieber up in a rock and roll
type of way, to appeal to
both Justin Bieber fans but
also to make non fans think
that he is not all about
signing for teen girls, but
also likes a bit of rock n roll.
The word super boy in large
letters show that he is very
super. The words stand out
very easily. This may also
mean that he has done a
‘heroic’ deed, and so he has
been called ‘super’. It doesn’t
give away much in order for
the audience to want to buy
the magazine.
Colours only include red, black
and white throughout the whole
front cover.
Masthead/title- part of this is covered
by Justin's hair, yet as it is such a well
known name people can still read it
without even needing to see the full
word. The way they have dressed him
up links to the rolling stones band
themselves as he is sort of dressed the
way they use to.
Main image/
focal point.
Lead/cover story
Second
story.
Date/ issue number
and websites.
Straplines – advertising
other artists which will
be featured throughout
the magazine (not
giving to much away)
The picture of him is a medium shot. Medium
shots are generally used to display characters
actions, and we can see that Justin looks like
he's just been in a fight and could be classed as
are ‘hard boy’.
Justin Bieber is a pop artist.
He has been put onto a
non-pop magazine to
advertise his new and
upcoming music into other
music tasted people.

3. Background is created to
look old, which would
represent the fact the bob
Marley is in the past as he is
dead.
Stating that maybe “the
ghost” of Marley could be the
next biggest movie.
Connotation:
• We could say that the reason
that the words are faded to the
point where you can see
through them to image behind,
could represent the fact that it
at the bottom said “is the
GHOST of Marley the next
blockbuster brand?”, which
could mean that the text
represents the ghost of bob
Marley.
• The way bob is looking not into
the camera, but above could
represent him looking into the
light, or looking at Jesus.
This shot is a medium close up. This
shot shows the face more clearly,
without getting uncomfortably
close.
Masthead/ title- this is important in
order to have a recognisable title.
And with this being such a simple
name and a simple title, people will
remember it for the future.
Other stories- not to much are given
away. Questions may be used to get
predictions running trough the
audiences head, and this will make
more people want to buy it.
Barcode
The company- showing that it
has done well in its time. We
can see this as it says, the
“fourth major”, stating that it
has sold very well, or that it
was on very high demand.
Genre- bob Marley's genre is
reggae, this magazine would more
be seen as a pop magazine
originally, but due to the death of
bob, it is a dedication to a brilliant
artist.

4. Pink and flowery theme may
show that it is targeted to a
female audience.
Katy Perry in bold letters
show that this magazine
may be focused mainly on
her.
Connotations:
• We could say that by the way
Katy Perry is dressed in this
magazine front cover, that she
enjoys nature. She's hugging
flower and her dress has little
flowers on it which could show
that maybe her favourite
season is spring, when all the
flowers bloom. We could go
more in-depth and say she is
representing nature in itself.
Title/ masthead- this is partially covered
by Katy's head, yet we can still
understand what it is saying. This is
because it is such a well know magazine
with such a simplistic name, so it is easy
to remember.
Katy Perry is a pop artist, and she is
covering on the front of a pop
magazine, this is where we would
find an artist like this. She is named
the queen of pop, which could
show how highly this magazine
company think about her, and
trying to entice readers to thing
the same.
Second stories/ strap like-
this is saying what else will
be in the magazine but not
giving away too much so
the audience still want to
buy it.

5. Suggested that if you love it then we as
an audience will love it too. The word
we, kind of makes us think that both
the creators of the magazine, and us as
an audience love it collectively.
People that will be
previewed inside.
The number are big
and bold in order to
make it easier for the
audience to read.
Lots of images in order for
there o be recognisable
faces for the audience to
see, as once they see the
faces they may want to
either learn more about
the person or if you are a
fan, read about the
celebrity in which you love.
Letter from the author. This
is to feel a connection
between you and the
author, and to get a little
insight about the person
writing the stories.
A free gift (in this magazine it is
posters) of all different pop
celebrities such as Justin Bieber
and one direction. This is done in
order to entice the readers to want
to buy the magazine due to the
free gift also included inside.

6. The logo is placed in the left
corner of the context page. This
is to once again to re-enforced
which magazine they are
reading. The more times this
logo is placed throughout the
magazine, the more it becomes
recognisable to the reader.
the fact the James blunt is second on
the list of ‘features, may show that on
the front cover is stereophonics, due
to the fact that they are number one
on the featured list , then second is
James blunt (and he is on the context
page), so it may go in a chronological
order.
The date and title is shown very
clearly in the header to be able
to easily locate both what page
they are on, and what issue
date he magazine is.
This is a section in which
tells you what is in this
magazine, but what will also
be in future magazines so
that the reader can
understand and know a few
things of what will be in the
next issue.
The edges of this image (medium close up)
have been cut off the page. This could be
solved by simple things such as making the
image smaller or on the left side you could
send the text to the back, in order for you to
see the rest of his hair.

7. The v in the background is to continue to
advertisement for their magazine. The
vibe magazine is represented by a massive
‘v, and on the contents page it is seen
again, there for re-enforcing the fact that
the reader is reading a vibe magazine.
The colours of this context page
is very dull, consisting of only
shades of grey and black. This is
porously done in order for the
red colour to stand out.
We could see many
connotations of this such as
that is a poppy, and this is a
magazine representing the
ones who have fought for our
country. Or we could also see it
as brining in the first hint to the
theme of the rest of the
magazine.
This image of Kanye west could
be portrayed in many ways. For
example, we could see it as
women trying to climb over him,
but he does not care and is not
amused.
We could also see it as Kanye
being a dull person (that’s why
he is grey) but when a woman
touches his heart, it puts colour
into his life.
Different fonts used
throughout to funk it
up and give ‘variety’
to the reader.
Fashion shows Kayne to be
quite a classy guy, and by
the arm across the chest we
could say that women like
classy men.

8. Bright coloured page with
lots of pinks. This gives off a
vibrant and happy feel
towards the audience.
The ‘icon’ ring in which she is wearing, and holding
up against her face is to remind the audience that
she is an icon. The quirky dress sense in which she is
wearing strange necklaces and a zebra print shirt,
shows individuality and that individuality is good.
The word ‘icon’ just re-enforces that although Nicki
Minaj is weird and different she is still a public icon,
and if she can be weird then so can you.
Main image is a picture of Nicki Minaj and the 2 biggest
words across the double spread page is her name, so
even for the readers who don’t know her very well they
can put a name to a face or vice-versa.
The gospel according to Nicki is written in quite a fancy
font to deliver across the though of an old fashion sort
of look. The fact that it is saying the gospel according
to Nicki Minaj cold make us believe many things such
as “she must be a catholic” or she believes in god, and
what she says must be right, so its almost as if she is
the new figure head of the gospel.
Target audience would be
to a ‘younger’ audience
from teenagers to people
in the early/mid 20s.
Artists name.
Floating quote.
Opening quote.

9. Main image goes so well with the name of
their band. The main image is what looks like 3
teenagers sitting in a bedroom watching TV,
and the name of the band is the teenagers.
This can help the audience to relate to them
(teenage audience) and saying that it is a norm
to do that as celebrities do it too. Secondary image.
Information given about
the band. This is so
people who want to
become fans can begin to
learn about them, and
people who are already
fans can learn more
about them.
Floating quote.
Tagline: the tagline is
pretty much they
definition of a
stereotypical teenage
boy. Young, dumb, and
full of filthy tunes
The colours are all basically white, black,
and blue. These colours would
stereotypically be a direction towards
men. So we could say this is directed to
more of a male audience that a female
audience.
Telling the audience
what other music is
popular at the
moment, also giving a
little description about
the band, and an image
of them to so that you
can put a name to a
face.

10. This image of Justin Bieber makes
the audience feel as if they are
actually connecting with Justin.
This is because he is looking
directly into the cameras lense,
with a mid smile, and eyebrows
raised. This may entice a female
audience as they may find him
attractive and want to read more
about him.
The dress sense, the
tattoos and the chain
around his neck show
the audience that he has
grownup and is not a
little boy anymore, but a
grown man.
The fact that it is an exclusive interview
shows that it doesn’t happen very often
and that they (the magazine company) is
very lucky to interview him.
Main image.
Secondary
image.
We could see this title in
two different ways.
1. Justin Bieber could be
having troubles in his
relationship with Selena
Gomez, which is why the
title states girls give me a
headache, meaning that
girls confuse him so much
he gets a headache.
Or
2. It could mean that he is
happily in a relation ship
with Selena (as seen in the
picture) and all the other
girls apart form her give
him a headache.
Floating quote is also
used as the title, this is
because it is a very
confusing thing for a
celebrity to say, so it
will entice more people
to read it.