This document summarizes key details about the magazine "Top of Pops": - It focuses on pop music and has been published monthly since 1995 by BBC Magazines. - The current editor is Peter Hart and it costs £2.99 in stores and online. - The summary highlights aspects of its layout that effectively draw in readers, such as bright colors, bold titles, and placing cover article information prominently. - Pull quotes and splitting text into boxes makes articles easier to read, as does relating images and text to specific band members. The document also summarizes the magazine "NME": - It is an alternative music magazine published weekly since 1952 by IPC Media.

2. Top of Pops
• Focus: Pop music
• Publishing Company: BBC Magazines
• Editors Name: Current editor is Peter Hart
• Date of first publication: February 1995
• Frequency of publication: Monthly
• Price: £2.99
• Distribution: usual magazines shops and
online

3. Mast Head Mast head partially
Bright, bold, yell hidden behind artists
ow, stands out. head, usual
convention of
magazine.
Puff bright and
clear, draws Main image, all artists
readers attention hold direct mode of
to slogan address on eye
level, draws readers in
Cover titles in
bright puffs to Main cover
stand out and title, relates to main
show reader image, biggest puff
what's inside on page to show
and draw them importance, attracts
in readers
Bar code and issue
date typical
convention of
magazine

4. Mast head used in
every TOTP contents
page, pink
Picture of issue with clear background connotes
information as to where female audience
the cover articles
are, making it easy for
people who are only Page numbers
buying it for a certain in clear bold
article colours to
make articles
easier to find
Contents
titles, contents Images size related to
categorized to help importance and size of
readers find different article, attracts fans of
contents certain artists to
different pages

5. Other images separate article up to
make it easier to read
Pun title, bright
colours suggest
what interview
is about
Separate text box
for each
artist, relates to
commodity of the
band how each
member has their
own identity,
Main Image of artists show who interview
Pull Quotes give a is on, direct gaze draws in readers, largest
taste to piece of page attracts fans of the artist to
interview, draw the page
readers in

6. Aspects I wish to use from Top Of The
Pops
• Text – as my magazine is going to cover the pop genre, the text
used on the cover and inside must represent this, on top of the
pops the typography used is bubbly and smooth, making the
magazine instantly identifiable as pop
• Layout of contents page - although I plane to make some
alterations to colours and puffs used, the simplicity of the cover
page is helpful for readers, having the cover articles easy to accsess
gives new readers help, as the cover pieces may be why they picked
up the magazine
• Double page spread layout – with the double page spread, the way
pull quotes and images were used to split up text made it come
across as a lot simpler and easier to read, with my target audience
being teenagers, this is nessercary as the age group of 15+ will want
something simple. Also, using different band name members in
different colours allows readers to get to know the artist better

7. NME
Type/Focus of Magazine: Alternate
Publishing Company: IPC Media
Editors name: Current editor Mike Williams
Date of first publication: March 1952
Frequency of Publication: Weekly
Price: £2.40
Distribution: In stores and order online

8. Mast Head, typical
font, same used on
every mag, bright
red contrasts with
colour scheme
, stands out Medium close
up, plain white
background
Cover Articles draws attention
clear and to artist holding
big, draws direct mode of
attention to address
what’s inside.
Bar code
Large cover
title, shows Black and
reader main white image
article brings
across older
audience

9. Mast head
repeated, clear
identification of magazine
Headings for each
Band Index different type of
helps fans of contents to allow
certain readers to easily find
artists find what they want
what they’re
looking for
Bright coloured
page
Small numbers, contrast
articles with background to
gives help readers find
reader a pages
taste of
what’s
inside

10. Direct mode of
White text on black shapes
address
clear and attention
Pulls readers in
grabbing
Pull
Quote/mast
head – big and
clear draws
readers in
Image of artist links to interview, shows
Text, interview readers who’s related to the text

11. Aspects I wish to use from NME
• Layout of cover page– with the layout of the cover article it
is simple, yet attention grabbing, the blacks, whites and
reds present it as a mature magazine, which aims at the
target audience I intend to aim my own magazine at.
Although to link it with my genre some colours may be
changed, the simple lay out makes it seem older and more
presentable to teens of mixed gender
• Contents page – One thing I liked from this was the Band
Index, for my genre of pop, this covers many artists and
fans often only stick to one favourite, having this will be
new to pop magazines, making it stand out and it will allow
certain fans of certain artists to find what they want
easily, with little effort