1. The image of Lily Allen is very normal, she
hasn’t tried to look unrealistically beautiful
or gorgeous, she’s dressed and done her
The simple black, white and red colour make up and hair how she’s wanted it and
scheme shows that this is a article that gets she looks like a genuine person which is
straight to the point and they aren’t trying popular amongst readers these days, so
to confuse you with bright colour’s etc. the this would draw people into reading on.
quote itself is so bold it makes you want to And because Lily is wearing quite ordinary
read on, almost to know what shes being clothes, that is something readers can
honest about. relate to.
They have used magazine conventions as one
The main focus is obviously Lily Allen and the
page is nearly completely covered by Lily
quote next to her as they are the largest
which is what you will usually see in a
subjects on the page. The writing works well
magazine, where a model is the or one of the
with the image of Lily because its very edgy
most dominant things on the page.
and made look unconventional which is how
Lily Allen is.

2. The image of lady gaga overwhelms a
whole page, this shows she not only
wants you to read about her, she wants
you to see her as well and for you to
know she is the main focus of this article. The huge L over the writing is almost like
Because she looks so eye catching it a symbol of how big Lady gaga really is in
makes us think the article will be just as the media, and the fact its over an article
good. about her is almost saying she’s too
big/famous for her own good.
The lay out is very simple yet effective
They have applied the conventions as lady
because the font and colour scheme
gagas image completely dominates one
work so well together that it looks like
page while information dominates the
more when there’s really less which is
other, which is what you usually see in a
what’s appealing to readers and isn’t
magazine.
confusing at the same time.
These elements are used to target their
audience because they offer everything for
everyone, pictures for people who are
interested in how the famous people look,
information for people who want to know
about the celebrity etc..

3. In this double page spread the image of
Florence isn’t the most dominant subject
on the page, this time it’s the letters USA
which tells us that the information is
more important than how she looks in
the magazine.
They use the sentence “ you got the love “
which is a lyric from one of her songs, this The red on the material Florence is sitting on
reinforces her, her image and her music, the closely matches the red on her hair, which is a
song would also stay in your head and you’d graphic match and adds inelegance to the page
be more likely to listen to it and maybe the layout.
rest of her songs. There is also blue, which is in the American flag
The drop capital D at the start of the article along with white and red, so we really know
also draws attention from her to the that this piece is strongly to do with the USA.
paragraph.

4. Red, black and white colour scheme is popular Showing dramatic pictures of the band
with emo, rock bands so it matches the genre connotes that this article might be sad,
of their music, the pictures being in black and dramatic, un happy.
white also gives them a gritty, dark feel to Using a quote from the band draws in readers
them. as it gives them a taste of what the article would
Having some sentences at an angle gives us a be about.
unbalanced, not normal feel which reinforces The quote font seems gritty and eroded which is
the fact they aren’t a mainstream band. how the music from the band is.

5. Having will.i.am standing out from the rest Dressing in the colour gold connotes that
of the group connotes to us that he is the they are rich and want to look expensive.
main person and that this article is Having arrows pointing towards the
probably focusing on him. articles diverts our attention towards
Using the sentence ‘ will he, wont he?’ in the writing and away from the image.
big capitals also reinforces the fact the Having some text high lighted means to
article is probably about him. us that that is probably a important
piece of text.