The magazine cover is aimed at teenage girls, as indicated by the pink font and rounded font style. It features an image of Lady Gaga to appeal to the target audience. Throughout the magazine, a pink, black, and white color scheme and informal font are used to create a fun, accessible feel for teenage readers. The contents page is clearly laid out to help readers easily find articles on their favorite music artists.

1. The masthead is the top of the pops
logo, the pink font shows that the
magazine is aimed at teenage girls.
The font is rounded which gives the
reader an impression that the
magazine will be fun and informal.
The use of a tag line across the top
of the page attracts the reader and
gives a brief summary of the rest of
the contents of the magazine which
would attract the reader into
wanting to buy the magazine more.
The main image is a studio
taken image of Lady Gaga, it
has direct address with the
audience which makes the
reader seem like there is a
connection with the star.
The main coverline appeals a lot
to young girls as the magazine is
targeted at an age range that are
still developing and majority may
not be confident with their body.
This would appeal to the reader as
they might be able to relate to the
article.
The barcode and price is shown
which is needed when you purchase
the magazine, the price stands out
to adults as it would usually be the
parents buying this magazine for
their children.
The plug is aimed at the
target audience as it is a
kind of issue that a
teenager of this age may
relate to, it may be a way
to get the reader involved
in the magazine as they
have to fill it in
themselves.
The bbc logo has been placed on the
top of the magazine. The bbc is a
trusted institution therefore the
reader/parent will know that the
magazine will meet requirements
for their children to read.
The image insert of one
direction links with the other
plug, which says “1Ds cutest
interview ever!” this shows
that the magazine is about
music as they’re a band, as
well as this it relates to the
teenage girl audience as one
directions main fanbase is
teenage girls.
The cover line ‘true life terror’ is
advertising the fact that there are
real life situations and articles in
the magazine, then going onto
say “I was attacked by cows”
makes it seem much more
humours than scary.
The magazine uses buzz words such
as ‘wow’ and ‘inside!’ these are all in
bold and stand out which will grab
the readers attention.
The magazine follows the rule of
thirds design, all main coverlines are
on either side of the page and the
image is central to the middle.
The colour scheme is constant
throughout the cover, the main
colour is pink, some coverlines are
in purple and the smaller coverlines
are in blue – this continues
throughout the magazine to follow a
theme.

2. The heading of the page
informs the reader that
this is the contents
page, the font is
informal and the pink
background shows that
the target audience is
for teenage girls. The
font being informal
makes the magazine
more welcoming to the
reader.
The colour scheme is
continuous throughout
the magazine, the colours
used are white, hot pink
and black – this is the
same for all top of the
pops issues. The colour
yellow has been used to
highlight important
articles.
The sub headings make it
very easy to use the
contents page, so that
regular customers will know
exactly what part of the
magazine they will want to
go to, this is beneficial to
the younger target
audience as they will be
able to find the pages they
want quicker.
The page numbers again
make the magazine easily
accessible for the readers.
The other images around the page
show the reader what other artists
are included in the magazine
without them having to read into it
fully.
The contents page has been laid out
in the rule of thirds, which again is
the same as the contents page. This
gives a structure to the page and a
theme throughout the two pages, it
follows the conventions of a
magazine.
There are a variety of fonts used on
the page, the subheadings are
bolder than the article names so
that they stand out and are visible
to see.

3. The main image takes up most of
the double page spread. It shows
us who the article is about, the
way Selena is sitting shows that
the article will be fun and jokey.
The colour scheme is yet again pink
black and white – this colour scheme
is continuous throughout this
magazine as it keeps it all together
and it keeps it all as a theme.
The font is very bold and in
the readers face, this gets the
reader’s attention as it
stands out. As well as this,
the headings are all in capital
letters; this enables the font
to stand out even more as it
seems like a statement and
almost as if its ‘loud’. The
same font is used throughout
the double spread however
some parts are made bold.
The title is large and in capital
letters to grab the reader’s
attention, the font is black and
has pink quotation marks
around it to fit in with the
theme of the article, the title
is a grab quote taken from the
article itself which will attract
the audience to want to read
more into the article.
The layout of this
article does not really
follow conventions of a
magazine, the article is
full of angular shapes
that are filling up empty
spaces and also the
article is not that big.
The double page spread
was not of the cover girl
it was of another
celebrity which also
does not follow
conventions. However,
the article still seems to
use the rule of thirds
rule as you can clearly
see that the page has
been divided into 3.
There is a supplement image on the
page, this shows selena with her
friend under the title ‘fantastic
friendships’. This fits with the
subheading and links the two
together.