Research: Conventional layout of a magazine

TOP OF THE POPS MAGAZINE

Masthead: ‘TOPOFTHEPOPS’ Big bold writing to make the title of the magazine stand out. It’s written in pink to appeal to a young female audience. 

Cover lines: show what else is featured in the magazine, the font is smaller than the main cover line. It’s used to appeal to a wider audience For e.g. One Direction is used as a cover line to attract more readers whose interests is one direction. The cover line about fashion is used to attract a secondary audience who have an interest in fashion as well as music. This helps the magazine gain a wider audience.   

  Image: Famous pop icon- Cher Lloyd. It is positioned in the middle since Cher Lloyd is the main story of the magazine. Cher Lloyd appeals to the magazines target audience 13- 19 year old females. The bright blue colour of her outfit also shows off the bright, fun attitude of pop music. The magazine relays on the image to attract the target audience.

Main Cover line: is positioned on top of the main image, it’s connected to the image. The main cover line reads ‘The Real Cher Lloyd’ which is connected to the Cher Lloyd image. It’s written in bold writing and is placed in a pink bubble to make it stand out.

Colour: the colour theme for the magazine is pink to make it look girly and attract a young female audience. Pop music is mainly about romance, the pink can connote romance. It also shows the attitude of pop music- it’s loud, the pink stand out, fun- the bright colours in the magazine gives you the pop music attitude.

Price/ Barcode: The price for this magazine is around £2.75- £3.99 so that the young readers can afford it since it is aimed at an audience that are in school. It is a monthly magazine so the reader doesn’t have to spend too much every week. 

  

Convergence: The free poster of one direction is used to attract a wider audience who like One Direction as they are a popular icon for teenage girls. Also by the barcode there would be the website name so fans can be kept updated and the magazine gets a wider readership.

  

VIBE MAGAZINE

Mast head: the word ‘VIBE’ is written in big, bold and colourful writing. R ‘n’ B is represented as loud and aggressive and the title written in uppercase and an orange colour connotes this. 

Target Audience: The target audience of this magazine is 14- 19 who have an interest in R ‘n’ B and Hip- Hop; it’s targeted to both genders but mainly females. 

Cover line: shows other features in the magazine and are written in a smaller font than the main cover line. The cover line for this magazine includes article of other R ‘n’ B artists such as ‘Drake’ who’s very popular in this genre.

 

Image: Nicki Minaj is the only image on the magazine and she’s placed in the middle of the magazine to show that this issue is about her. The orange in her hair matches the colour theme of the magazine. Nicki Minaj appeals to many people who listen to R ‘n’ B and Hip- Hop.

 

Barcode/ price: The price of the magazine is around £3.00 and is published monthly so the young readers can afford to purchase the magazine. 

Convergence: Has the name of the website written under the bar code so the readers can view the website and keep updated by the website. It benefits the magazine as well since it offers a wide readership meaning they make a profit. 

The language of the magazine is informal to appeal to young readers. Informal language is used to connect to the readers.  Includes fashion to appeal to a wider audience who are interested in music and in fashion, the fashion feature in this magazine is aimed at the male audience who might want to dress as their favourite icon within this genre.