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Font a sans serif font is used as
it is easy to read and a modern
type of font which would appeal
to the young target audience.
Size it is the largest text on the
page as it is the name of the
magazine which needs to catch
the attention of the readers. Colour pink is used as a
background colour to the text
because its a stereotypical colour
for girls and the magazine is
aimed at girls. Also the colour
white is bright colour which
makes it looks happier rather than
black for example, which is a dull
colour.
Sell lines
Shopping there are these kind of
sell lines even though its a music
magazine because the main target
audience are girls and most girls
are into fashion which will attract
them to read the magazine.
Gossip the articles are not musicrelated because the main target
audience are girls who are more
likely to be interested in the
singers life rather than their
music.
Male singers there are always
male singers which will be
featured on the front cover
because it attracts the audiencewho are mostly female.
Information
Barcode it will be scanned atthe shop so the price of the
magazine comes up.
Issue number this informs the
readers what issue they are
buying.
Date this tells the reader the
date of the magazine so they
know if its new or old and how
long it has been out for.
Price this is so readers know
how much it costs.
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Facial expression she is smiling
because it is a pop magazine
which is aimed at girls who willlike to see happy expressions as
it is more appealing and
comfortable to look at.
Costume her hair and make
up is all done nicely because in
the pop genre, the appearance
of someone is important and
may even exceed the music of
the singer.Freebies
Posters are a common freebie in
pop magazines because the main
target audience are girls who will
like to collect posters of their
favourite singers.
Colour scheme
The main colours used are pink, white, blue and yellow which makes it very colourful and appealing to
the readers. Pink is a stereotypical colour for girls which is suitable because the main target audience
are female. The colour yellow connotes happiness which is appealing to the target audience who are
female because they are usually associated as the more cheerful gender.
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Fontit is quite a bold font and its
a sans serif which makes it easy to
read.
Size it is very large so that it
stands out to the readers. Its also
the largest font on the cover which
is important because it is the nameof the magazine and therefore
needs to catch the attention of the
readers.
Freebies
Generally they dont have freebies because the readers of the
magazine usually buy it because of the content rather than
whats free with it, it is considered as an extra if there is one.
Sell lines
Music related e.g. tours the
main target audience are malewho are into the music rather
than other things like fashion
and gossip.
Reviews the readers who read
the magazine because of the
music would want to know what
people think of certain
songs/albums/gigs etc. and
therefore is a popular feature in
a magazine of this genre.
Information
Barcode it will be scanned at the
shop so the price of the magazine
comes up
Issue number this informs the
readers what issue they are
buying and they are able to keep
track of which ones they have ordont have.
Date this is a monthly magazine
and therefore having the month
on it would indicate to the reader
whether its old or new.
Website the website for the
magazine is included so that
people can go on it to find more
information.
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Facial expression they all have a
very serious facial expression on
their face. This is because the
main target audience are male
which means they are more likely
to like seeing seriousness .
Costume they are all in causal
outfits and it sees like they
havent done much to their face
and hair because this genre is
mainly about the music and very
little about appearance. The
singers and the audience itself will
not really care that much about
appearance because they care
about the music.
Colour scheme
The main colours used are red, while
yellow and black. Red is used
because it is considered to be a
violent colour which is suitable asthe main target audience are male
who are thought to be aggressive.
These are also considered to be the
colour for males because it is more
harsh.
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Mast head
Fontit is quite a bold font and its a
sans serif which makes it easy to
read.
Size it is very large so that it stands
out to the readers. Its also the
largest font on the cover which is
important because it is the name of
the magazine and therefore needs tocatch the attention of the readers.
Sell lines
Boxing the main target audience
are male who are thought to be
more aggressive and violent,
therefore boxing may be
interesting to them as it is a
violent sport.
Music related the target
audience who are almost 50%male are likely to be interested in
the music rather than other things
like fashion. Therefore most sell
lines are about the different
singers in this genre of music.
Quiz there are some fun features
which would be suitable for the
readers as it can test their
knowledge about the music they
like and it is fun for them.
Colour scheme
The main colours used are black, white,
blue and yellow. Black is used because
it is a fairly dull and serious colour
which is suitable for the target
audience because they are mainly male
who are thought to be really into their
music. In addition, blue and yellow areused to balance out the black and white
as these are more positive looking
colours which would appeal to the
female target audience.
Plug
Being able to win a ticket to see your favourite band is
appealing to the readers because they are known to be really
into the music and therefore would attract them to buy the
magazine.
Image
Facial expression the expressions
on their face are fairly serious but
also show a little bit of casualness
and therefore makes it not so
serious as the audience of the
magazine are almost equally male
and female.
Costume the clothes they arewearing are very casual. However
their hair seems to be like it has
been stylised as you can see one of
the members have their hair gelled
up. This may have been done
because the target audience are
both male and female and
therefore they would care a little
more about their appearance.
Information
Barcode it will be scanned at the
shop so the price of the magazine
comes up
Issue number this informs thereaders what issue they are buying
and they are able to keep track of
which ones they have or dont have.
Date this tells the reader when the
magazine was released and
therefore informs them how long it
has been out.
Website the website for the
magazine is included so that peoplecan go on it to find more
information.
