'Top of the pops' masthead has been the same font and design for years, however varies in colour. It is presented at the top of the magazine so that when the magazine are stacked behind each other, the masthead is the first thing that the reader will see. The main image and the story line has a big influence to the reader, as if it's an interesting and up to date story, then the reader is more likely to buy it.Here, 'Top of the pops' main story and image is the very famous Robert Patterson. He is from the film 'Twilight' and he is known to be a 'heart-throb'. Having Robert Patterson on the front cover of this magazine would influence young girls to purchase it. Here the image is presented in the centre of the page as usually the front covers are broken down in columns so they would be displayed either in the centre, to the left of the page or to the right.
Magazines tend to stick to three or a maximum four colours for the front cover, however 'Top of the pops' has chosen to use a variety of colours which would catch the readers attention. This could come across as quite messy, but because of the target audience, 'Top of the pops' can create front covers using more than three colours.
The layout of the magazine comes across as looking busy, but because there are a lot of colours and different story lines presented on the front cover, this catches the target audiences attention and draws them in.
The bar code is presented at the bottom of the page along with the issue date and the price of the magazine. Personally I think that the bar codes should be displayed on the back of the magazine, because with it begin at the bottom, it stands out but also it's on the main image, which personally I think spoilt it.
I believe that the target audience for this magazine is either middle to upper class women who are interested in fashion and designer brands. The layout of the magazine tells the reader exactly what is published in this weeks 'Vogue' with clear cover lines displayed in a bold red font. Like every magazine, the masthead is always presented in the same font and size, and in the same position. 'Vogue' always displays their masthead at the top in the centre of the front cover. By doing this, it is clear to see when it is displayed behind other magazines. 'Vogue' also keeps to distinctive colour schemes when publishing their magazines; here they have used red, grey and white. By using this colour scheme, it fits with the class that it's for and doesn't look to busy or messy.
The main image is relevant to the target audience as its representing women and fashion. Kate Moss is seen as a role model who represents a lot of advertising, so she is well known. By having someone that is well known on a popular magazine will interest their target audience to read more about it and know the celebrity gossip. Even though this isn't a music magazine, its good to compare and notice how different magazines are laid out and presented.
Like the front cover, 'Vogue' has put their masthead in the contents page; this is for advertising and acknowledgment for the reader. Usually in magazines, they will put the issue date and year inside their magazines so the readers know what month the magazine was published. In a lot of magazines (music, fashion, etc) there will always be relevant to the target audience. For example the advert which is displayed opposite the contents page is presenting a famous designer and brands.
The contents page is always divided into two main sections , these are regular and features. A feature in a contents page will be something what sells the magazine, so whats new on the high street or designer fashion, whats the latest gossip involving celebrities etc. A regular in the contents page is what the reader will see every month that the magazine is published. For example if this magazine had an agony aunt column or healthy living section then it will always appear in 'Vogue'. This magazine is clearly divided under different sub-headings such as 'Beauty' and 'Views & Lifestyle' By looking at the contents page, you can that this magazine target audience is aimed at women. (Middle and Upper class)
Like it's front covers, 'NME' has displayed their masthead at the top of the contents page in bold capital letters. This is for advertising their magazine, and also introducing what their magazine is going to consist of this week. By having a main image displayed in the contents page; it is usually relevant to what is published on the front cover. Like most magazines, the contents page has the date and year it was published.'NME' has divided their contents page into regular and feature columns. As you can see, features are clearly presented near the bottom of the page. Although regulars aren't sub-headed like features, regulars are also displayed in the contents page. 'NME' used a similar colour scheme when publishing their magazines, which is red, black and white. By having a regular colour schemes, readers can always relate this magazine to them colours.
The target audience for this magazine would be for young males who are interested in heavy or rock music. The age gender for this magazine would probably fall in the teenage to early 20's category.
Like in most contents pages, the advertising presented in the lower middle of the page, will relate to the magazine and the target audience. Music magazines would normally be based around adverts about music, other magazines, bands, album releases and fashion relating to that genre.
The double page spreads in magazines usually always relate to the main image on the front cover and the main cover line. Here, Solange Knowles is telling 'Now' about her CD which she is releasing. Solange Knowles has become a big hit in the UK, however many people would refer her to be Beyonce Knowles younger sister. Even the kicker mentions Solange's older sister; by having a kicker, it introduces what the article is going to be about. The kicker is always presented at the beginning of the article. The main image/s are showing a stereotypical young beautiful women who looks glamorous, and with various photos of her in action. Women are always presented looking beautiful; the red in her dress makes the colour scheme less boring. Other colours used is blue, grey and black which makes the double page spread look dull, however with the red in Solange's dress, it brightens the article and catches the readers attention.
Most double page spreads have a drop cap at the beginning of the paragraph however this article has just started off using bold writing. A drop cap is only used to break up the text at other points, probably with at least one line of white space above it so its not technically needed in this article. Gutters are also used between the columns in order to break up the article.
A caption is usually displayed around the main image; this is always relevant to the main image presented on the page. As with a pull quote, it is usually used when a certain quote is important to the main story. A quote is taken from an article and highlighted in bold and capital letters. It is also taken and placed where the quote was taken from. Sometimes they are displayed in the article, whereas here it is placed near the main image.
NME has used a drop cap at the beginning of the body text; this is very common in magazines as it breaks up the body text, which has at least one line of white space above it. Gutters are also used around the body work to break up the column. The colour scheme for this article as well as most of NME colour scheme is black, white and red. By using three colours, it stops the article looking messy. With black and white writing it makes the article look quite dull, however by using the red off Lily Allen's shirt makes it stand out more by highlighting her and the red in the kicker.
There is a lot of white spaces on the article; this is because with a small font used for the body text, the large image covering the right hand side of the double page spread and with a large pull quote/ Sans Serif font it needs white space to stop it looking messy and too busy.
The location for where I took my photo's was Fritton Woods in Fritton. I decided to use this location because my double page spread for my music magazine featured Jimi Hendrix, so by having the photo's taken in Frittons Woods, it allowed me to think that Jimi Hendrix was being photographed at The Woodstock Festival in 1969. I used a yellow polka dot neck scarf as my prop which tied around Jimi's head. By adding the neck scarf, I thought it made it more affective and gave the effect that he was at Woodstock and from 1960's. I didn't have a set costume for my photo's however if I could, I would re-take my photo's in the same location, however have my model in more old fashioned 1960's clothing.
Another photo that i took was a girl wearing pattern leggings, I added this to my contents page next to 'Fashion'; I thought that the pattern on the leggings were a great example of the 1969's clothing range, and I wanted to show the audience what was featured in my magazine.
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