Genres of music magazines + their history and current states;

HipHop + R&B;

R&B is the abbreviation for Rhythm and Blues and is always very closely associated with HipHop. Both music genres hold elements of soul and funk music and originate from reggae and African American styles of sound. There are many music magazines which specialise in R&B and HipHop genres and I have picked VIBE as a prime example of a magazine which maintains a focus of artists associated in these genres.

We can learn of the genre of the magazine through the artists which specialise in R&B and HipHop displayed on the front cover e.g Ciara who stands as the main image and focus of the magazine, We can understand the sexual nature of the magazine due to Ciara's lack of clothing which relates to the genre in the way in which the types of music belonging to R&B + Hiphop usually relate to sex and love.

Quincy Jones launched VIBE in 1993, in partnership with Time Inc. however in 2009 VIBE stopped selling their issues until InterMedia Partners bought the company. InterMedia Partners reinforced the magazine as a music magazine which would be accessible through the web as well as in the form of physical print. 

VIBE music magazine belongs to a conglomerate company called Vibe Lifestyle Network which represents over 25 sites specialising in fashion, sport, music etc. and reaches over 19 million unique users per month. Vibe Lifestyle Network is VIBE music magazine's parent company, and having financial support and publicity from this existing firm VIBE magazine will be able to gain potential readers.

VIBE music magazine has incorporated technology in to their company by enabling their magazine to be accessible online www.vibe.com. On their website they have advertised a personal app which they have created called 'Vibe Music Mixer'. When you click on the link of the promotion you get transferred to the itunes Apple website  and it tells you more about the app- the app is available on the iPhone and iPad. By incorporating current forms of technology such as the iPhone, we can learn that VIBE have understood the growing technological market and used it to their advantage to promote and present their music magazine as well as offering alternative music devices to entertain and interest their customers.

I have taken the following quote from www.vibe.com: 'Vibe is the premier destination for urban music, entertainment, culture and lifestyle for the aspirational 18-34 year old'  This gives me the target audience for VIBE magazine who the company itself aim to target. 

One of my personal favourite music genres is R&B and HipHop therefore researching VIBE magazine has given me a good insight in to the types of technology they use and who their target audience is. I have also recognised that magazines, like most products and services today, are getting influenced by the technological market more and more therefore the demand on physical print magazines is decreasing leaving magazines such as VIBE having to reinforce their magazine online to gain  more customers.

Rock;

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music. Rock music also drew strongly on a number of other genres such as blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical and other musical sources.Musically, rock has  centred around the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with bass guitar and drums. Music magazine, Kerrang! is devoted to rock music and holds a focus of this genre through-out its magazines.

We can learn of the genre which Kerrang! specialises in through the colours used; red and black are colours which usually connotes a 'rocky image'. Wacky hair styles and colours usually relate to rock too. Through the main image- situated on the front cover, of an artist which specialises in rock also communicates the genre and almost becomes the USP of the magazine.

Kerrang! is currently published and owned by Bauer Media group however it's previous owners consisted of, United Newspapers and EMAP. The magazine was first launched on June 6th 1981. In the early 2000s it became the best-selling British music newspaper. Before Bauer Media group took over the magazine, Kerrang! developed and made use of the new emergence of emo and metalcore; it began to heavily feature this musical trend. However, the revamp was not welcomed by all readers and many complaints were received about Kerrang!'s sudden emphasis on emo and metalcore music. This is an example of music magazines taking to the current, applying it to its genres within the magazine but not exactly doing it well. Despite these complaints, the editor at the time, Paul Brannigan took the magazine into its most commercially successful period with a record 80,186 copies sold.

On Kerrang!'s website page there was a lack of technological features used to promote their company. The company seemed to have a focus of merchandise instead such as, a clothing line. There was also a focus of promotional features such as chances to win tickets to see artists in relation to the magazines genre, through competition advertisements.

Bauer Media describes Kerrang!'s target audience as: 'Young, individually minded and passionate consumers, an audience defined by attitude, passion and loyalty.' Their target audience is also described as male- 15-35 on more bias terms. Bauer Media also define Kerrang!'s brand as 'the world's biggest selling weekly music magazine and the original multi-platform youth brand for all rock genres. Kerrang delivers the hottest news, reviews, gig guides, exclusive features, posters, videos and more every week. In print, on TV, radio and online, Kerrang lives life loud for its army of dedicated, music loving fans' This shows they contain huge platforms and rather than just being just a music magazine they are today, a brand.

On their website their is a link to one of their platforms- their radio station online www.kerrangradio.co.uk. When I clicked on this website, they seem to display more technological and social media than the magazines website did. As you can see in the image taken from Kerrang!'s radio website, they have incorporated mobile phone apps to expand and promote their brand. 

Jazz;

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th century American popular music. Its West African pedigree is evident in its use of blue notes, improvisation, polyrhythms, syncopation, call-response, and the swung note.

The artist who appears on the front cover tells us of the music magazines genre, Jazz; he is a successful Jazz musician and highlights the genre of the magazine. The magazine cover is simple and minimalistic however highlights the Jazz genre through the language: 'Jazz school' and artist.

Downbeat music magazine is published and owned by Maher Publications and is the leading music magazine devoted to Jazz. It was first launched in 1935. Through out its issues, it upholds a focus for Jazz in its early years allowing it to appeal to a niche audience; Jazz isn't a mainstream genre and some would say its influence is not so popular today however Downbeat sustains Jazz and its importance.

The magazine uses merchandise such as t-shirts and books to keep jazz alive instead of technological devices to promote its magazine. This shows that the magazine isn't following up-to-date and current technology to promote its magazine and this shows that the genre of the magazine may not appeal to the young as it doesn't need to use technology aimed at them. Downbeat online contains a link to http://www.jodyjazz.com/ which is a website with a focus of everything to do with jazz.  The magazine also provides visitors with a link to a Jazz school website. Downbeats connections allows the Jazz influence to become strong and provide a wide range of aspects to do with Jazz for its consumers to make use of.

It seems to be less to say about this magazine as it does not appear to be as mainstream, popular and widespread as other music magazines are today however, editor, Stearns says: 'I have refined my early Downbeat history and published what remains today one of the more enduring jazz histories still in print, The Story of Jazz.'

On www.downbeat.com I found a quote from the publisher of the magazine which aims to describe the target audience for the magazine: 'There are many roads to jazz, as any collection of fans will demonstrate. But for many of those fans, whose age today can fall anywhere between 10 and 80, that road has been paved with issues of Downbeat magazine' Even though they say the age range for their magazine is widespread I believe today, Jazz isn't as mainstream as other types of music genres therefore it will appear to not be as successful as other music magazines. Despite this, Jazz is still an influential music genre, loved by many and Downbeat sustain its influence and provide the musical genre's lovers with a strong uphold of Jazz.

Having researched three music genres, one which is far from my music taste- Rock, one which is my favourite music genres- R&B and HipHop and one which I have never thought about in detail and never realised it is still as strong as it seems- Jazz I have learnt that the music magazine industry is still alive regardless of critics and statistics. By researching these genres has enabled me to have an idea of what genre I want to use for my magazine; Hiphop  would be my preferred choice. VIBE magazine has allowed me to see the support and popularity behind this genre however I still believe I need to research and discover more about magazines which specialise in Hiphop.

The music magazine industry;

The music magazine industry produces and funds for magazines which focus on music and music culture. These type of magazines include news, interviews, photo shoots, record reviews and recent concerts on particular artists and their genres. Music magazines almost always include a USP to promote their magazine e.g of a music album to promote a particular artist and their music.

Customers are almost guaranteed to find a magazine which specifies or applies to their preferred type of music; from this we can learn that the music magazine business is exposed world-wide and is available for every music lover to make use of. In example popular music magazine 'Rolling Stones' is an American music magazine however it is released in Britain every month and from this we can understand that the music magazine industry is a successful business allowing it to promote and sell products from country to country.

As mentioned, the music magazine industry funds and produces magazines which will appeal to every music taste. However, many magazines include an aquired taste for everybody in just one physical print. Let's take NME for example, the music magazine does not hold a specific genre within their magazine as they provide many aspects of music culture with a focus of different genres. In example, within NME's online website, I found an interview with 'Florence and the Machine'  and an interview with 'Coldplay'. These two artists are very contrasting in their musical genres however as NME does not hold a particular focus of music genres they are able to include contrasting artists, in the long-term this allows them to appeal to a mass audience as potential customers with all different types of music tastes will find something suited to them within the magazine.

On NME's magazine online I found a promotional aspect of their company which appeals to potential buyers by incorporating other types of technology. The promotional offer is persuading individuals to subscribe to their magazine through their own technology such as an iPad or home computer for a year and save up to 38%. This promotional feature is allowing the magazine to be affordable as it is much cheaper than if they were to purchase their magazine every month for a whole year from a shop. By subscribing they are saving money which is beneficial for them as well as the company as the company are securing an amount of releases each month to their customers. Underneath this promotional feature they are using the same technology as alternatives for buyers to access an issue of their magazine for £1.75. This is 45p cheaper than if an individual was to purchase the magazine in a shop. The company are combining technology with their magazine by encouraging their potential buyers to make use of their own technology at home to access their magazine. NME have understood that the technological market is continuously growing and is very popular today with many individuals and will be accessible for potential buyers to purchase NME's magazine.

This is an example of NME promoting their creation of apps to be accessed through iPhones and iPod's. This is another form of technology which NME has Incorporated within their company to expand and promote their business. They are allowing more accessible ways to access their magazine through up-to-date and current ways for potential consumers.

UNCUT and their incorporation of other media:

Here is an example of UNCUT employing other types of media in their magazine- a CD album. Paul Weller is the unique selling point of the magazine as he appears as a large image taking up the whole front cover and UNCUT have used his album to make a clear connection between him staring in the magazine as well as his music being promoted in the magazine. UNCUT issues a magazine every month containing a CD album mostly with some link to their USP of their magazine. In comparison to NME, UNCUT specialises in Americana and Country alternative music genres and this allows them to hold a complete focus through-out their magazine effectively making it easier for them to issue their magazine alongside a CD album as they know their target audience will appeal to it.

However even though the music magazine industry seems to be successful as there seems to be so much to choose from with easy access worldwide, figures within the music magazine industry seem to be dropping. Circulation figures of the music magazine industry was said to of increased by 22.6% in 2010 however in the first half of 2011, statistics displayed that circulation figures for magazines within the industry are decreasing. In example NME's figures have dropped by 14.3% and Kerrang! music magazine figures have fallen by 2.2%. However in the defence of NME, IPC media said: “NME continues to be an exemplar of a modern multiplatform media brand”, serving its audience “via social media, on TV, radio, mobile, through live events and in print and reaches over one million consumers each week”. Despite these figures, the music magazine industry does serve its purpose globally reaching millions of consumers, providing them with their favourite genres and artists monthly and weekly. These statistics have enabled music magazines to provide 'add-on's' and 'extras' to their magazines e.g technology and other media to put a stop to falling figures and I believe these aspects are two of the main reasons why the music magazine industry is still in existence.

College Magazine; Front Cover Final Version

Cover-line ideas

Main cover-line

-Exam results! Happy students tell us all..

This will be in the largest font and will appear near the main part of the image on my front cover- This will make a clear connection between the cover-line and the image so readers know that this story is the main focus of the magazine.

Other cover-line titles

-Christmas fair- coming soon! 

-Book yourself a holiday at our new holiday shop! 

-Guess which canteen member of staff has won the dinner-lady of the year award! 

These three other cover-lines will appear in a smaller font and appear spread out from each other to also appeal to the potential reader. They are there to draw in the reader by displaying different articles which would appear in my magazine.  

Ideas for tag lines;

When I produced by proposal for my college magazine I didn't plan to use a tag-line as I thought it wouldn't be of much importance to the potential success of my magazine. Having researched other magazines I found out that I do think they have a level importance and they contribute to the title in the way in which they appeal to the target audience as they are catchy.

I had two tag-line ideas which I wanted one to appear undernearth the title on the front cover of my magazine-

'Bringing you the latest updates in and around YOUR college'

'Keeping you in the know'

In the end, I decided to use 'Keeping you in the know' because I felt that it was the right size to appear under the long title and didn't look as busy as 'Bringing you...' I believe its a catchy phrase and reads what the magazine would genuinenly deliever.

Front cover title experiments

The image on my front cover, covered the whole of the page therefore when deciding where to place my title there was some difficulties as I didn't want the title to become unclear to read. Firstly I placed my title across the top of the page like you can see above; I didn't include the fonts colour as I was just basing my experiment on the location of the title. However the 'S' of Southdown's appears to be slightly unclear. After this I tried a different placement for my title as you can see below. 

Then I placed the title so it appeared down the left side of the title. I did this as it was the other favourite positions of it that I liked. From this experiment I leant that the title didn't look as attractive here, as I believe it didn't stand out or was noticable to potential readers. 

After coming to this conclusion I decided I was going to use the first placement of the title, as it is the most attractive; I will be able to place the title more to the right which will place the 'S' of Southdowns above the lighter background so it will be able to become clear. 

College Magazine; Main image on front cover

I wanted the image that would appear on my front cover of my college magazine to be an image which promoted the main focus of my magazine in other words I wanted this image to be the unique selling point of my magazine. After coming up with the main focus of my magazine- A level results, I decided to take an image within the college which showed happy students after receiving their exam results. In addition to this I wanted the image to consist of two people to show a friendly atmosphere which would reflect the positive tone I want my magazine to hold. 

My original image 

After uploading this image  onto the computer I realised that I needed to crop the image to become portrait and for it to become a medium close up image too. Below is my final image.

My improved and edited image to appear on the front of my magazine

College Magazine flatplan's of contents page and front cover

Research/questionnaire for title

 Southdowns Supplement

SouthdownsSupplement  

Southdowns Supplement

SouthdownsSupplement 

For the final choice of my title's font and colour scheme I carried out a questionnaire; I asked a class of college students to participate for the main reason that they are the individuals that fall into the target audience specification for my magazine. Results displayed a varied response with every choice of font and colour scheme chose by at least one individual. The first choice of title was the most popular choice and therefore I am going to use this for my magazine. I chose to use the colours, blue, purple and red as I believe they do not stereotypically appeal to one gender. I chose the font on the basis of my personal attraction to each one and I am glad the results responded to the first title as it was my favorite one from the start of the creation of all four.  

IPC Media Research

Breif For College Magazine (Proposal)

For my student college magazine I believe I will aim the magazine at college students for Southdowns college; all years. I have chosen to aim the magazine at all years as I want to produce a magazine that includes an appeal for every student in the college. I have chosen to base my magazine on updates of activities, facilities and general up to date news within the college; I am aiming to produce a magazine which will appeal to students in the way in which every individual will always be informed on current occurrences in their college. 

 

When thinking of an appropriate magazine title, I wanted a name that would almost define what the magazine embedded. After debating on the title 'Current Col' which I thought would embrace the whole up to date feel of the magazine and the abbreviated 'Col' would reflect a student generation, I finally decided on 'Southdowns Supplement' which I believe defines exactly what my magazine holds. By including the name of the college that the magazine is based on expresses the target audience as well as what college the magazine is based on. By including the word 'Supplement' defines exactly what the magazine is; extra info, updates to inform college students. I want to include cover lines in my magazine which will persuade the potential reader to want to read my magazine. I was thinking of including cover lines which stated features within my magazine such as current competitions- giving students to win certain things. Another idea for a cover line was: 'Check out the new and improved car park!'

I'd like the colour scheme of my magazine to be very contrasting and bold which will hugely attract the target audience visually. I was thinking of using, red, green and purple fonts upon a white background; this would allow the colours to contrast and stand out from the white background. These colours are not colours which stereotypically appeal to either a male or a female therefore I believe they are suitable colours which appeal to both genders. I would like some of the text, preferably the most important text, to be in bold and capital letters to exaggerate what is being stated to persuade the target audience.

I am not certain that I want to use a tag line for my magazine just for the main fact that I am lacking ideas for one and also I don’t think it will make too much o f a difference to my magazine if I use one or not. If I was going to use one, it would appear under my title and will be something that sums up the magazine in a catchy and short phrase. However I feel that the title provides this therefore I do not think a tag-line would be completely necessary.

I would want my magazine to be published at the start of each academic year (September) because the magazine will be a fresh and updated welcome for students for the start of the year. It will include news of features that are new to the year such as the introducing new facilities or activities or just general news to the students. After the release of my magazine at the beginning of the new academic year, I would like my magazine to be published monthly; I believe this will be great for students as they will receive a regular update of the happenings in and round college. By doing this the magazine will include seasonal focuses for each current occasion e.g. Halloween, Christmas.

For the front cover of my magazine I would want to take my own image and I am going to make sure that it will be the unique selling point of my magazine. I will do this by taking an image that will be the main focus of my magazine; relating to the biggest story/article inside.

I want my magazine to be an A4 size as I believe the bigger the better. By creating my magazine in A4 size will allow me to include a lot of things in my magazine than I would having it been of a smaller dimension. I aiming to jam pack my magazine on all pages to make sure that I am including every possible feature which will appeal and relate to the target audience of my magazine, college students of all years.

To what extent should magazines be held responsible for the social ramifications of the representation they offer?

Within the magazine industry there are several social ramifications that can be brought up when focusing on how young teenage girls are affected by what they read. Magazines with the target audience of teenage girls face being questioned on how much influence they have had upon girls during the exploitation of inappropriate features which cause masses of controversy in and around the industry.

We can argue that the idea of plastic surgery affects the minds of young girls when reading magazines. Usually thin, 'good looking' girls are exposed throughout teenage magazines having a huge effect on the reader; the images of these girls are normally unrealistic and/or photo shopped. The images usually come alongside a header stating ‘How to look like this in under a week’; the suggestions that come with the image are normally impossible and this results in the reader thinking of plastic surgery as there ultimate option. The magazine producers/publishers/editors have chosen persuasive techniques such as ‘body recipes’ to target young girls; being a teenager comes with many highs, but everyone knows that this stage in your life is a stage where you feel most insecure about the way you look and feel. Having chosen to expose celebrities looking ‘amazing’ and influencing their target audience to want to look like this also, highlights the plastic surgery idea; most of the celebrities which appear in magazines have had surgery done and I believe some teenage girls are at the age where they know the difference between what has been edited and what is surgery. In addition to this, in some magazines they directly state to the reader the option of getting plastic surgery: Meet the girls getting pre-prom surgery. This has been stated to influence the reader to getting surgery also.

Magazines contain a number of issues in which emotionally and physically affect the reader. There is a constant theme within teenage magazines of what is the perfect look and size; if the reader see’s that she isn’t this look or size, she may take up either one of the following- anorexia or bulimia. These two eating disorders are very dominating over young teenage girls, and with the constant reminder of how and what to look like within the magazines, girls tend to take one of the two into consideration which can have a serious long term effect on the individual. Magazines are highly responsible for this social ramification and I believe they should reduce or even break the pressure they put on the girls over image.

Relationships in reality are very much different in how they are represented within teenage magazines. Celebrity boys are publicised in and around their appearance- for example, JLS always appear in magazines with their torsos exposed. There is a continuous emphasis on physical attraction when it comes to celebrities and the lack of display on personality and people as people demonstrates how relationships and how we see others is becoming more shallow and superficial.

We can also argue that the continuous theme of body image in and around celebrities may put pressure on not only just the reader, but the parent. Teenage girls, who are fixated in the image of certain celebrities, may tell their parents they want to look this way and demand them to buy them certain things to succeed. This social ramification, in the long term may affect strategies of parenting and cause controversy in this area.

It’s not only what the magazines include which can be said to be a social ramification which affects young girls but it’s also what the magazine leaves out that that can be the cause of the damage; for example magazines never make reference to careers or education. Teenage magazines are very popular sources of escapism for young teenage girls but with no mention of realism and plans for the future, girls are affected in the way in which only materialistic things are of importance. Also gay exclusion is a social ramification too; there is never any mention of gay couples or girls/boys which are gay. In the long term this can affect teenage girls in different ways; some may feel excluded and inferior who think they are gay when reading magazines with no talk of this or some will never want to and never will want to accept anything of this kind because of the way they have been influenced from the magazine. Magazines always talk about girls and boys becoming a couple or ‘in love’ or kissing/hugging, but they never expose any kind of gay interaction.

 

In conclusion I believe teenage magazines should be held responsible for the fixation teenage girls have on celebrities and their image; magazines being  one of the most popular sources of escapism, loaded with shallow and superficial topics and features leaves girls abandoning any sort of realism and knowledgeable focus. The main theme to any teenage magazine evidently is image and celebrities and this can cause serious issues and may have a long term effect on an individual. I believe magazines should abandon the amount of pressure they put on the girls and take more of a varied approach in their magazines, including topics for everyone without risking the chance of social ramifications.  

500 word analysis of magazine cover

I believe this magazine targets a very specific audience and we can learn this through aspects of the convention within the cover design. Evidently, this is a Woman’s magazine and we can learn this through the fashion features which the magazine states that the reader will find within: ‘390+ pages of seductive new looks’. Fashion aspects stereotypically appeal to women and they are recognisable features which appear on the front cover of most women magazines. The unique selling point of the magazine seems to be Beyoncé Knowles and on the whole she appeals to a woman audience through her music. The famous world-wide star, Beyoncé, fits in perfectly alongside the image and style that ‘Bazaar’ follows.

The magazine cover seems to hold a fashion theme whilst embracing the whole ‘sexy’ look also, therefore Beyoncé has incorporated a seductive pose to compliment the theme of the magazine. This alone will appeal to the target audience, as they are influenced by the star herself, and are engaged into the header which comes alongside her ‘Up close with Beyoncé’. She is holding direct mode of address which is a persuasive technique to engage the target audience; it’s almost as if she is grabbing you in. The connotations which come with Beyoncé, such as her singing and acting career will also be a persuasive technique and will appeal to the target audience in different ways. This brings us on to how she is the main focus of the magazine. The photograph of her is the only image on the cover, and is also the largest feature on the page; this suggests she is a main focus of the entire magazine.          

The text is in colours of white, black and red, which coordinate throughout the page as well as contrasting with the background that lies behind. Some of the text appears in capitals to allow the text to gain importance and become clearer to the reader; and the same idea is learnt through bold and italic text. The text being stylised like this is a visually persuasive technique; the target audience will appeal to the magazine due to the appearance of the magazine cover.  Exclamation marks have been used to add emphasis to what is being stated ‘HOT BODY ALERT!’ The black text coordinates with the black eyeliner around Beyoncé’s eyes and I believe the red text compliments the piece of material covering Beyoncé’s chest. The use of colour (black and red) plays on the idea of sophistication and sexual references; two ideas I believe stereotypically charm a certain woman. Phrases such as ‘Strictly sexy’ and ‘autumn’s sexiest fashion’ reinforce this idea; the woman will feel persuaded into the magazine wanting to know how they can become sexy too. The title ‘Bazaar’ appears to be the largest text on the cover adding prominence to the name and the magazine itself.

The sophistication and the sexual tone of the magazine will only appeal to a certain woman therefore we cannot say every woman will enjoy their read of this magazine or get hooked through the cover. The certain women who will engross in this type of magazine will feel hooked through the whole advice theme the cover suggests the magazine holds within. The advice theme is based on fashion, and women who are crying out for various suggestions on how to feel and look sexy will be mostly pleased with what this magazine has to offer.  ‘The new power piece’- the word ‘power’ is a dominant word choice and brings a sense of authority and ability to the woman if they were to wear this particular skirt; this alone is a persuasive technique and also highlights that this magazine appeals to women by using clothes associated with the woman.

An analysis of 5 magazine covers and their conventions

Bliss Magazine

Font, style, text and colour.

-Pink and blue: Contrasting colours

                         Coordinating

-Pink is used to suggest the femininity of the magazine.

-The title ‘Bliss’ is the largest text on the font which brings emphasis to the name and the magazine itself.

-Taylor Swift: Second to largest text on cover to highlight the unique selling point of the magazine (A pop-star which girls tend to like more than boys)

-Bold and slanted text to suggest a persuasive factor of the visual appearance of the cover and to also add emphasis on what’s being stated.

-Alliteration: ‘Holiday Horrors’- persuasive techniques.

-Rhyming: ‘Passion for fashion’- persuasive technique.

Image

-Lack of small images on the cover

-Taylor Swift covers the whole cover which again suggests she is the main feature of the page.

-Taylor Swift holds direct mode of address which we can argue is a persuasive technique alone; draws in the potential buyer.

-The way she is dressed, her pose, and her clothing may influence the reader into Bliss.

-The image of a boy to represent the images of other ’hot boy’s to follow on inside the magazine suggests the target audience for the magazine also.

-The fact that both images are very contrasting suggests a clear genre of the magazine and what sorts of features the magazine holds inside.

Extra

-Rhetorical questions: ‘Who’s that girl?’ persuasive techniques and also the word girl emphasises the genre of the cover.

-Exclamation marks to add the ‘OTT’ affect on the magazine (very appealing towards teenagers)

-The header ‘passion for fashion’ puts forward another feature which you’d stereotype teenage girls relating too.

-Colloquial language: ‘Yep, her house’- chattiness which involves the reader.

‘Cosmo Girl’ Magazine

Font, style, text and colour

-Orange, white and yellow: Not the stereotypical colours for teenage girls but are used to contrast and stand out with pink background,

-Colours are very coordinating.

-Some of the text is printed in capital letters to allow it to stand out and become clear to the reader.

-’COSMO’ is stated in capital letters to provide a clearer appearance of the title of the magazine than the rest of the text, and ‘girl’ is in a different colour, in low caps, and in a lighter colour: This suggests ‘COSMO’ is an existing magazine for older women, and that this magazine is just a feature for teenage girls.

-The style of font is kept the same throughout the page to illustrate a neat and coordinating effect to maybe to reflect the stereotypical suggestion of the girls good organisation and neatness.

Image

-Only one image of Blake Lively on this cover, drawing most of the magazines attention on all the font.

-However, readers can go either way, they may get influenced by the text or the image of a recognisable actress, which covers the whole cover.

-Blake Lively holds direct mode of address

-Profile image of her- drawing the readers attention on her positive expression.

Extra

-Pronouns used to influence the reader: ‘Your’. Very much involves the reader.

-’Crazy ex-boyfriends’- influences girls.

-’5 moves to a hotter body’- influences girl in the respect that they are more in to these factors when reading a magazine.

 

‘Seventeen’ Magazine

Font, style, text and colour

-Pink, orange and yellow: Contrasts with and stands out from white background.

-Coordinating

-Lack of lengthy text; short bold phrases.

-Capital letters used to add emphasis to what ever is being stated.

-Exclamation marks used for the ‘OTT’ affect.

-’Seventeen’ is the largest text on cover to highlight the important of name and magazine itself.

-The name of magazine suggests the age in which the magazine is aimed at.

-The spacing of the text; text appears in and around the hair of Shailene Woodley for a visual affect.

 Image

-One image of the page which suggests the unique selling point of the cover: Shailene Woodley.

-Direct mode of address.

-Positive expression; smiling to create a happy tone of the magazine.

-Appeals to teenage girls; same age group as themselves therefore may be able to identify and relate to the star.

-Lack of text and a huge focus on the image may suggest to the target audience that the whole magazine throughout is more image based.

Extra

-Headlines stating what the magazine includes are of subjects which would stereotypically appeal to teenage girls: ‘943 ways to look pretty, for free!’

-Words such as ‘cute’ stated to appeal to teen girls.

-Pronouns to allow the reader to feel involved: ‘She’s not the girl you think she is’

-’ The Foolproof way to get any guy you want!’- appeals to girls.

-’You could be tricked into getting pregnant’- This tops of the whole girl appeal of the magazine.

‘Teen vogue’ Magazine

Font, style, text and colour

-Black, yellow, pink and white: Colours which you wouldn’t really put together but they work to visually appeal to the reader.

-They contrast with light blue background.

-The pink is a feminine colour.

-The title has slanted the ‘teen’ to imply that ‘Teen vogue’ is just a feature to ‘Vogue’ and may appeal to teenagers who already like ‘Vogue’

-Short phrases allows there to be more focus on the unique selling point of the magazine- Vanessa Hudgens.

-Some text is bold to highlight the importance of it: ‘Win a photo shoot with teen vogue’

-Text which is smaller than other text is stated in capital letters to equalise important of text.

-The style of font is kept the same throughout.

-’High school sweetheart’- This appeals to teenage girls as they can identify with her.

Image

-One image: Vanessa Hudgens.

-Her pink top coordinates with the pink font.

-Her black hair coordinates with the black font.

-Direct mode of address; grabs the reader in.

-Smiling expression suggests a positive tone to the magazine.

-She is one of the main characters in well known TV show ‘High School Musical’ allowing potential readers to identify and relate to her, due to her age and her role in high school musical.

Extra

-Alliteration: ‘Fall Fashion’- and this also empathises the word ‘fashion’ (appeals to teenage girls)

-Rhetorical questions: ‘Stressed out?’- directly involves the reader. And the question itself may appeal to teenage girls going through exams, hormones ect.

-The list of clothes appeals to teenage girls as they are all girl-related items.

‘Total Girl’ Magazine

Font, text, style and colour

-Pink, red, blue, white and black.

-Pink is the background  on page which puts forward more femininity to the cover.

-All the text is in capital letters apart from the tagline, which allows the text to be clear, and adds importance to it.

-The red, blue, white and black contrasts nicely with the pink background.

-Exclamation marks used to add more emphasis on the stated phrase: ‘Miley’s concert goss!’

-The word ‘goss’ has been made bigger than ‘Miley’s concert’ which suggests a persuasive technique. Goss is normally identified with girls and the magazine has made sure they expand the size of  the word to catch the readers eye.

-There is a lot of text on this page surrounding image of Delta Goodrem.

Image

-The image of Delta Goodrem is the main and biggest image on the page allowing her to become the main focus on the page. However she may be over come by the amount of text on the page depending on the reader.

-The second image is of Miley Cyrus.

-This image is a whole lot small than the image of Delta, however the fact there is an image of her suggests the importance of her.

-She is a well known actress who plays the main character in ‘Hannah Montana’; A well known TV show who’s target audience is teenagers. Her image fits in nicely with the genre of the magazine.

-Both images have direct mode of address.

Extra

-Posters of the actress Zac Effron suggests the genre of the magazine as he is very appealing to teenage girls.