3 Music Magazines analysis

Masthead:
The masthead is the sybolic colour red, which Q magazine uses every issue, it is reconisable and sybolic, the red connotes that this magazine is loud and outspoked, which highlights the fact that it is a music magazine which indicates that it includes articles about music artists who are diffrent and perhaps outspoken.

Puff:
The puff is bright yellow, this is a constrasting colour agaisnt the background and it stands out, this is so that it can easly be seen, this is important, because it has vital information on i thtat will be very appealing to the reader, it hopefully draw them in to the magazine and pursuade them to buy it.

Headline:
The headline in bright pink is a type oof font that looks like hand written, this makes the redear think that that certain feature of the magazine will be personal to that artist, giving them personal information to teh reader.

Banner:
The top banner is bright and colourful, it stands out from the background allowing it to be noticable, it will draw the reader in to the magazine pursuading them that this magazine includes and features lots of inforamtion that they need.

main image:
The main image is of a famous artist, it is the main feture on this front cover, the girl looks flawlesss, with a white dress indicating that she is perfect, this is because white connnotes perfection she is aslo wearing a tiara, that suggests that she high class and perhaps thinks alot of herself., her hair is not out of place and has obviously been styled for the photo shoot, this suggests that this artist is a classy artist that has respectable music and cares about her image. However the red dripos down her face suggest that it is blood, this shows the redear that perhaps this artist has a dark side, it is intgeeing, and the magazine editors would have of hoped that the redears would want to know more about the artist and why she is bleeding.

Masthead:
Bold bright colourful, pink suggests that this magazine is targeted at females, this becasue that colour is accosiated with girls.  The name Top of The Pops suggests that the magazine features music, which is pops, which indicates and suggests what genre of music this magazine will be focusing on.

Banner/puff
The banner stands out from the background, it is bright pink, and it makes the audience draw attention to it, which then persuades them to purchase the magazine because the information on it will be something that their target market would be interested in.

Main Image
Britney Spears is a female singer who appears young, this would draw the research in because they know that they might be-able to relate to this magazine, and the articles are relevant to themselves.

Direct Mode of address
This makes it more personal between the reader and the magazine, and they can feel that this magazine will be personal and that Britney is looking at them, and the articles will be addressed to themselves, making it seem that they have a relationship with the artist.