media- top of the pops content page

This content page is presented very differently, to normal content pages. This is because it doesnt have a full list of pages with the articles headers on it. Instead through my research I found top of the pops had a weekly theme. This weeks theme is Children In Need.

Across the top of the page it has a large strip about page one. It uses a strip of yellow, with pink and black writting. The images used on this page all relate to pudsey and it makes the content very colourful.

The content page main image is Fearne Cotton, because she is a huge part of Children In Need, and even presents some of the CIN program. The image used is a long shot, due to you being able to see her whole body, with background.

Around the outside there are multi-coloured bubbles with information about the pages throughtout the magazine. The bright colours attracts the reader.

On the content page there is a BBC Children In Need logo, which is advertising and supporting it.

The colours used throughtout this page are mostly pink,purple and yellow this implys a girly feeling.

media- top of the pops front cover

This magazine is a chart music magazine and is aimed a younger children who are into pop.

The magazines main name is drawn to the back and isnt used as one of the main aspects of the front cover. This is due to Robert Patterson being the main focus and covering over the header, they have done this because the magazine is aimed at younger girls and they all love him, which attracts a wider audience mainly female teenagers because he is on the front cover. The main title on this magazine is 'ROBSESSED' this is written in bold capitals and is bright pink,due to pink being one of girls favourite colours. They use the yellow block behind the header to make it stand out more. The whole magazine is multi-coloured which draws a range of audience. The main colour used is pink. The colour pink implys girls, attracting a more female audience.

This magazine is a bubbly,colourful magazine which is very attractive. It also, advertises alot of different music groups, which gets more customers because if there were only one, and you didnt like them you wouldnt buy it, but with a variety there will always be something to catch you eye.

They use the right hand corner to adverts the cheap offers in the magazine. On the left they have used a promotional evernt, to attract people with the '7' top tips.

The image in the centre of the magazine has being cropped so you can mainly see his upper body, focusing on his face. This suggests there is little background.

This magazine shows alot of subheading on the front, this attracts the reader. This is so audience is already drawn to the articles.

media-NME content page

The content page is dominated by a collage of photos of past magazines from NME. The text colums are laid out vertically down on the left hand side, with a list of the content and page numbers. The image used on this page is to do with the 10 year anniversary. The main photograph on this page is the past magazines with a short article in the centre of the page,written by NME's editor.

Down the left hand side is the content of the magazine which follows straight down goes in alphabetical order, with page numbers.

On the content page there is a copy of the front page with a banner either side showing the dates, that represents the time NME has being a magazine for.In this content there is no supporting graphics, like in most weekly NME magazines. Across the bottom of the magazine there is a strip which advertises christmas and offers the magazine is providing to its readers, this can attract reader to buy the magazine to get the incentives. The writting is white and gold which represent christmans and makes you feel in a good mood because of the clear and expencive feeling.

The content page uses a main headline which is written in large bold black font, to attract the readers eyes straight away, and ingange them in the magazine. The same style of writting is used throughtout the content page.

The colours used were fairly simple, the font used was black or red, these two colours work well together, and stand out well. They use the colour black because it symbolizes darkness and this is the kind of colour emos like and would prefer, due to if they used bright colours it wouldnt draw the same effect. The background appears to be very busy and uses a various colours, this distracts the reader from the main content. This relates to the genre of magazine due to it being a emo/rock mag, and they want to portray this image.

media-NME front cover

NME is a british weekly music magazine. It is about rock music and gigs that are going on through the UK. This edition is very special, due to it being its 10 year anniversary.

The main view point to this front cover is the large 10 in the centre of the page, this image grabs the audiences attention straight away. The number is written in shiny metalic silver which attracts to readers eyes. The main image is very big and takes up a large area of the front cover.

The main image of the magazine is the 10 this is set in the centre to show the reader its the most important part of the magazine,instead of putting it on one of the sides.

The brand name for the magazine is written in bold, capital letters. It is a contrasting colour to the background which helps it stand out. NME is written in bright red and outlined in white.

Above the magazine name, theres a header for this weeks magazine, due to it being a special edition.

The subject of this magazine is rock music but this months focus is on the 10 year anniversary.

Around the sides of the magazine there are all images of the stars the magazine have written about over the past 10 years,with a small list of some of the artists written down the centre.They are used as a background as they are black and white and blend in well. This shows they arnt ment to be the main focus of the magazine.

Typography-

All of the writting on the front cover is bold and stands out. This attracts the reader to all the different features. The front covers features are clear typghraphy. The main features of the magazine are written in black and red.

They used these colours because there associated with emo colours. They use these colours to emphasize the graphics around.

The contrating colours create a rock feel and draw the audiences attention.

The barcode is positioned in the bottom right corner, and blends in well.

The colour palette used is linked to the genre of the magazine.

The magazine audience is guided towards rock fans, mostly males and in is in the age range of 14-26yrs.

Media- Kerrang content

The content page is divided up into two halfs, the top half and the bottom. The top half is dominated by one large photo with two smaller pictures to the left. With the bottom half containing the content and what is inside the magazine for the reader. The content page articles are split into four colums like a newspaper article, that go vertically down.

Down the left handside theres a article already written by the Editor of the magazine which talks about the main article in kerrang this week.

The main image is on the top half of the page, is a picture taken of a band called 'shinedown' at one of there gigs. This straight away draws the reader into reading the article, due to the picture looking fun and crazy. There are two smaller images on the top half, which draws other readers. All of these three images have page numbers on in bold red writting, which shows the audience a quick peek of what the article will be like.

The main text on the content page is Kerrang, they have done this due to it being there magazine logo. The headers for each different section are writting in capital letters. They also are written in yellow which is a bright colour that stands out well and, especially as around the back of the yellow they have black filled in text boxes and with the black being behind the yellow it attracts the sections to the readers eye.

They have uses the same writting as they use for the kerrang logo to carry on the rustic look throughtout the magazine. Each section of the magazine is split into different aspects. E.g.News, Album reviews,Swag.

This attracts all different types of audience to read the magazine, due to them being able to skip ahead to parts they want to read. The colours used over the content page are simular to the front cover with the black, white and yellow to draw attention to the stricking yellow,becuase of the dull black and white.

Media- kerrang front cover

Kerrang is a very common rock and punk magazine. This magazine is aimed at teenagers and young adults, mostly who are into rock and heavy metal music.
The main band on used on the front of this magazine is Fall Out Boy, use to be a very popular band.They used
fall out boy because they represent punk music. They use Fall out boys photo and large font on the front saying 'fall out boy' so they can catch the audiences attention.
Icongraphy
The Kerrang logo, is very well known and reconsied throught the world. The logo of the magazine never changes. It has a solid black set background with white capital letters saying kerrang! The kerrang appears to have a smashed glass effect going throught the letters, trying to imply punk. The writting also appears old and rustic style.
The colours used through this magazine are always blue, black, white and yellow.
They use the colour black because it symbolises a gothic/emo feel, and most of the reader who buy this magazine are gothics or emos, so they use to suit the reader.
They use the colour white becuae it connotates a image of purity and youth, and this magazine wants to capture this feeling. They also use the colour white as the backdrop instead of covering it with all images. They do this to catch a natural feel to the magazine, and people don't think it appears very busy.
They use the colour blue becuase it is a stricking colour and contrast very well with the white and black,which makes it stand out more. The blue writting is always in capital and bold. Also, you associate the colour blue with men and this magazine is read mostly by boys.
They use the colour yellow as background blocks for text to attract the reader to the articles due it standing out of the page.