Research and Planning - Contents Page Analysis

I know the genre of the magazine is pop, as bright colours have been used blue and orange, which give connotations of happiness and enjoyment, Indicating that the magazine is fun to read but it also matches with the genre of pop music, as it is known to be loud and up beat. I also know that it belongs to the genre of pop because of the images used, celebrities have been used such as One Direction, One of the JLS members, and also two people from the girl band The Saturdays, who are all well known for making pop music. The name of the magazine itself is "We Love Pop" which also shows how it is of the pop genre.

The target audience of this magazine would be both genders aged 14 -18. This is because the choice of colours aren't too feminine or too masculine, so the colours will be something which both genders find appealing. Also there are male/female celebrity stories conveying how they want people to find a particular story which they will find interesting for example, girls of the ages 14 -18 will want to read about One Direction, whereas boys aged 16-18 might want to read about The Saturdays. The title however suggests that it is more aimed at girls as, instead of writing " We Love Pop" there is an image of a heart in place of "Love" , hearts being something more associated towards women indicates that it something for females to read.

The layout is easy to understand as, there is a box with the title "Inside this month" telling the reader what pages they can find what they want to read about, and then there  are four small images surrounding  one main image, with numbers again allowing the reader to know where they can view it in the magazine. The shot type of the images are mainly close up of the small images, to allow the reader clearly see who the celebrity is as the image is small, and then the main image is a medium shot, conveying how the focus is supposed to be on them. Overall I think the layout is effective as it gets the readers attention by having lots of images and bright colours, but there is also equal amounts of writing so the reader will still be engaged as there isn't too much to read.

Furthermore, in the main image the people are perceived being friendly and welcoming because of their facial expressions, but also by being eye level to the reader conveys this.