Analysing Top Of The Pops Magazine Cover

When looking at this magazine cover, I notice that the masthead of the magazine is hidden but not hidden so that I cannot read the title. The title of the magazine, 'Top Of The Pops', is in a sans serif font and in a bright colour. It is in pink with a blue background which makes the title of the magazine stand out. The writing is also bubble like which suggests a younger audience. I think they have given the magazine the title of 'Top Of The Pops' because the television show was a huge hit so they decided to continue on with a magazine version of the show.

The use of font on this front cover has all been written in sans serif font and a variety of colours have been used to attract people. Some of the font has been written with exclamation marks which brings excitement to the way in which it is said. Some font has also been written bubble like which is a font mainly associated with young females as the writing flows.

I think the use of colour has been chosen as they are colours mainly associated with the younger audience as they are bright colours. These colours also suggest that the magazine is aimed at young females as the colours are light pink, light blue and yellow. These colours are colours that you would expect to find on things associated with females and not males.

The language used is mainly informal as they use abbreviations such as 'omg'. They have done this because the magazine is aimed at younger females who tend to use abbreviations such as 'omg'. The font style used for the writing is all sans serif and are all in different colours to make the writing stand out from the rest.

The target audience for this magazine is females aged 11 and under as the writing, images and colour used are very feminine. The image is of The Jonas Brothers with hearts around them which help to suggest the magazine is aimed at females as The Jonas Brothers are a boy band for young females. According to NRS, 116,000 women read Top Of The Pops and 66,000 men read Top Of The Pops. This proves that more women read Top Of The Pops.

The main image of The Jonas Brothers have been chosen as they are a successful boy band who have won over the hearts of the young female audience. The magazine thinks that by putting a successful boy band on the front cover of the magazine will help sales. The image of The Jonas Brothers is usually a female cover star as they are a boy band aimed at young females. If they were put on the front cover of a male magazine then boys would be less likely to buy the magazine. Also, The Jonas Brothers are famous internationally so by putting them on the front cover of the magazine, more copies will be sold all over the world. This image of The Jonas Brothers has been placed in the centre of the page and has been made larger than the other images as it is the main item in the magazine and the magazine wants all the focus to be on that image.

The main sells are all the other articles around the main flash. These have been made smaller and are the stories that won't interest people as much as the main flash will. However they are interesting stories that will help sell the magazine. The stories have also been accompanied with a small picture so that people are aware of who 'Zac' is when the main sell only reads '24 hours with Zac!'

The main information presented are the magazine website to promote the website and the logo of the company that created the original show and the magazine. This is advertising the company and promoting what they can do and produce. The price of the magazine, £2.20, is shown. a bar code is shown and the date of the issue. There are also 43 pages in this magazine which means that this magazine is quite large for a pop music magazine.

On the front cover of Top Of The Pops, the main flash reads 'Omg! It's The Jonas Brothers! Why the Camp Rock boys are ready to date you!' This type of story is either an interview or an article from what The Jonas Brothers have said about why they are ready to date you. This will help to sell the magazine as young females will want to read about their favourite bands dating.