Research and Planning: Contents Page Analysis

Above is the contents page of The Top of The Pops magazine which I will be analysing to help be come up with the best layout for the pop magazine which I will be producing.

Audience -The audience of the magaizne can be split up into the following parts:

Age: The age of which this contents page appeals to is the younger generation. Just like the front cover, the reason why this apeals to the younger people is becuase of the colours that are used and the pictures that are also used on the contents page.

Gender:by looking at the front over and the contents page it can be said that girls are more likely to be attracted to it. Not only for the colours that are used but also for the pictures as there are pictures of girls idols and items of clothing in which will attract them into buying the mgazine to know where to find such items.

Life-Style: The life-style of the people that will be looking in the magazine at the contents page will most likely be in band D or E in the social economic grouping. This is becuase with the magaizne not costing much then the sudents and the unemployed people will be ablt to afford to buy the magazine.

Interests: The interests of the people reading the magazine and viewing the contents page will be what the lastest gossip and fashion is. Also the people will be thinking about their career choices so the magazine can be seen as being quite insperational to some younger people.

Representation: The shot types used on the photos that are placed on the contents page are either a close up or a mid- long shot. With the idols being a close up this makes the comsumer of the magazine see their idols faces as soon as they look at the contents page, allowing them to know where to find the stories about that person quicker. With having a mid-long shot on a style photo this allows the reader to see more of the clothing used without giving away the whole outfit- this again tempts the reader in purchasing the magazine and finding the contents page interesting.

Genre: By looking at the contents page you can tell that this is part of a pop music magaizne. You can tell that its part of a pop magazine because not only by the colours that are used as they are bright and bold , but also the layout.

Layout: The contents page has a very clear layout. The Photo's that are used are placed on the left hand side with a clear page number by them so people know what page to turn too with out even looking on the list on the right hand side. The list on the right hand side has been made easier to the readers by placing the content under headings which means that if someone wants to look at the style pages first then they can just look under the heading to see the page numbers.