Review: Top of the pops

Today in class I looked at 3 different magazines to see the way in which the front cover, contents page and double page spread is laid out, so i can get insperation for my own magazine. Top of the pops is a magazine aimed at a similar target market to my own magazine. I like the colour scheme used; white ands pink is often asscoiated with girls and pop and therefore i am going to follow a similar colour schme. I also like the fact that there is a number of images on the front page, instead of just the one of the main artist. Because of this i have decided to have more then one image for my front cover, so my target market are more willing to pick up the magazine as there are more intresting stories inside.

I like the way that the contents page has the front cover on it again; because of this i have decided to have a sub title on my magazine called "On the cover" so stories that did interest the reader they can find easily inside. There are also more images on the contents page that wasnt on the front cover, i am going to need to take more then i expected. I like the way that there is clothes also on the contents page aswell as artisits. As my target market are girls that do enjoy fashion; boys and make up i think that aswell as having artists on my magazine, clothes and make up will also intrest the reader. Because of this i am going to take photos of clothes and shoes that my target market would like and add them on my contents page.

This is the double page spread of the artist that was on the front cover. I dont like the way that double page spread has been laid out as i think that the image is too big and diverts the attention away from the writing. I like the fact that every photo the main atrist had been in she is smiling and this is something that i need to remmeber when taking the photos for my magazine as my target audience will want happy smiley girls to read about. I do however like the fact that pink has been used again, this is because pink is a colour sterotypically assocaitated with girls.

This is also a double page spread inside top of the pops. Again i think the image is quite big for the article, but maybe they have done this because top of the pops is aiming thier magazine at a younger audience who may not like reading. There is also a pink theme that has been again and all the girls featured are smiling and happy.

I found looking at top of the pops myself because our target markets are similar, there magazine has helped me inspire ideas for my own magazine