this is my comparision of two magazines

1. Comparison of two music
magazines
By Louise Lewinson

2. Q

3. Who are Q?
The UK’s biggest music magazine
The audience is
younger and more
affluent than any other
music monthly
A quality
There Audience
magazine
Median age 29 Circulation
Male 68% 89,450
Female 32% Readership
547,000
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72%

5. Mast head: Its designed this way to
The predominant
3 colours attract attention but
colours of the stay simple at the
There are 8 Simple
magazine are red, same time.
layers in the Large
blue, black and white.
cover Top left
The advertised
articles do not
have page
reference
numbers for in
the magazine
The magazine front cover has 6 different
fonts and 16 different font sizes which
There's may look unprofessional to some users,
only one Even though Lily Allen is on the front cover to although it can also add an attractive
central represent the music industry the fact that she's side to the cover. Also it gets readers
topless may give the wrong impression to some more attracted to certain articles
image.
viewers

6. There is only one
page for the
contents which come There are only two
in a on page 3 of the images on the
magazine. contents page.
The balance of There is no
imagery and copy advertisement on
are equal this is the contents page.
because the photos
are large Also the contents
doesn’t have a
The images have message from the
captions to show editor.
which article they
are for in the Only 3 fonts re
magazine. used but in 10
different font sizes
The contents is and 3 font colours
represented
numerically
This contents page
The layout is very represent the rock
professional as it is culture as there is a
in a order and not all rock band as the
over the place. This main image. Aso
makes it easier for there is a whole box
readers to dedicated to one
understand what's band, (Oasis)
going on and where
everything is in the
magazine.

7. The English There are no
The writer used is plain
and pull-out
English quotes in this
photographer
are not double page
credited in spread. So it
this spread. is all text
which is
unattractive
and looks
very boring so
This article is readers may
very plain as not want to
there is limited read it.
colours. The
picture is only
black and white
which is very
plain and
boring, losing
the readers
interest. The
article is very
blunt and
boring but the
“L”. Adds
somelife to the
article All articles have 3 columns
attracting an on them so it is a recurring
eye to the text. feature.

9. We Love Pop
We love pop is a pop music magazine for teenage girls aged 13-15. It is a
monthly magazine, which has just come onto the market. It is published by
Egmont publishers.
This magazine has been very popular since it first went onto the shelves.

10. There is a lot going There are 3 layers
on in this front on the front cover
cover. This is of the magazine.
because there is a
lot of writing and The mast head is
pictures. The simple yet
craziness of the attractive. It is
magazine is more simple because it
attractive so the is just the title in
reader will want to the speech box.
have a look to see But it represents
what's inside the that the magazine
magazine loves pop.
The central image is
located underneath There are 8 articles
the mast head. And signposted on the
it is a picture of harry front cover. But
styles from one they do not have a
direction. This will page number. These
attract the younger are there to attract
teenage audience as readers to purchase
he is a teenager the magazine for its
himself. It shows that content as there is a
he is a cheeky boy wide range inside.
that always tries to
get his way.

11. The contents
page is right There is only one
facing. page for the
contents page
There are 15
images in the The images have captions
contents page. And also pull quotes from
inside the magazine.
The layout shows
that the audience is
teenagers this is
because the text is
The layout of the
everywhere on the
page numbers are
page and there is a
that some are in a
lot of images. Also
text box but there
the contents shows
are some around
that the magazine is
the page.
fro girls as there are
a lot of pictures of
male celebrities.
It is on the
The imagery and the text 3rd page of
are all balanced out as the
there is a lot of text and magazine
also a lot of images so
neither overpowers the It includes an
other. email address

12. In this spread there are
large images which There are pull
balance out the amount quotes in this
of text used. article
Throughout the
magazine all of
the articles use
The writer and the same
photographer are layout.
credited in this
double page
spread by using
small font going
vertical on the
page.
There are 14 The language used is a
Most of the double page spreads are mixture as there are
double page of interviews of celebrities or the
spreads in the swear words, and slang
latest music and fashion trends. but they are included in
magazine ‘we
love pop’ a professional way.