Analyzing content pages

Mix mag is targeted at 18 years old up to 26 years old who are interested in clubbing and club music. Young adults who are interested in just to have a good time and that go out regularly; but because of work may not be able to go and party on a weekday, read this magazine to fill their suspense.  
Looking at both of the pages for this magazine, there are a number of pictures on the magazine. Both clearly having a main picture in the centre of the page. In both pages, altogether they have 6 pictures. The picture on the left here, the main picture is of a pool party. As this magazine is a worldwide magazine, it is showing cultures. Presenting the young ambitious audience what it is like to be somewhere else. This advertises and encourages the young adults to a holiday and spending more on more adventurous clubs abroad. The colours vary from most of them having a lot of bright colours in and then contrasted with black. This represents what it would be like in a club with all the club like colours, black to show the darkness of most 

clubs in most cities. The bright colours representing what the party is going to be like. The black and bright colours also represent the rebelliousness of young adults fulfilling there last years of youth and having to go out and work hard. Because black is such a sophisticated colour (emphasizing work clothes and representing the dullness of day to day jobs), this was contrasted with the bright colours as they represent the rebelliousness of young adults enjoying their youth. There is a picture of a CD next to the advertisement of getting a free CD. This draws the attention to the party/club music lovers as it can feel like they're out partying with the music blaring out as if they were in a club but they could actually be at home doing some work. Some of the pictures have a caption on them where to find the article. If they see something they're interested in they are more likely to want to read the page, which then leads to reading on into the magazine.
The layout of the content page is very organised, as the pages of the magazine are categorized into features, fashion, tunes, don't stay in, and VIP. As young adults are used to the fast paced world of work and most probably either impatient or very busy, this then makes it a lot easier for them to access what they want as quickly as possible. So a nice easy way is to have everything set out nicely for them. All of the pages are set up around the pictures. This allows the reader to first be drawn in by the pictures and as they look around the articles may then catch their eye. Also the pictures relate to the articles such as on the page with the main picture being the girl with a pink jumper on, comes under fashion, this is right next to the picture and it is easy for the reader to access. 
Each article has the number of the page and then the main heading for the article in a bright bold white, and then next to it font which is not bold a little hint on what the article will include. This leaves suspense and in encourages the reader to want to read on. Also they have used slang in the article to fit the urban, modern theme. Using 'tunes' rather that music. This is so that the magazine can relate to the lifestyle and language of the audience.
The logo is used on both pages, saying 'mixmag' so if you are new to the magazine, you are simply reminded repeatedly what the magazine is actually called so you know for future reference. 

WElovePOP audience is aimed at young teenagers from about 11-16 years old. Who are interested in pop mainstream music, usually chart music. and are very interested into the mainstream media. For example TV programs such as X Factor. It is mainly targeted at girls, who have a interest for boy bands, inspirational girl bands and women artists.
There are 6 main pictures used on the magazine content page, then a collage of a sneak peak of the posters included in the magazine. As the magazine is targeted at young girls, they usually fan girl over boy bands, so the collage at the bottom of the page is mainly of male artist, and has two captions clearly shown in bright colours saying 'HOT POSTERS' and '1D POSTER SPECIAL', as the teen band One Direction are a big hit at the moment for this group of audience, the magazine has used it to its advantage as they know girls of this age will want posters of them around their bedroom walls. The other pictures are of gossip from celebrities which have a main story everyone wants to know at the moment. All the rest of the pictures are the main stories of all the favourite celebrities at the moment, therefore they are most intrigued to find out what is going on. And all of them pictures have a quote from the celebrity which then convinces the innocent, naive, young teens, that the article/gossip is reliable. Most of the pictures are professional photo shoot pictures, which continues the idea of the celebrities perfect lives. And then some look like they have been  taken by the public i.e the 'Marvelle' couple. This creates the illusion that they could be part of the magazine, and meet the celebrities.
The magazine doesn't really have any particular structure, apart from the page is practically made up of pictures, and then all the articles in the magazine are neatly in a different box. As the audience is young they are probably more interested in the pictures rather than the text and this is why the magazine does this.
The main headings are written in bold black fonts. And the quotes are written in pink and blues all in the lower case. The extra writing is all in lower case, various parts are bold and others are normal black text. The logo is used at the top right corner, to represent what the magazine is actually about.
The is not a lot of detail used to describe each article, this is because the audience is such a young age, they don't want to be reader pages and pages of irrelevant gossip, they want it short and sweet with as much pictures as possible. The hints, exaggerated quotes and extra writing fools the naive young children to expect a lot from the articles and buy the magazine. 

Q magazine audience is aimed at rock/indie lovers. The age could range from 16 years old right up to late 20's. People who are interested purely in just the music side, rather than all the 'latest gossip' on celebrities lives. The only gossip would be when's the new album coming out?
There are a lot of picture over the 2 page spread for the content page, over all having 9 pictures. They are scattered and not really organised in any specific way. This could represent the chaotic life of a rock artist and also in a way in a whole shows there style, as most rock artist look rough looking and not very 'clean cut' therefore the magazine is representing the style of them altogether. The pictures all have a number and head title in capital case, all in red and bold text. This shows the importance of the title. And then they add a humorous or normal comment to give a brief description on what the article would be about. The pictures are also very varied in size, and the pictures do not relate to how important the articles are really. They are all of artists.

The theme is all based on gigs, festivals, all purely music or music related. No sign of celebrity's who have nothing to do with music in or what there shoes are etc. 
It includes quite a lot of persuasive language in it, to read the articles. The text is a lot more sophisticated, mature and knowledgeable this represents the audience it is set out to achieve, whereas magazines like We Love Pop has more simplistic words and a lot more persuasive language is used as the audience are very naive and young. The artists names are clearly stated so people who know who is who. The quotes which are used are very specific on what type of audience they are setting out to draw in, this is shown by the 'private jokes' about the bands/artists; this could be used for either the weekly readers, or readers who have a passion for that genre of music. The magazine is very on going and most things are carried on from the last magazine which almost represents Q as a 'family'.
There isn't really a a logo for this magazine, that is used in the content page. But on the title 'CONTENT' there are little animations, this creates a more funny side to the magazine, which fits into the care free rock and roll life.

NME is aimed at 16 year old to late 20's. It is a lot like Q magazine, i recently just analysed. It is a alternative, rock, indie focused magazine. People who are interested in gigs, and festivals read this magazine to keep up to date with the latest news.
7 pictures are used on the content page, this content page is mainly used up of pictures, with captions and the page number. At the bottom right hand corner, they do have a advertisement and all the previous NME magazines allowing the audience to subscribe before the even know what the other magazines will be on, this shows us as an audience how much of a good magazine company they are. The pictures vary and they are either pictures live from a gig, or a professional picture, and are all of artists, they are scattered  around the page representing the random life style the young adults may leave. 
Also the contents of the magazine are on certain music artists or venue's that are out at the minute that teenagers who are very interested in music would enjoy reading more and possibly understand more. 
Also the style of the magazine, it's very informal and looks as though it's made for younger people, this allows the context to become a lot more readable for the audience, as it contains dialect of their age. Big bold texts are used and bright colours that make it stand out and make teenagers want to buy it, to people a bit older is doesn't matter as much what the magazine looks like more the stories that are published in it. Red text is used to show the number of the pages, making it easy to access, which happily suits the lazy, impatient lifestyles of teenagers/ young adults.