Magazine Analysis: Top Of The Pops Magazine

The artist featured in the article is Justin Bieber. The read directly knows that the target audience is to teenage girls. The language used is quite friendly and personal, this style of writing is appealing to the reader because it makes us feel closer to the singer and that were actually talking to him which is the whole point of an interview, for example a personal question would be “how important is your mum?” this type of question is very personal, however it could also be an intimidating question because Bieber has to answer whether he wants to or not. The interviewer also sets a friendly tone by complimenting him on his talent for instance they ask “How did you nurture your brilliant talent?” This question seems friendly and caring, because they’re not just asking him about his talent, but they’re telling him how ‘brilliant’ it is and it sounds like a kind of question someone you really knew would ask you this question. A basic hot pink Arial Black font is used on a white background for the questions, the effect of this is to make it stand out and the font used for the answers is sans serith and black. This effect makes the questions stand out a lot more, however the colours used indicate that it’s targeting a more female audience. We know this, because pink black a white is a combination of colours that people stereotype as feminine colours. The interview is a two-page spread, and the same main image that was on the cover of the magazine partially covers both pages. There are three other images of Bieber; one when he was a baby, a picture of him and his mum and another with him and usher. The three images link back to the interview questions. Bieber is made to look like a “momma’s boy”, which could be appealing to the target audience and he’s being promoted as a teenage sensation who’s grateful for what he’s got now and how the life he’s living seems like a miracle to him as he went from “rags to riches”. In this article there are quoted puffs like “We lived in a small, shabby apartment”. The font of this text is pink, big & bold to emphasise that he started off like any other citizen in America but managed to make it big in the music industry, it’s also inspiring for the readers as they get a feel of what his life used to be like and it inspires them to have ambitions no matter what. The fonts and colours used on the magazine cover is quite similar to the pages in the magazine for instance, there’s a lot of bright, pink and purple colours on the cover and in the articles are the same colours. The heading “MOST WANTED!” is bold, big and white on a candy floss pink banner with the American flag in pink and white. The audience directly knows that he’s a famous American celebrity.