Research and planning analysis of contents page and DPS

I will be using the contents page of the pop magazine called 'top of the pops' in my research task to analyse as it's a pop music magazine and I'm doing my coursework on pop music.

The title of the contents page is called 'inside the mag' in white text with pink background colour, this is very typical of a pop magazine. The language used in this page is very simple for example, the word 'mag' has been used instead of magazine so that it can relate to the audience of the magazine who are younsters. Also, the colours used for this contents page is very smart, mostly pink and other bright colours such as blue, yellow and red. This is very typical and will attract the young readers. the yellow is used to highlight some of the text on the different sections perhaps to drag the attention of the reader to certain parts and make it easier for the reader to notice it or to make it stand out to indicate that these parts are more important than other parts.

One aspect of this contents page that is different from others that I have noticed is that it has a picture of its front cover on the page. This is perhaps done to remind the audience of what the main articles are. Also, the numbers pointing to the article on the front cover is made to make it easier to refer to if the reader is looking for an article on the front cover. The use of a circle to point out the page number looks very interesting as it suits with the rest of the magazine's layout.

There are different sections and subheading on this contents page to split and oragnise the page. And some parts of the text of all sections are highlighted in yellow. This will help the readers who are looking for something in particular for example, celebrities or gossip.

The uses of images are also appropriate for the target audience of this magazine. They have added a picture of a boy band One Direction which goes under the subheading 'wins and offers'. This will attract the people who are fans of this boy band therefore, it will attract them toward this specific section. The editors of this magazine have obviously done this on purpose as One Direction are very relevant to pop music.

This is a double page spread is also from the pop magazine 'top of the pops' which you would normally find inside a pop magazine.

Clearly, this double page spread is from a pop genre magazine because the two main images used are of two popstars from a boy band whose music is pop.
I could also tell this is a pop genre double page spread because of the layout of it's contents, the text are very bold and pop like, the uses of quotation marks and the use of circles on both the images to put quotes in makes the page look pop.

Using two different sections for the two band members is a very clever idea as it will make it easier for the audience because they can see and choose which section to read depending on which one of the boys they like.
I have noticed that the colours used on this double page spread does not relate to the front cover as the cover had mainly bright pink and this double page spread has dull colours like grey, greens and blues.

The page number on this is the same as on contents page, it shows continuity of layout throughout the magazine.