xfactor contents page

L- the contents page of the magazine has as 6 cover lines which each story fits under for example it has

• 110%
• competitions 
• features 
• style file 
• the final 50 
• every week 

each of these link to the music worlds aswell as adding lastest gossip and fashion so its not just a music magazine. the magazine also has the logo in the top left corner of the X with the slogan music, stars, style which sums up what the magazine is about they also use pictures that look like a collage style which carry on from the front cover as its asif the pictures have been cut out around the picture so there is no background.and finally under the logo is a brief description of what the happening in the magazine and whats happened in the passed week sumed up.
I-

xfactor magazine front cover

The xfactor magazine is the only magazine at the moment that covers the pop genre.
L- the xfactor magazine is set out differently to a normal music magazine as it looks like gossip magazines suchas heat as the layout is more hectic and busy. the main photograph  is composed in a way that fills the whole front cover showing a head and shoulder shot but more of a close up. the colours of the magazine are not conventional because they are bright in your face colours of red and pink which make you catch attention to it and also there are different types of font all over the magazine as it seperates each story as there is so much going on on the front cover and using black and white text infront of the pink gives impact to the person looking at the magazine.
I- this magazine is a large company as it is part of the talent show xfactor on itv and the show has millions of viewers each week this shows that the magazine will have alot of publisity.
I- the magazine has both music and chat magazine elements and also encourages people to follow there dream of music as the xfactor is a show that finds new talent.
A- the target audience for this magazine is teenagers as the front of the magazine looks quite childish but as you open the pages the content inside could be for adults too as it has alot of fashion and gossip in the magazine aswell.
R- the representation of the magazine is shown to the audience as pop as the colours and the way is is layed out is quite loud and in your face also they havent stuck to a simple layout and have overlapped pictures asif its a collage of images and text. it also uses the latest pop celebs on the cover to show they are up to date with the whats in the top 40 and are popular with the people of today.

magazines i am going to analyse

i am going to analyse 3 magazine front covers, contents pages and the double page spreads this will help me with my ideas of my own magazine. the 3 magazines i have chosen the analyse are :
xfactor magazine - because this is the only pop magazine i can find on the market at the moment
Q magazine - as it still has some pop genre in the magazine but cover more genres than just one.
kerrang magazine - even though this is out of the pop genre it will still show me the ideas the other types of magazines have to layout there cover, contents and double page.

music genre

the music magazine genre i have chosen is POP as there isnt any magazines out there that use this genre of music.

the only magazine that has just been released that uses the pop music is the xfactor magazine but this has only been around a couple of months this shows there is a market for pop music magazines.

the magazine feature that xfactor magazine has for the target audience is that they keep up to date with the latest pop star and who is number 1 as if there higher in the pop world at the time they are more likely to be on the front cover of the magazine the audience it usually buys pop magazines such as xfactor mag is usually teen girls.

keeping the pop magazine traditional and putting someone on the front cover that suites the pop genre will make it fit in and keeping the music inside the magazine new and fresh. 

music magazine brief

in my music magazine i need to include :-

• an original music magazine
• a front cover
• contents page
• double page spread
• 4 original images, no copyright

these must all be included in my magazine !