1. Music magazine research

3. Audience: 11-14 year old girls Music genre: Pop Publisher : EMAP Metro Released: Biweekly First issue: 1978 Final issue: 2006 Extra info: The magazine had to stop publishing due to a lack of profits because of competition from the BBCs music magazines, It’s Hot and Top of the Pops. Though it did return for a one off tribute to Michael Jackson.

4. Cover Colours: The colours are girly and eye catching Pictures: The main photo is of a popular band which many “tween” girls look up to and are fans of and there are smaller pictures of other stars that the readers may be interested in. The main picture looks welcoming and fun to draw people in. Text: Mostly bright pink or white with a matching font (apart from the logo), which makes it stand out against the blue background. The word “McFly” who are the main feature in this issue is made to make it look like it’s moving like the car, making it stand out and make it the most noticable.

5. Main feature Colours: Nearly all pink, representing romance as well as it being a girly colour. The background of the actual interviews text is white to make it easier to read and the main quotes background is darker to make it stand out as it would make girls want to read more Pictures: The picture of the band takes up nearly half of the page with them relaxed and looking happy. The two in the centre are looking at the camera to make the interview seem welcoming. Layout: the photo of the band take up the whole top half of the page, along with the main quote so readers know who is being interviewed straight away and the interview itself is small and only takes up the bottom half so the reader will see the picture before the interview.

7. Cover It’s Hot often did ‘collection covers’ where there would be more than one cover for one issue, it would normally be for bands with each cover having a different member in the foreground and a different quote as well, one from each of the members. Colours: Apart from the yellow background the colours for this cover are mostly pastel colours. Photo: this photo was one of four possibilities for this issue, one member is in focus in the foreground whereas the others are blurred in the background, the other pictures are small and not a noticable as they only refer to smaller parts of the magazine Text: Apart from the title and main quote the text is quite small. Danny Jones’ quote is the most noticeable bit of text on the cover as when read the audience will want to know why he thinks girls don’t like him and as a result buy the magazine.

8. Main feature Colours: The colour scheme is a continuation of pastel colours from the front cover (apart from the yellow) making the interview Layout: the photo and main quote are the main focus points of this double page spread as when the reader sees this band they will want to read more the interview itself is spread out around the band, making the dark colours of there clothing stand out against the pastel colours of the page. Photos: The only photo on this double page spread is of the band itself, which takes up more room than the interview, this is to draw people in as at the time of this issues publication people wanted to know as much as the could about McFly.

10. Audience Profile Meet Izzy, she is an 10 year old girl living in Croydon. Izzy is currently in year 6 at Downsview Primary School and has lots of friends. She loves bands like The Jonas Brothers and Mcfly. She has a crush on Nick Jonas from The Jonas Brothers and wants to meet him one day. Izzy likes being popular so she wants to stay up to date with the latest trends and gossip so she can be ahead of her friends and worries that she may fall behind. She loves pastel colours, in particular blue and pink and likes going shopping with her mum as well as going to sleepovers. Izzy enjoys watching movies with her current favourite being ‘UP’ and she is a fan of most pixar movies.