Voice Thread Magazine Anaysis

                                     

In this task, like my other magazine cover analysis, I had to analyse the cover and find out the connotations, decorations and representations of the front cover, the only thing different would be adding genre, for this first one I chose to do a "we heart pop" magazine as its a well know kids pop magazine and as Im planning on analysing two pop magazines I thought this would be a simple one to do. The first denotation I see is a mid shot of a young male, he looks happy as he is smiling. I also notice how at the bottom their are free posters of various people. There are also mentions of other celebrities on the magazine.

I also see that the masthead is bold and in a speech bubble, I can see a lot of pink and purple on the front cover and also in the masthead.

The connotations of this magazine cover are that the young male is in fact Justin Bieber, a well know teen pop star who has quite a lot of fans, who will more of less buy this magazine because Bieber is on the cover, the magazine creators would if used the power of teen fans to their advantage in this magazine. I'll also pick up on the headline "Bieber comes clean" this has a double meaning, on one hand it could be as simple he comes clean about something, as in he could spill a secret, but on the other hand, I could insinuate that Bieber is coming clean from maybe drugs or alcohol? But considering this magazine seems to be aimed at a young female audience, hence the bright pinks and purples covered all over the page, I think the first coming clean would be the correct one. The colours are very bright, especially pink, this is considered a "girly" colour, it would stand out to little kids especially the little girls, who will be a fan of Bieber and when they notice the free posters of their other favourite celebrities at the bottom they would ask their parents to buy it them. 

Down the side of the page there are various other celebrities such as Taylor Swift, One Direction and Conor Maynard, this would also encourage little girls to buy, as these artists tend to share fans, if Bieber has fans, some of them will like Swift or One Direction, as little girls are fans of most boy bands and male singers, this would be their little crush all young girls have on celebrities, this also helps with the purchases of the magazine. In the top right hand corner there is a title with "Star Style" this is on the magazine because little girls ages 7-13 like to dress and act and try to be older than what they are, they look up to female celebrities and see what they're wearing and want to wear it, even if it's not appropriate for their age, magazines such as this will create similar styles so you can dress like them. 

Just by looking at this magazine you can tell it is a pop magazine, it has the typical "teen heartthrob" right in the middle, it's bright, and it says "we heart pop" but without that title it ticks all the boxes of a typical teenage pop magazine, the heartthrob, the bright colours, the fashion tips and the free posters.