Researh and planning: music magazine contents page analysis

The genre of this magazine is mainly pop, however it focuses on chart music therefore there are lots of different genres. You can tell this because the bright colors and fonts suggest that it is a pop magazine but the chart at the side shows that the magazine focuses on all types of chart music and some of the pictures at the top look more indie than pop. The target audience of the magazine is 16-20 year olds. I can tell this because of the colors used and the age of the models in the pictures. The contents page has a column at the side which is the chart of music for the week, it also has two columns of stories featured in the magazine and four columns at the bottom which are online and events. This layout makes it easy to read and find what you're looking for. The main image is a full body shot of a model, it shows her laughing and you can clearly see what she is wearing, this suggests that the magazine also includes fashion rather than just music.