Feature Article Analysis 2- We Love Pop Magazine

We Love Pop Feature Article Analysis

Layout and Connotations:

The layout of this feature page is very colourful, it links to the front cover as the house style is the same throughout the magazine. It looks similar to the front cover in that it looks slightly un-organised, with the pictures overlapping, and the text over the top of them at an angle. There is a consistent colour scheme on this article of yellows and blues, which would appeal to both boys and girls, however the music artists that are mentioned appeal much more to young girls, e.g. One Direction, Cher Lloyd, and Little Mix. 

The connotations of this  are that it looks similar to a scrapbook page, with the look of everything being stuck over eachother, and the slanted text as though it has been glued onto the images, creating scrapbooks is something widely associated with young girls, and therefore reinforces their target audience.

Purpose:

As this article contains lots of different music artists, it's purpose is not to promote any particular artist, but to inform the reader of what happened at the most recent 'teens choice awards'. However it is done in a very informal, almost gossip-type manner, as shown through the use of words such as 'Miley Cyrus had competition'. 

Presentation:

The way these artists are presented is as though they are the subject of gossip, this suits the magazine's target audience, because gossiping and talking about the latest things that have happened in music, is something that young teenage girls do a lot, and are largely associated with. The intention of this article was to show these artists as being laid back, as it shows their social side rather than their business side, rather than showing them releasing albums, and living up to an image that the press have given them, it shows them having fun, and being how they would normally.

Tone & Mode of Address:

The tone of the article of very excitable, use of words such as 'hilarious', makes the reader excited to know what they are talking about, and interested in the article. The mode of address is directly addressing the reader, it says 'you', as though they are directly speaking to the reader and having a conversation with them.

Length and Design:

The length of the text used in the article is very short in comparison to most articles, it is simply one paragraph in the middle of the double page spread, which does draw the reader's attention as it is in the middle, however by it being so short, suggests that it is not the main focus of the page. The images supports the text as they are all very laid back, and by using the same colours as borders of the pictures that are used in the title and in the drop cap of the text, makes it all tie in together.