SUMMARY OF RESEARCH INTO SIMILAR PRODUCTS

This Billboard magazine is conventional for the pop genre.

This is because it has eye-catching and fun sans serif fonts, which connotes the up-lifting and faced paced beat of pop music. It is also conventional for pop genre

as it contains a successful and famous music artist, who is

recognised with the pop genre.

This Billboard front cover is conventional as it contains a

masthead, cover lines, a head line, an image of pop artist and

uses left third. Also, the masthead and headline are in a bigger fonts, so they are more eye-catching, as they are very important features of the front cover, that need to stand out. Pop music artists are represented on

music magazine front pages overall as very high-level, attractive and powerful

influences who many more people adore and aspire to. The image of the artist typically covers the whole page

and they are the central and main focus.

This We Heart Pop contents page is conventional for the pop genre. This is because it

has many bright colours which connotes the cheerfulness of

inspiring impression pop music can give. It’s also conventional for pop genre because it has many current, well-loved and popular pop music artists on

the page.

This contents page is very conventional because it has a

headline in a very big and bold sans serif font, so that it

stands out and is clearly seen. It’s also conventional as it contains many pictures of famous music artists and

has the use of bright, fun and bubbly colours to draw in

attention.Contents pages are usually bright and fun like this We Heart Pop one, so they represent pop artists as

entertaining, up-lifting people with enjoyable music. They represent them to have cheerful and modest characters and are people that are looked

up to and set new trends.

This double page spread is conventional for pop genre because

it has very feminine colours, modern fonts,

with a picture of a very powerful pop

artist. This connotes how current, up-beat

and out-going pop music can be.

Beyoncé's double page spread is very conventional because it

has a long and well-written article, contains a large picture

of the artist the article is about, has a big and bold

headline and contains eye-catching and feminine colours,

so that it will appeal to Beyoncé's fan base and target

audience. Pop artists are represented as personalities that many people have an interest in and what to know more about them, due to the questions asked to them in the articles about both their careers and personal life. They are also represented as influential and high-powered individuals, who are conscious about their appearance and are icons in fashion, music and beauty. This is because there is always a large, attractive and fierce image of them.