1. The title is not a real word and uses alliteration, it is eye-catching and enjoyable to say The Headline ‘ibiza’ is a popular place as a lot of dance music is played there, so relates well to the magazine and the audience Offers a free dance music CD – appeals to people who listen to music as they are more likely to buy the magazine if it has CD rather than a book for example. The woman in the main image is wearing a bikini. This is linked to the headline ‘ibiza’ as people are dressed in bikinis most of the time because they are on the beach. Model wearing sunglasses to show she is in the sun, and could also mean she has been out all night dancing to the music so she does not want us to see her eyes. The image is full of bright colours to resemble the bright lights in nightclubs etc. The articles are about hotels and parties etc. This attracts the attention of the readers as they will probably be into parties and clubbing because of the music they listen to. Barcode on the bottom right of the page. This is following the conventions of a magazine. This magazine is very bright and bold. This makes it ‘in your face’ which makes it eye catching. The choice of colours and the main image determines the target audience which is young people interested in dance music and clubbing. Analysis of front cover

2. The title is bright and is in a bold colour which is eye catching. The word is quite unusual but simple so will stick in people’s heads. The top bar is eye catching and is different to other magazines as many magazines do not have this. It gives a little bit more information about the magazine and is useful especially when there is little writing in the front cover. The main image is just one person with a white background. This makes all the attention go on to the person. He also has words painted on him that are associated with dance music such as ‘Attitude’ and ‘Respect’ This could show that the person and the magazine are trying to illustrate the fact that they know a lot about dance music and want to show you that. Main headline uses alliteration to catch attention of the audience. Also follows the colour scheme of red and black which adds quality to the magazine Article titles are in bold colours and there are abbreviations. This is eye catching and quick and simple to read, which makes people more likely to look at them. The barcode is located on the bottom left hand corner of the magazine. This is an unusual place for it to be, which could show that the magazine is unlike any magazine so it is worth buying. Analysis of front cover

3. This celebrity is trying to make it big by getting her music into the American market. You can see this by the big text behind her saying ‘USA’ Sitting on the American flag, adding to the ‘American’ theme. Also shows she wants to be at the top in American charts because the flag is underneath her. Play of words, because her song is called ‘ You got the love’ not ‘ USA got the love’ This catches the attention of the Audience because they notice it is not the real title of the song so may read on to find out about it. Dressed provocatively- shows she is trying to fit in with the American market because that is the stereotypical way American celebrities dress. Her pose is very confident which shows she is in control and confident about her look and her music. The first letter of the article is larger than the rest And is done using calligraphy. It indicates the start of the article and makes it look quite elegant. This catches the reader’s attention and also follows the conventions of an article. Introduction is separate from the other writing which makes it stand out more. Article written in columns which follows the conventions of how articles are written so the readers are more likely to read it. Play on words to create article Image takes up 1 whole page Analysis of Double page spread

4. Large image taking up about half the page. Shows to people clubbing and enjoying themselves. This adds to the ‘happy’ vibe this magazine seems to be giving off, which makes the reader happy and feel good about themselves, so they should buy it again if they want to feel happy. Multiple smaller images are also used. This could be because the magazine editor wanted to make the magazine more interesting which makes the reader want to buy the magazine again. Stereotypically, people who enjoy dance music and clubbing, do not want to read much about clubs, but would rather look at images of clubs to see what the people are like etc. The colour scheme of this double page spread is yellow and pink, following the colour scheme of this magazine’s front cover. The numbers on each of the 3 articles are in pink and look like the lights at a club. This is a good effect to use and will catch the attention of the readers. Analysis of Double page spread

5. The word ‘Contents’ is in the top right hand corner in a bold font coloured white. Writing is in white and yellow. This makes the magazine look professional as it is following a colour scheme and also makes the writing easier to read as there is a black background. Large image taking approximately 1/3 of the page up. This will make it seem like there is less writing on the page, so the reader is more likely to pay attention to the writing. Track list of the free CD included with the magazine. This splits the page up and makes it different from other contents pages. Simple, easy to read contents list with the page numbers on the left hand side in yellow and the page titles to the right in white writing. This is good because it is easily understandable and the readers can use it by only looking at it in a glance. Large page number of what the image is about. This makes the story easy to find in the magazine. Analysis of contents page