Anaylsis of X Magazine.

X Magazine is a new magazine that was launched in Septemeber 2010, which focuses on X Factor and other Pop artists. It is aimed at X Factor fans, mainly girls 14-18 year olds. I feel this magazine is a big influence to mine because alot of the artists that are in the chrats at the moment have been on X Factor as a special guest or as a contestant. We also have similar target audience.
'X' magazine is a big competitor and i think the masthead is something that helps the magazine sell. fans of the X Factor won't be looking at the contents before they buy it, they will simply see that it's about X Factor and automatically buy it. I wouldn't say the masthead was an influence to my magazine.

The magagzine was published in the UK by Fremantle Media.
It is a weekly magazine and costs £1.95.
X Factor is a magazine, website and also a popular television programme.
Font size and choice of colour:
The Masthead is more a symbol than font. I think it is clearly showing that it is a magazine focusing on X Factor. The size of font for the main cover line, it is alot bigger than the rest because it is accompanies the central dominant image.
The Content: Most of the content is about the finalists on the X Factor and it has interviews with them but also it has interviews with other artists that are in the charts at the moment or if they have been a special guest on the X Factor.
Images: Some of ther images are staged but they also include action shot images of the contestants getting their make up done.

Analysis of Smash Hits Magazine

Although Smash Hits folded in 2006, i still feel this is a big influence to my magazine. It is a pop based magazine which is aimed at teenage girls between 13-16 years old which is similar to mine. I would say that it is the later magazines that would be more of an influence than the earlier stages of Smash Hits because it's more for the young teenagers.

The magazine was publised in the UK by EMAP in 1978.
It was a Biweekly magazine.
It folded in 2006 but the name stays alive from a TV Music Channel and an Online Website.

Font size and choice of colour: The font used for the masthead gives a sort of bubble writing effect which shows the magazine is quite childish and it uses pinks and green which are very child like colours so again this would give the effect of the target audince being for the younger generation.

The Content: The main focus of his magazine is Pop so the content will include interviews with Pop artists and reviews on new album's and single's released.

Images: Some of the images include shots of artists that paparazzi have taken which show that the magazine also includes gossip articles about the artists and not just serious interviews.