Research and Planning: Double Page Spread Analysis

Representation:

The artist on the page is Justin Bieber; a highly successful pop artist, whose immediate target audience is young teenage girls (commonly known as 'beliebers'). You can also see that the magazine is aimed at young teenage girls because they have stereotypically made Justin Bieber look attractive; in other words, transforming him into a 'teen-heartthrob'. The mise-en-scene used in his photograph tell me lots of things about the representation of the artist; for example, his facial expression is quite cheeky and therefore alluring - it makes him almost a 'bad-boy' which will intrigue the audience. Also, with a plain white background behind the artist, we know that the designers want the audience to focus solely on him. And also his clothes look quite young and teen girls will relate to that as they will see boys their age wearing the same kind of clothing as Justin is; making the artist more relatable and seem normal to the fans.

Layout:

The title of the article is a key quote from Justin's interview, which immediately shows us that this magazine is quite informal; another way to attract young readers.
The magazine covers the three-colour rule and this shows that it is professional. 
Due to the fact that Justin Bieber's photograph takes up the whole right page, it makes the amount of text on the page small which also shows that it is an informal magazine aimed at young people.
Another key element that I noticed when analysing this double page spread was that they have incorporated a small box in the lower corner of the left page regarding 'dressing room demands' - in other words, fashion tips. I have noticed through my research that fan girls are highly interested in the fashion world which comes from pop music, and therefore this small box highlights the magazines target audience.

Genre:

The article is an interview surrounding love life (with Selena Gomez) and generally the artists personal life and relationships, which teenage fans will want to know about. However, the interview does mention his music and his latests hits in the charts, but I would say that the ratio between gossip and music would be 70/30 - I will take this into account when making my double-page spread.

Audience:

Taking all of the other elements into account, I think it is obvious that my audience for my pop magazine will be to teenage girls between the age of '13 - 18'.