SOAP MAGAZINES

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Oldest brand on the market it is also our most trusted brand and is made by the bbc (institution) It is released weekly (9-15 October) this date is important to the audience

Keying into how the audience access what the want to watch.

Free view is highlighted because the target audience for this magazine is older people increasing brand loyalty

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Mast head comes over the picture so it can stand out on a news stand Simple colour scheme to make this look like a high quality product Only Top band of writing is all in capital letters giving the magazine a more demure feeling More mature mode of address

Classy continued Three features arranged down the side of the page in negative space next to star

Headings in bold sub heading same font , black

Captions anchored on starts lapel name of programme day and channel give audience easy access

Normally the stars eyes are in the top third but because David tenant is widely recognised they didn't need to do this creating more negative space

Main feature doctor who is largest text on page anchoring the star

Giving the audience clues on what the interview is about

Region: times can change depending where you are in the country

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This is aimed at a younger audience than radio times due to the advertisements for sky and virgin which is a modern way of watching tv

Once again simple colour scheme showing a high quality product

Anchoring audience

We can tell that the star is the woman in the suit because she is the most in focus

The words plus and new are used all over the magazine showing this isn’t a soap magazine with regular features this is for new TV programmes

Advertising working in synergy

Name of new tv programme date time and channel

Trashy Disposable media loads of story lines cheap price not a high quality product like the radio times .

8 different colours but they’re supposed to clash to make it stand out. Makes it look cheap

The front cover of this is cheap because of the amount of people used in the photography most of them have either been print screened of photo shopped

Conventions ripped pages reinforcing the disposable feel

Value for money

Conventions

Lots of question marks and exclamation marks and rhetorical questions

All canted text pink matching lips nothing is random