LIIAR Analysis

 Front Cover
Language
The pop group one direction are staring directly at the camera/ us as a viewer, this makes it seem as if they are looking directly at the person who wants to read all about them and gets their attention. It makes them seem friendly and open. We are invited into their life and lean all about them in this "fan girl special". This is implying that the magazine is aimed towards the one direction fans. The image is a group shot of all the boys which was taken from a long shot point of view. The image is actually quite an old image of the boys as their looks have changed recently. I think that they have purposely done this in order to show the viewers the younger version to appeal to the younger audience. There are also other pictures on the front of this magazine cover to show the smaller features within this magazine. They are put alongside text that would suit the audience that it is aiming for. The overall front cover is dominated by bright colourful text with 10 images. These images are all pop artists or famous celebrities who are linked to the pop genre. The whole of the front cover is bombarded with colour, images and text. This is so that it stands out against all the other magazines in the category that it is aimed for. They want people to buy their magazine instead of another one
The Content Page
Language
The contents page is the first thing that a viewer sees as well as an advert on the other page. The theme is consistent, the massive splash of colour and images runs throughout. On the contents page it has a picture of the front cover with numbers surrounds the edges. This suggests that you can find what was on the front cover on these pages of the magazine. Each picture that is shown on this magazine page, everyone looks happy and is always looking directly at the camera which makes them look like they are looking directly at you as a person inviting you in to find out what is on that page. Because the magazine is aimed at a younger audience the people that are featured always tend to be quite young as well because they appeal better to that audience as a whole. The camera position changes  depending on which image is being used, some of the images are close ups  where as the bigger images tend to be medium close up, they have being used to add colour as well as take up space on the page to make it look more interesting to the audience. For a pop magazine it suits the audience that it is trying to attract. It includes a range of stories that would interest their target audience for example on page 4 "Radio 1's Gossip plus 100% 1D and 5SOS Goss" they have used the use of bold text to make parts of the sentence stand out better so that the reader knows exactly what is on that page. The bold text makes the readers eye draw straight to that rather than the text which doesn't stand out so much against the page.

Double Page Spread
Language
The double page spread is very simple however it is good for the target audience that it is aimed at, there is not much text so it doesn't overwhelm the page with writing. The writing on the pages is well spaced out this means that it won't bore the reader if they can read it in small sections compared to massive blocks. For the image on the double page spread it is a long shot of the same group that is on the front cover however this is a more recent photo compared to the one used on the front cover. I think that they have done this to show what they looked like before and what they look like now. Because this is a "fan girl" edition it includes all the text about their journey as pop stars. Each box includes a date of something that happened for them. This is good to have in a fan girl edition because it means that the audience can find out more about them as people as well as their music career. In total there are 4 images of the boys on the double page spread this varies the amount of pictures that have being used for this magazine. It takes up space in the magazine as well as creating imagery for the reader to look at. At the bottom of the second page is information about when their next album will be released and their website. This is promoting the pop group to get people to go and look at their website as well as reading about them in their magazine. The colour scheme is still consistent and runs throughout the magazine. The use of pink shows that it is a magazine primarily aimed at a female audience.
Institution
The group who produced this magazine was the BBC. The BBC is very popular and covers a wide range of media. For example they have a range of TV channels. Radio, magazine and much more. It is well known for its logo which is shown on the front cover of the magazine in the top left hand corner.
Ideology
The message that this magazine gives across to the audience is that it is fun and up to date with the latest pop music. It mainly focuses on very popular artists that are usually in the charts that the magazine is being produced. They want to keep people reading their magazine by giving them things to read about that would interest them as an audience. They have articles and other information that is age appropriate to the audience that they are aiming to produce the magazine. They include a lot of posters in order to get more people to buy the magzine, this way they will not only sell the magazine but people are more likely to read it if it has an artist that they love featured in the magazine. Most of the magazine is about gossip more than actual music itself. There is very limited information about music it is mainly about the artists personally and their life rather than what they produce.
Audience
This is the front cover of a pop magazine aimed at young girls from the ages 6-12. I know this from the colours and artists featured on the magazine. They have used words in the banner at the top of the magazine that would appeal to a girl audience such as "gossip", "shopping" & "boys" these individual words would be something that a young girl would want to read about. The magazine fits the target audience because of what is featured on the magazine including images and smaller features. It is a very niche audience as it is aimed at just younger girls. you would not find boys or older teenagers/ women reading this magazine.
Representation
Due to the audience being mostly female it has a very femine colour tone to the magazine. This includes colours such as pinks and light blues. This colour scheme runs throughout the magazine which makes it consistant and professional. The artists that have being chosen for this magazine are specifically being chosen because they appeal most to that audience that they are aiming for. For example they have used One Direction also known as "1D" in the magazine because young/ teenage girls may have "Crushes" on the group. This means that they will be wanting to read about them due to wanting to know everything about them. They can create this false imagaination of being one of them, young and popular. The magazine portrays them as being young, hot and fun. People are jealour of them and want to be them. This makes the magazine look like it knows its audience and who they are aiming the magazine towards.