Price: £4.99
Every 2 months.
http://www.classicpopmag.com/
This magazine is aimed at people age 40+ which can be seen through the style of the magazine being/having a retro feel to it; but also to the content of the magazine with bands and artist form the 70s/80s. Having only been out for about a year it sold 50,000 copies in the UK. To have an target audience of 40+ this magazine is limiting on who might be interested to buy this magazine; but the purpose of this magazine is for the older reader, to bring back the ‘’nostalgia for their youth and an eye on what the classic artists and their progeny are up to today’’
Design
To make this magazine have a retro look is with the fount and main image used. The fount in the masthead looks very classy and something you might see in an old night club behind the bar or out front on the opening sign. With all the over fount we have 4 different kinds of fount. The design of the magazine is organised, set in the 3 columns layout. This gives an indemnity to the magazine which will go throughout the magazine.
Masthead
This magazine also has used the colour red and black in the masthead which helps with the retro theme. In the ‘’O’’ of the pop there is the slogan ‘’eighties, electronic and electric’’ all going down in a line; maybe this is there to show off that there is an alliteration with the ‘’E’’ there.
Main image-Boy George
The main image is of ‘’Boy George’’ in a median close up with her looking straight at the camera- (this can ever attract people attention to the magazine) who is defiantly got a retro look to her with the make-up she wearing. With the headline going across here set to the front so we can see her behind. There is some anchorage text near the bottom of the image saying ‘’madness, prison and pop resurrection’’ these words are all portrayed in the main image of the magazine of Boy George.
Extra bits
There is a sell line in an yellow box which means caution to people so they will look at it and see there is an ‘’exclusive interview’’ in the magazine. To use this allows there to be a possibility that this may help sell the magazine, as people will look at that and want to read about it. On either sides of the magazine there is the barcode with the price and date in and on the other there is a puff there seems to be a competitions about winning a vintage TV. The cover lines seem to go around the main image and act like an anchorage to support and hold the main image in place. With the cover lines we get an insight into the magazine and see that they’re going to be interview and reviews and also new bands/artist but mostly old bands and artist.
Secondary image
In the top right hand corner there is a secondary image of ‘’Kim Wild and Gary Numen’’ Kim being in a bright spotlight which makes her look unhuman and pure in a way, but this may be to fit in with the style of magazine that we have here which is retro. Kim is also not looking at the camera which could surest that she looking and thinking of something but when you read the caption underneath ‘’tours, tulips and….tipsy’’ which explains the look that she has and colours used in this image. However Gary in darkness and a instead of a close up we get a median close up so we see more of him in the image than Kim which gives of a sense of dominance and threatening feel in the image as he sitting down staring at you in the dark. Putting these images together gives a sense of juxtaposition. Over the secondary images there is a pug ‘’Eaasure new album first review’’ this is promoting a new music band and that this magazine has got the first review on them; again another reason why you should buy this magazine.
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