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-The red title links in with the women’s red coat symbolising the article is about her. -A variety of photos are used to illustrate the women’s life. -boarders are used around the images to grab your attention -There is a line of writing with the images illustrating the meaning.

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-The red title links in with the women’s red coat symbolising the article is about her.-A variety of photos are used to illustrate the women’s life. -boarders are used around the images to grab your attention-There is a line of writing with the images illustrating the meaning.-The conventional large letter of ‘M’ is used to draw your attention to the two columns of text-The page number is illustrated at the footer/ the header displays the logo of ‘TV Times’

A pale blue boarder is used around the page to appeal to a variety of audiences

Page 2: Magazine article analysis

The title “Who Do You think you are?” Is though provoking and the used of the personal pronoun ‘You’ comes across as personal to the audience, which is therefore engaging

The use of an appropriate image of Marry Berry who the episode is about, the soft tones and hues of the background reflect Marry Berry’s own relaxed nature

The small subtitle in red connotes the genre of the programme as a documentary

Conventional descriptive column about the episode

High star rating at four stars signifies it is a popular show

Appropriate image of friendly penguins with a line of writing or quote

Which is further demonstrates by the red circle with the writing ‘Pick of the day’ signifying; “Who Do You think you are?” Is one of the key shows on a Thursday with the predominant U.K. viewer figures“Who Do you think you are?” has the

predominantly space on the page layout however “Penguins on a Plane” also has significantly more space than “Dallas”. This can be connected to the fact that Penguins on a Plane is the newer show therefore the ITV want to advertise Penguins on a plane more. ‘Penguins on a plane’ and ‘Who do you think

you are?’ also have higher star ratings

At the footer of the page a web address has been posted along with the page number from the magazine

At the header of the page the use of the word ‘genealogy’ in white italics signifies Sheridan Smith is going to be looking into her family history

The circler box with an image of Sheridan in her first role as an actress illustrates the journey she has been on as an actress

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Appropriate image and the use of safes in the background connotes to the audience she is going to look through files and historical documents

The titles colours link to Sheridan Smiths scarf in the photo and the word ‘plucky’ is linked to the further description of the episode in the subtitle

The small sub-heading; ‘Who do you think you are?’ has been written in white with a red box

Old photos have been used on the article to compare Sheridan’s family and her ancestors who also performed music. I like the use of old photos engages the reader and makes them want to read about their meaning. I may use photos in my documentary to link the past to the present

The articles text layout is Conventional set out in long columns to describing the episode.

Throughout the text there are quotes however the key quotes in red appeals to the audience, in the sense they want to read the article.

At the bottom right hand corner of the page the Article finishes and the writers name has been hyphened.

There is a separate paragraph giving further information about ‘Who do you think you are?’ with page numbers and a website people can visit if they want to read more about the episode

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The use of a pink boarder around the page appeals to a female audience

The use of boxes to segregate different stories on the page connotes Piers Morgan’s ‘Life story’ is the predominate show

The red boarder around Piers Morgan’s Life stories stands out on the page. Furthermore the use of a bold circle ‘pick of the day’ engages the reader’s attention

At the header of the page the date has been written in italics font and the word Friday has been written in bold white lettering symbolising Friday is a pivotal day maybe for the channels viewer numbers

Image in a circle with a line of writing or quote is used to engage the audience

Conventional sub heading and column of text about the show

Purple circle boxes advertise the channels the shows broadcast on Sky and Virgin

The use of star rating connotes how popular the shows are

Appropriate and relevant image to the show

A small summary of what the episode is about

The use of a ‘premier’ red box is striking and denotes to the audience Anchorman 2 is a film

A small sub heading uses the word “Entertaining” to describe ‘A League of their own’ along with the time and the T.V. Channel the show is broadcasted on