A comparison of two different music magazines - Smash Hits and Select

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A comparison of two different magazines:

Select and Smash Hits

A comparison of two different music magazines – Smash Hits and Select

Title

        The title ‘Smash Hits’ suggests that the magazine is full of music and is full of the latest ‘hits’ from different bands and musical artists. The word ‘smash’ suggests that the magazine contains new releases from different artists.

        The title ‘select’ suggests that the reader would want to ‘select’ the magazine because there is a selection of music inside the magazine. Inside the word ‘select’ are the two words ‘total stereo’ which suggests that the magazine is full of everything to do with music.

        Both titles are similar as they both have bold lettering although ‘Smash Hits’ is in capitals whereas ‘select’ is not. ‘Smash Hits’ is in a narrow font whereas ‘select’ is in a wide font. They are also different in colour. ‘Smash Hits’ has a black background around the title whereas ‘select’ does not.

Photomontage

        The photo on the front cover of ‘Smash Hits’ is of Steps lying in a bed with the British flag acting as a duvet, with the ‘BEST OF BRITISH’ in bold lettering underneath them, which shows that ‘Smash Hits’ are trying to say that ‘Steps’ are the best British band. This is also alliteration. This photo has not been edited in any way as the whole of ‘Steps’ are in the bed.

Join now!

        The photo(s) on the front cover of ‘select’ are trying to advertise Glastonbury as it looks like they are in the countryside and as there is a tent behind the people on the front cover. The middle person is wearing a mud protector, which shows that Glastonbury will be muddy. I say ‘photo(s)’, as computer has edited almost everything on the front cover as it is possible to see that they are not all in the same place, and are not in the countryside. They are different photos taken at different times in different places but put on to the front ...

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