In contrast to "TV Quick", this magazine has a double page spread which focuses solely on children's television, which is wha my area of study is based on. This is helpful as it will help me to deduce what is necessary for a children's page. As you can clearly see, there are a large number of images on the page which are relevant to each programme, this will catch a child's eye as they colours will attract them and help them to pick out programmes they would prefer to watch. This is made more effective by the use of very bright colours because they really do grab the attention, each section is built up of different colours throughout the images and titles which adds a great variation on the whole spread, which again aids in the eye catching qualities of the feature.
It is also clear that this spread is still aimed at the parents as there is a vast majority of text included. This is evidently not aimed at the children who will be watching the programmes because a great number will not read the listings magazines and are not as interested in the text as they are in the pictures which is understandable as a child, we learn to enjoy things by seeing and doing, not reading about them. This shows that some information is necessary in a television guide because the parents will need to know a bit about what they will be allowing their children to watch, they need to be given the chance to read up on the programmes and decide whether it is suitable for their child.
I noticed that this does not only mention television programmes, but movies too. At first it did not occur to me how popular movies would be, however, when looking further into this, a number of channels include movies every now and again in their daily showings, for instance disney has their "Disney Cinemagic" moments, this shows that there needs to be a variety in the styles of features that are on the channel. Therefore I will contemplate adding a few movies to my channel to create a diversity between the types of showings, this will gain a wider audience, also, adults tend to enjoy a children's movie more than a series of episodes for one programme, which will add a family sense to the channel.
