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Evaluation Question 5

How did you attract/address your audience?

My target audience spans from teenagers from the age of 16 up to people of the age of 24. With this in mind i have laid out and designed my magazine to suit the needs of this particular mainstream audience to ensure it becomes appealing to them and therefore would be successful in magazine industry. My target audience is of both genders but i have designed it maybe to be of a more male feel to it. I feel it may be primarily male due to the style and genre of the music. On the other hand though i feel i could attract females as i have a male on the front cover which may in turn mean that females like him and want to find out more about the male artist in the magazine, this would ensure they would buy it. In difference to this i feel that the male artist could act as an inspiration for men as they could aspire to look and be like him as he is seen to cool in this area of music. They may aspire to be like him as they are interested and take a liking to his clothing that he is wearing on the cover. I also believe that the colours of the magazine would attract makes to the buy it as they are quite manly colours such as black and white and i think they would be an aesthetically pleasing to a male as they co-ordinate well the photo and also make it look very stylish. On my front cover i made sure that i included both male and female artist that were featured in my magazine, again to ensure that i appealed to both genders. I have chosen a mixture of British artists but also a section of worldwide artists to use on my cover lines, i have done this in order to attract not only British people but to appeal to a wider audience. I also did this as a lot of the big superstars come from America etc. and those are the artists who appeal to my target audience. I also believe that my audience would prefer to see the American artists live and at a big venue than going to see a smaller British band. Throughout my magazine I made sure that i included festivals such as V and wireless. I chose these two festivals as i felt these were the most suited to my target audience. I feel if i had of put festivals such as Glastonbury and Leeds and reading i could have disengaged my audience as i don't think they would have been majorly interested in these types of festivals, this is why i decided to go down the V and Wireless route. I designed my contents page to suit the style of my audience as the content is brief in its description in what is available inside the magazine and so I did this as i believe that my audience would prefer this style other than a contents page with lots of information on it. I also think that the style of music I am aiming for is shown in the contents page. The language register i decided to use in my magazine was formal language as I wanted the magazine to look classy and more than anything sophisticated  this therefore meant no spelling mistakes were acceptable also i didn't want any incorrect grammar or an slang involved in my contents. I feel that the picture would be attractive to them as the artists are young and successful who they would aspire to be like. The fact that many of my features gives the reader an insight in to some of their favourite artists is a feature that I feel would attract my audience. An example of this is the interview with Justin Timberlake that is featured inside my magazine.

I feel that my double page spread would defiantly appeal to my target audience as the photo contains my male artist putting on a slightly cocky and fun upbeat pose which i feel sums the mainstream genre of music up perfectly. I also feel as if the way my artist is dressed shows that he is mainstream and would appeal to my audience. I think that the audience would be interested in what the artist has to say and so would want to read the interview. The interview is there to give the readership of my magazine a very close insight into the artist and to kind of make the audience and the artist more attached. I decided to use a question and answer format opposed to a article type text due to the fact that i felt this question and answer format was more fun and appealing than an article. Also i took into consideration the time it would take to read the article and i felt it would be quicker to read an interview. Overall i feel i have really considered my audience whilst constructing my magazine in every stage. I feel the overall product would be attractive to them and ensure the magazine would be successful due to this. I think my audience profile helped me a lot to be able to achieve this and I also focused a lot on how my artist would be represented to the audience and how that would fit in with my magazine.

Evaluation Question 4

 Who would be the audience for your media product?
After researching different types of audiences on UK tribes and other internet sources plus  using my own knowledge i have decided to try and ensure that my magazine appeals to both genders, although i could see the magazine edging towards a more Male bias due to the content i wish to include. The age group i plan to target is of 16-24, specifically with an interest in mainstream Hip Hop and Pop. Artists that my target audience will in my opinion like consist of the following Bruno Mars, Rihanna , Olly Murs, Flo Rida, Rita Ora, Drake, David Guetta and Calvin Harris etc. So what is Mainstream? The mainstream includes all popular culture and media culture, typically disseminated by mass media.

My mainstream audience are very much affected and persuaded by different types of Media sources such as Radio, TV, Newspapers and also Magazines. This is why i chose this particular audience above others such as Indie or Rock, as i felt the mainstream style would have more of an effect the audience. Also my audience are big users of social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Myspace etc. On sites like these they follow all there aspirational role modles and keep upto date with whats happening in TV, Muisc and the film Industry.

My target audience will oftenly enjoy regular trips to big shopping malls such as The Bull Ring in Birmingham and the Highcross in Leicester.During their trips to these malls, shops often visited are the mainsteam ones such as Topman, River Island, and Zara.Hobbies for my target audience consist of partying in big clubs in towns and cities, downloading big chart music from Itunes and eating out at places such as Nando's, Wagamamas etc. They may also enjoy regular trips to the cinema to see the latest blockbuster film and listening to radio stations such as Radio 1 or Capital FM. They may participate in sports such as Football or Basketball. Social Networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook will also be a big part of their social lifes as these are very popular and they can follow the artists that would appear in the magazine. The disposable income of my target audience should be fairly high as they are young and may still  be living at home therefore not having to pay any sort of rent, this will allow them to spend money on such things as Magazines, which is why I targeted them specifically.

My target audience will consist of people who follow the latest fashion and are always upto date when it comes to the showbiz gossip etc. My mainstream auidence will oftenly tune into tv shows such as 'The Only way is Essex' (Towie) as the majority of the audience aspire to be similar in their ways as people such as Joey Essex, Mark Wright etc. Plus the female section of my target audience will also look upto some of the stars of Towie such as Samantha fairs, Frankie Essex and also Cheryl Cole etc.

My audience will very oftenly be found at music festivals such as the V festival and Wireless, as the acts that generally perform there tend to be mainstream. For example Justin Timberlake is one of the headliners at Wireless this year and this is a typical/common choice of artist that these kind of festivals select to perform as they know this sort of artist appeals to the mainstream audience they are wanting to attract.

The price of Fresh Echo, is £4.00. I priced it at this particular price as I felt due to the fact that it is a monthly issue and I am aiming my magazine at the younger genration who don't want to paying a lot of money for an accesorie such as a magazine.

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Evaluation Question 2

Evaluation Question 1

Lesson Objectives

Today I plan to start and finish evaluation question 2, i will be doing it through microsoft powerpoint.

Font decision used

The font that I used throughout my magazine was very basic but sophisticated. I chose this font as I felt it would  appeal to the readership of my magazine 'Fresh Echo'.

Double page spread analysis

From the main image we can clearly tell that this magazine is focusing on the pop/chart music genre.
We can tell this as the pose Florence is pulling represents the cockiness and personality in the way
of what a pop artist would generally act like. Florence the artist is mainly positioned on the left hand side of the page with the text on the right. This follows the conventions of a normal music magazine.

Not in difference to most double page spreads the writing is separated from the main image. This is done to ensure that the image doesn't distract or interfere with the main article text that is the prominent focus on the double page spread.

Florence's hair is red. This may have been done to ensure that her hair is a complete contrast to the overly dull background of grey and white. Also it may have been done to ensure that she the artist stands out ans makes the whole double page spread in general look more appealing to the readership of the magazine. Her hair also matches with the american flag that she is sitting on. This has been specifically done to emphasize the point that she is heading in the direction of conquering America.

The little introduction before the main content of the article gives the audience a little bit of background and slightly irrelevant information about the Florence. This may have been done to close the gap between herself and the audience. Plus the intro tells us what the article will be about and contain. Also the artists name is in a completely different colour to everything else on the page so it stands out dramatically and lets the audience know who the article is about.

Spread over the double page are the words 'USA' and got the love, which is one of the titles of her songs. This is a play on words as it is stating the USA has got the love for her specifically.

Boxed 'F' Inspiration.

One major Influence in terms of the look of the title in my magazine 'Fresh Echo' was that of the 'F' at the start of Fresh was boxed similarly to that of the FADER style magazine title. Below is an example that i tried to base my title on in terms of this.