1. Although this magazine is aimed at This magazine has one female The main colours on this
girls, the stories and celebrities on dominant image which would magazine are black white and
the front make it appear very suggest the target audience for red making the cover very bold
childish and for girls in-between the this issue is for females into but making it look quite manly
ages of 10 and 14. The colours pink current music, but as the stories too. The cover also gives off a
and purple don’t make it look on the cover are about ‘Motley violent vibe, the colours and the
professional and sort of tacky. From Crue’ and bands that wont die, mix of the celebrities pose
this magazine I will use the idea of this opens up the variety of music shows that the type of music in
mixing music and fashion, to decades and therefore broadens this magazine is quite
broaden the variety of stories. But I the target audience. From this aggressive. In my magazine I
will use a wider range of newer magazine I like the way gigs are want it to look professional yet
celebrities to cater for teenagers mentioned, in my magazine I’d friendly, and not give too much
male and female, instead of just like gigs such as Leeds Fest to be a away.
using boy bands to attract a younger main story.
female audience.
3. case-study
Q is a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom, the magazine has a review
section, featuring: new music releases, music reissues, music compilations, film and live concert
reviews, as well as radio and television reviews.
The magazine also uses a star-rating system from one to five stars, the rating an album is given in Q
is usually added to print and television advertising for the album in the UK and Ireland. The
magazine also creates a list of approximately eight albums, which it classes as the best new releases
of the last three months.
4. Q magazine is the magazine that caters for the music genre closest to mine, this cover
features Cheryl Cole, a current artist and the main attraction of this magazine.
Runner,
drawing the
Huge, noticeable logo. reader in.
The logo is visible from a
distance, as well as the
dominant image.
The main 3 colours on the
cover of this magazine are
black, white and red, these Stereotypically
colours make the cover more aimed at
look professional and males.
sophisticated. The magazine cover is
doing two things by using
this particular image,
Catering for
they’ve shown Cheryl Cole
more than one
in a professional manner
music taste,
showing her seriousness as
broadening
an artist but they’ve also
target audience.
represented her as a ‘sex
symbol’ to draw the male
audience in too, as well as
female fans.
5. Clear issue date and number so
readers can keep up on missed issues.
The contents page
carries on the same
colour scheme as the
cover, black, white Dominant image,
and red but to show planned photo-
an exclusive ‘Oasis shoot and interview
Special’ the colour with a quote
gold is used to show underneath to give
it’s importance and readers a little
the quality of the preview of the
article features. contents of the
interview.
Special articles,
encouraging a more
specific audience.
Showing how often the Clear subheading for a
magazine is printed, and different part of the
common features the magazine implying this
audience may enjoy. is a reader’s favourite.
