2. Attracting my audience
• The audience I am trying to appeal to are 18-25 year old
males and females who enjoy indie rock music. With this
comes a variety of fashion trends, likes and dislikes as
well as technical jargon and slang associated with that
genre. My magazine shows these different aspects in a
way that will appeal to my audience by trying to connect
with these trends. This makes it easier to entertain the
reader and keep them interested in both the content and
the genre.
3. Front Cover
The cover image has a
background behind the band The title was placed in the
image, which takes up more white top right corner to
space. This makes it more compensate for the room
noticeable from a distance since it taken up by the cover image
takes up more space. on the left. Black stood out
most against the white cloud
The main head line is in cover behind but I used a
yellow both because it is the faded box shape to add
main colour that symbolises more contrast and make it
the band, follows the colour stand out.
scheme of this issue and
stands out as a vibrant
colour. It was important to
add at least one bright font
colour to make the cover
seem more interesting than
just using black and white. I
don’t feel it is overwhelming
either.
4. Contents
I used alternating colours The main title stands out
that both contrast with the against the black again this is
black and continue to to attract the audience using
follow the colour scheme. easy accessibility and
The faint lines partition the navigation throughout the
page into three segments magazine. Instead of using
without emphasising a one main image in the
division. The larger font contents using small three
sized used for the subtitles images of different bands
help the reader to quickly offers variety. If someone is
browse through the topics browsing and spots at least
and then pick out one band they like it will be
individual articles. This is more appealing. Also they are
mainly to appeal to people more likely to notice the
who like to quickly browse images before the text and so
through a magazine at a if they wanted to locate the
newsstand or at a page they might spot more
supermarket. It quickly bands in the list of contents.
draws them into the The appeal to the audience
magazine and so comes from showing variety in
increases the chance of the contents.
sale.
5. Double Page Spread
The title quickly draws The use of close up face
attention to the page, the photos help personalise
image and then the text the questions underneath
below. The page itself if since they relate to the
split into two sides so that band members
one covers the story of the individually. The Q&A is a
band whilst the other is a feature that would attract
Q&A. Normally a featured my audience, because it is
piece in a magazine would different and offers insight
have two, possible two and into a band. Also fans
a half pages, but due to would get a chance to
lack of space I tried to submit questions and so
evenly divide the images our audience increases.
and text evenly.
A comical picture keeps the article informal and I think this
adds a lot of appeal since people don’t buy a music
magazine for it to be serious unless it’s due to the subject of
the article. In this case it is meant to be humorous and this
is also shown in the questions asked as well as the
responses.
6. Double Page Spread
The title quickly draws The use of close up face
attention to the page, the photos help personalise
image and then the text the questions underneath
below. The page itself if since they relate to the
split into two sides so that band members
one covers the story of the individually. The Q&A is a
band whilst the other is a feature that would attract
Q&A. Normally a featured my audience, because it is
piece in a magazine would different and offers insight
have two, possible two and into a band. Also fans
a half pages, but due to would get a chance to
lack of space I tried to submit questions and so
evenly divide the images our audience increases.
and text evenly.
A comical picture keeps the article informal and I think this
adds a lot of appeal since people don’t buy a music
magazine for it to be serious unless it’s due to the subject of
the article. In this case it is meant to be humorous and this
is also shown in the questions asked as well as the
responses.
