media coursework

1. Question
4&5

2. Who is my target audience?
From my questionnaire results I can see that the
overall majority of readers are males (80% Male
and 20% Female). And the average age of the
readers is 11-29 Year olds.

3. Target audience interests
From my audience research I have discovered that all
my audience enjoy masculine hobbies even if they
were female. The audience listed hobbies such as
mountain biking, rugby and football.

4. How does my magazine appeal to the
audience ?
Promotional deals
attract the audience
towards the
magazine.
Band names that the
audience enjoy. This
attracts them to the
magazine.
‘EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS’ entices the
reader because they want to hear
about rock bands and what they
have to say. By putting this as a
cover line it makes the front cover
more appealing to the audience. Artist looks
conventional which
is appealing to the
target audience.

5. How does my magazine appeal to the
audience ?
Promotional deals
attract the audience
towards the
magazine.Information about
guitars means that
readers are
attracted due to it
including one of
their interests.
Conventional
colours used appeal
to the target
audience.

6. How does my magazine appeal to the
audience ?
Colloquial
language is used
to make the
reader feel like
the article
relates to them.
Pull quote is
‘out-there’
which attracts
attention.
Colour pallete used features
common rock genre colours which
appeal to the target audience.

7. Conventions of page layout
Artists are both in the centre of
the page making them the
focus of the front cover
Both magazines feature
promotional offers to grab
the readers attention and
make them want to buy
the magazine even more
Barcode placed in the
same area of the front
cover
Masthead is
positioned in the
same place.

8. Conventions of page layout
Subheading is positioned in the
same place as Kerrang.
Subheading is positioned in the
same place as Kerrang.
Page numbers are ordered and
arranged in the same place.
Main image is positioned in the
same position to attract the readers
attention.

9. Conventions of page layout
Large masthead attracts the
readers attention. The colour
black was used as it fits the
conventions of the genre.
Similar colour pallete used.
Small range of colours with
similar tones and meanings.
Similar image positioning