1. Proposal
The genre of mymagazine isa real-lifestorymagazine producedbyBauer.Inthisgenre, there are manycodesand
conventionsthatcome across.Boldcoloursare usuallyusedalongwithpink,conveyingthe femininityof the
magazine andthe images onthe magazinesare usually of womenof the same age asthe targetaudience toappeal
to them. A conventionthroughoutothermagazinesof thisgenre isthatthe mastheadisalwaysthe largesttexton
the cover and is placedinthe top leftcorner,which meansitcan be easilyseenbythe reader. The mainfonttype on
these genresof magazines issans-serif,presentingthe informalityof them.
The target audience of mymagazine is 16-25-year-olds.Primarily,itis aimedatwhite,British,femalesof thisage
group,whoare of a D classificationintermsof the socio-economicprofilingmodel andintermsof the psychographic
profilingmodelmymagazine isaimedat mainstreamers.Howeveroverall,mymagazinewillmainlybe basedon
beingaimedatany females of the age range stated.My targetaudience will be representedthroughoutmy
magazine throughvariouscodes, conventionsandgraphicelements suchasthe colourscheme, whichwillfitthe
audiences expectationsthatthey’ll have fromothermagazinesof the genre.
The title of my magazine isLife Insider,anditwill be writtenin the sans-serif font,LemonMilk,and placedin the top
rightcorner of the frontcoveron bothissues,similarlytoothermagazinesof thisgenre. Forthe mainfeature of my
magazine,Iwill place amainimage takingupmost of the coverthat correlateswiththe maincoverline , which
will be ina large,boldfont. Onthe rest of the front cover, I will place various coverlines of otherstories featured in
the magazine ina smallerfont, alongwithsmall,accompanyingimages alsotocreate anunorganisedlookthatfits
withthe genre.The fonttype for mycoverlinesandbodiesof text onmyfrontcoverwill be inthe sans-serif font,
Myriad Headline,tokeepwiththe informal lookof mymagazine. A colourscheme of ……will be usedtofitthe
informal,yetfeminine lookof mymagazine,andsimilartoothermagazinesof the genre. Iwill alsoinclude the date,
barcode and price of my magazine onthe front coverfor functionality.
On the contentspage of my magazine, Iwill use alayoutof two columns,withaccompanyingimages tothe storiesin
the magazine placedaroundthe columns,creatinganunorganised,informal look tofitwiththe genre. the columns
will be splitinto4sections of contents,‘onthe cover’,‘more real life’and‘celebstories’,toseparate the contents,
makingiteasyfor the readerto find featuresof the magazine.Iwill place the title of mymagazine inthe same font
and colourat the top of the page as well as use the same colourscheme ason the frontcover throughouttocreate a
coherenthouse style across bothpages. The fonttype forthe coverlines,subheadings andbodiesof textonthe
contentspage will alsobe inthe same sans-serif fontasonthe cover,Myriad Headline,furtherkeepingwiththe
house style of mymagazine. The coverlines onthe contentspage will be inthe same fontassubheadings,butina
separate colourto clearlyseparate themforthe reader.
On mywebsite,graphicelementssuchascolourscheme andfonttype will be the same as on mymagazine to keep
withthe house style.The bannerof mywebsite will be inthe same sans-serif fontasmymasthead/title on the
magazine,LemonMilk, andthe headlinesandbodiesof textwill be in MyriadHeadline, the same fontasthe
coverlinesandbodiesof text onthe magazine.
