How did you attract/address your audience?

1. HOW DID YOU
ATTRACT/ADDRESS
YOUR AUDIENCE?
JEROME BONUS

2. to present the masthead at the top of the magazine in a urban type of
font which is similar to existing music magazines as the masthead is
presented at the top of the magazine to make it clear to the audience
what the name of the magazine is. I also used a large dominant icon
which makes the title of the magazine clear to the audience. In terms of
having USP the price of the magazine will be £2.00 which is affordable
for my target audience as it isn’t too much or too less. The price is
displayed in a small font at the bottom left side of the magazine which
shows that its not as important as the main subject of the magazine but
is still noticeable to the audience. I used a close up/mid shot of the
model which can easily be seen and it entices the audience as the
model is in eye contact. I got this idea from other existing magazines as
they also use close ups and mid shots.
The colour scheme is in three colours, orange, white and black.
Depending on the genre of the magazine you can use as many colours
as you want, however in mine I wanted to use simple but unique colours
as it gives the magazine a urban type of atmosphere. The effect this
has on my young audience is that they will be attracted by the use of
cool colours. Similar to professional magazines, they consist of a list of
artists on the sell lines to give the audience a sense of what is inside the
magazine. The sell lines in my magazine also consist of important
information such as other artist's names which can be teaser to the
audience as they would want to know what is inside the magazine.
Also i used a button to highlight a competition whereby anyone could
have a chance to win tickets to a live event. Most magazines do this to
entice the reader as they like to take part in competitions to win
something that they’re very interested in. Like other magazines I used a
quote right next to his name which is effective as it makes it clear to the
audience that those are his inspirational words. Not forgetting the
barcode which every magazine has, is placed at the bottom right of the
page.

3. magazines in inspiration to my magazine. This gave me an idea of the layout of my magazine in terms of where to position the
main images and where to place the conventions and texts.
In my magazine i used a different range of fonts to show a variety which makes it more appealing to the reader. For most of the
fonts used in my magazine i tried to create a urban type of effect. Also most magazines start with a big font for the title and gets
small as you go down the page which is key to use in my magazine as it keeps the audiences eyes on the main subject of the
magazine which is usually presented in a bigger font to the others.
I looked at examples of professional magazines and the location they use to take their picutres. From doing this i found out that
they use either a external or internal location, therefore in my magazine i experimented with my photographs in both external and
internal locations. The internal location was just indoors where i could find a white background in order for the model to stand out
more in the frame. In the external location i went to brick lane which is a brilliant place full of art work and is definitely a great
place to take pictures. Due to the fact that there were a lot of art work in brick lane i chose to take my pictures where there were
graffiti pantings as it gives the image an urban type of atmosphere.
In terms of mise on scene the props used in my magazine is simply just headphones to represent it is a music magazine and the
style of clothing which relates to the genre of UK Garage. The clothing of my models show a stereotype of what young teenagers
usually wear which is important as they feel more engaged.