AS Media Studies.

1. WHO WOULD BE
YOUR AUDIENCE
FOR YOUR MEDIA
PRODUCT?
By Faye Ryder

2.  In this section of my evaluation I am going to
evaluate and explain what audience or potential
audience would be interested in my magazine, I will
evaluate what Age groups, Gender, Hobbies and
what style of music I believe my audience will enjoy/
take part in and include within their daily lives to get
a general picture of what I believe my audience and
potential buyers of my magazine to be so I can
generate an audience profile.
 Also I will be evaluating the features I've included in
my magazines to adapt it for my target audience.

3. Age
When developing my magazine
cover I wanted to consider who
would be my cover star of my cover
as this is a one of the most
important and key elements of my
magazine cover, for my magazine I
used a male artist aged 20 as this
age is in-between my intended
target audience so that my target
audience will relate and connect
with the main cover star.
Again, like the main cover
star I wanted another artist
to star/ feature within my
magazine who was also
within my intended target
audience range (16-25
years old) so a relation can
be created, generating a
more enjoyable read.
I wanted to include festival information as
when doing research for my audience
research and researching festival age
profiles and ranges most people who go to
festivals are aged 16- 30 years old and
therefore by including this information it
becomes more interesting and
informative for my audience to enjoy and
be educated on.
When deciding my
initial ideas I
purposely adapted
my price so its not
expensive but can
cover the price of
publishing and so it
is affordable for my
audience to
purchase.

4. Gender
By using both female
and male artists to
model for my
magazine, I am
instantly catering for
my audience which is
both males and
females, by adapting
my magazine for male
and female audiences
it instantly combats
stereotypical views
that rock/ indie music
is for males, with
growing populations
and diverse cultures
involving music more
and more female
audiences enjoy rock
/indie music so bearing
that in mind I have
catered accordingly
allowing varied
audiences to read and
enjoy my magazines.
By maintaining a
colour scheme chosen
by an overall results
from my previous
audience research, I
have used what my
audience wanted and
their favourite colour
so they can enjoy and
notice that their
favourite colours have
been used in the
magazine and not a
series of colours, I
have maintained my
specific house style.
Both the females and
male audience who
completed my
magazine came to the
conclusion that blue
was the overall most
favourite colour
collecttively.

5. Hobbies/
Interests
By including information
about festivals, it caters for
the festival lovers and
people who enjoy going to
festivals, the audience can
be educated, look and read
about the festivals and can
instantly see that this
magazine will be right for
them as it caters for their
needs.
By considering my mise
en scene of my images I
have incorporated a
guitar within my cover
to show and cater for
the guitarists/
instrument players or
for people who like
guitars, into my cover so
the audience can see,
recognise and engage
with the image and feel
they can relate with the
cover star and the
objects within the
image.

6. Age
On my contents pages I
have again used the 19
and 20 year old male
and female artists,
being within the target
audience age range,
these artists can be
easily relatable with the
audience .
By having a young
editor on the contents
page, this gives the
younger readers
within my audience
some kind of
inspiration, a goal to
follow and try to be
accomplishing like the
artists and editors of
the magazine.
By including a Facebook and
twitter fan base information
the target audience are the
most media influenced
audience and rely on social
networking highly, by adding
this information the
audience can relate, see the
information and generate
more advertisement of the
magazine on social
networking sights and
broaden not only my
magazine but the media
products.

7. Gender
By using a male
artists, it is remaining
with the old
stereotype with only
men like rock music
and also it broadens
the males ratio of
males reading rock/
indie music
magazines.
Also, by inputting
malas within the
magazine, the male
readers will be able to
see the male artists
within my magazines
as inspirations and
someone to relate to
resulting in a more
easy and educating
read.
By using a female
model with my
magazine, it defeats
any stereotypical view
people have of
females and rock
music, it gives female
readers more
freedom of
expression towards
rock music and the
music industry
without feeling
pushed out my male
orientated rock/indie
magazines currently
within the media
industry

8. Hobbies/
Interests
By carefully considering
the mise en scene of
the images listed, and
by including the guitar,
instrument payers can
easily see and relate to
the artist in the image,
they can relate their
hobby with the artists
profession.
By including a gig
guide, the audience I'm
aiming my magazine
at, and the people who
enjoy going to gigs will
enjoy and be educated
by this section of my
magazine and be
catered for their needs.
This section is
catered for those
who enjoy listening
to music and collect
physical copies of
the albums, it allows
the audience to be
educated as well as
informed on the
best and top albums
of the month and be
highly enjoyable for
my audience.

9. Age
By including
younger
models
within my
magazine,
the target
audience can
be inspired
and see that
artists van
be young
and there is
hope for
young and
new talent
within the
music
industry.

10. Gender
By using a
female model
with my
magazine, it
defeats any
stereotypical
view people
have of females
and rock music,
it gives female
readers more
freedom of
expression
towards rock
music and the
music industry
without feeling
pushed out my
male orientated
rock/indie
magazines
currently within
the media
industry

11. Hobbies/ Interests
By carefully considering the mise en scene of the images listed, and by
including the guitar, instrument payers can easily see and relate to the
artist in the image, they can relate their hobby with the artists
profession

12. Female Audience Profile
Name: Stephanie Bateman
Age: 17
Favourite Band/ Artist:
Fall out Boy
Hobbies: Listening to Music,
Going to concerts

13. Male Audience Profile
Name:Adrian Ryder
Age: 20
Favourite Band/ Artist:
Arctic Monkeys, Paramore
Hobbies: Listening to Music,
Going to concerts and Playing
Guitar