1. Most Pop music magazine are mostly aimed a female audience. This is because
the magazine involves fashion, gossip and celebrity news as well as the main
purpose of music. I wanted to change this as I though boys liked Pop too but there
was no real magazine aimed at them.
My magazine was aimed at both
genders but with maybe a bit
more of a female target but not
by much. The colour scheme I
choose was blue and red and this
was good for the mixed gender
audience as it appeals to both
genders not just one. Also the
text style was not girls font so the
boys reading the magazine would
like it and continue to buy the
magazine.
The artists I used throughout my
magazine were all male and this would
mostly appeal to female audience as it is
what they like to see. However the males reading the magazine would like
it too as the interviews from them are talking mostly about music which
they would prefer and this is different to other pop magazines as they
usually ask more questions which a female audience would like to hear.
The contents in my magazine
would be affected by what genre
predominantly reads the
magazine. If it was read by mostly
female I would include fashion
and gossip pages with regular
sections about boy bands such as
one direction. On the other hand
if it was mostly male then it
would include more about female
artists and male tailored articles.
As it is aimed at both I will get a
mix between both in the
magazine.
2. The target age for my music magazine would be from around 14-22. I think this is
mainly because the Pop genre of music is the most popular genre for his age group so
the magazine would be best suited to this age group. The people who listen to Pop are
usually trendies as they follow music and fashion trends set by there friends and peers.
I aimed the magazine at this age group in many different ways. I tried to make the
cover, contents and DPS look formal as well as being interesting and not too boring. I
did this with the colour scheme by adding quite a few colours but not too boring. I also
added little effects and shapes that would be unusual and appeal to the age group such
as the semi circle on the contents and the stamp on the DPS.
As the age group of my
magazine is young and
probably don’t work or if
they don’t they will
probably earn too much I
decided to make the
magazine fairly cheap.
This means more of my
age group will buy the
magazine as they have
enough to buy it.
The age group of the
magazine is young and
they are more used to
reading of a screen than a
magazine. This means
they find out there news
on there favourite pop
artist or band on there
twitter feed rather than
an music magazine. I had
to take this into
consideration when
designing the magazine so
it will be appealing to
them and I did this
through making it cheap
and with competitions
too. Finally I will make a
digital version available
fro download which may
be more favourable with
the age group.
3. The target audience most likely to read my magazine is probably working or middle class. Children of theses backgrounds are
usually the ones interested in pop and lead fairly normal lives for a teenager. As of there intelligence level they will most likely
have enough money to but the magazine or there parents may even buy it for them every week.
There isn’t really a specific
intelligence or education
level of the readers as you
may associate some
intelligence levels with
some music genres.
However the average
intelligence level of my
target audience will
probably be average and
they probably come from
an average working class
family background. They
are probably well
behaved in society and
follow what there friends
do.
The clothing this social
group will be affected by
things in the media such
as magazines like mine.
The current clothing for
this group is fairly casual
with some smart wear.
This is why I made the
magazine artists wear
clothing like this as it
represents the genre and
keeps the realism.
The buyers of the magazine will probably live somewhere in the city or suburbs and not many readers will live in the
countryside. This is mostly because of the social class as most working middle class live in the city and Pop music and ideology
is more prominent in the city areas.
