1. Evaluation
Question Four
Who Would Be the Target Audience For Your Product?
2. Evaluation – PART4 (target audience)
• My magazine has a target
audience of young males and
females interested in the
alternative/punk rock genre.
• My magazine cover has the
colours grey red white and blue.
• My magazine is a rock magazine
the grey colour is dark and
connotes death and mystery,
these are conventions of the rock
genre. The colour red signifies
blood and rebellion these are
also conventions of the punk rock
genre.
3. Evaluation – PART4 (target audience)
• The target audience of my magazine is 13 to
29 males and females. The magazine appeals
to a wide range of the target age as the rock
genre is the second most popular. Also the
price being low at £1.99 an issue it does not
eliminate a wide amount of my target
audience.
4. Person one
• Person one would be in my
target audience he has tattoos
and is wearing sunglasses
which are both conventions of
the rock genre.
• He is wearing dark clothes
which have connotations of
death which also conforms to
the conventions of the rock
genre which my magazine
belongs to.
5. Person two
• Person two would be in my
target market as she is
wearing dark clothes which
signifies mystery and sorrow
which are conventions of the
rock genre.
• She also has partially dyed hair
in a shocking pink colour this
signifies rebellion which is a
convention of the rock genre
6. Person three
• Person three would be in my
target audience because like
the others she is wearing dark
coloured clothes which are a
genre convention of rock.
• She also has dyed hair which
signifies rebellion, this is also a
genre convention.
• To further reinforce this point
she has a nose and lip piercing
which connotes rebellion.
7. Person four
• Person four has long dyed
black hair which is a
convention of the rock
genre.
• He has arm tattoos, his ear
is pierced and he is only
wearing black, all of these
are conventions of the rock
genre.
8. Person five
• Person five would be in my
target audience because he
has, tattoos which signify
rebellion which is a genre
convection. He has several lip
and nose piercings which also
connotes rebellion.
• He has long dyed black hair
this conforms to my target
genre audience as the main
colour of the rock genre is
black
9. Person six
• Person six would be in my target
audience as she is wearing a
black band t shirt, wearing
merchandise of a chosen band is
a convention of the rock genre as
many artists will wear other
bands merchandise when
performing.
• This is a profile picture and you
can see her bedroom wall it
reinforces that she would be in
my target audience as it has
pictures and posters of many rock
bands.
10. In general
• In general all six people
conform to the overall
genre conventions.
• All of the people fit in my
age range from 13 to 30.
• All of the people have
shown interest in the rock
genre through social media
(twitter)
• I believe that all of these
people would be able to
buy my magazine.