The document discusses four music magazines: Mixmag, Kerrang, Vibe, and Billboard. Mixmag targets those over 18 and focuses on house and hip hop music with bright colors representing dance genres. Kerrang uses dark colors and bold fonts appealing to rock fans over 13. Vibe profiles chart rap artists over 16, though some under 16 may read it. Billboard aims for all ages with bright colors, large celebrity images, and gossip appealing to younger and older audiences.

1. Media Studies task 1 and 2

2. Task 1 - mixmag
• The mixmag magazine is all about house an hip hop. I know this by there being to hip hop
artists on the front of the magazine. The vibrant and bright colours used in the title
represents the genre of the magazine which is a dance and hip hop magazine. The font is very
big and attracting due to its bright colours. The magazine name mix mag is in plain white but
still goes along with the rest of the cover due to its funky font. The target audience for mix
mag is aimed at over eighteen year olds as it says ‘go out tonight’ this shows its target
audience is for people over 18 because usually only people who are 18 and over go to clubs.
The colours on the magazine are bright because it represents the beach and festivals this is
because of the genre they are associated with.

3. Task 1 –Kerrang
• The Kerrang magazine is all about rock and heavy metal I know this because of the colour
scheme of the front cover which is very dark like black and red. This shows the association
between the colour scheme and the genre which is rock. The font is very edgy and bold this
is because of the genre of this magazine. The main artists on this magazine are looking
straight down the camera in a moody way this goes with the theme of the magazine. The
target audience for this magazine is people above the age of 13 this is because of the genre
of the music which is being presented.

4. Task 2- Vibe
• Vibe is a music magazine which is on chart rap music. This is shown by the artist
on the front . The target audience for this magazine is for people over 16 this is
because of the genre of music. As this is a rap music there may be some censored
words in it not suitable for people under 16 however some people under 16 may
still read this magazine because this type of music is still relevant in the charts at
the moment. Vibe is an American music magazine which predominantly features R
an B and hip hop artists like the one on the front cover of this issue. In 2014 the
music magazine moved to an online only base. This issue has a popular cover star
on the front of the magazine this makes the magazine more appealing and popular
to customers as he is very popular.

5. Task 2- Billboard
• This issue of billboard uses very bright and abstract colours to attract potential
customers. It also uses a very large image of a relevant star in todays world. The
image is so big it covers half of the masthead but as this is a popular magazine
people will already know the masthead of the magazine. Billboard is a popular
music which was founded in America it uses relevant music artists who are in the
charts. The target audience for this magazine is all ages. It also contains gossip
aimed at the younger audience. For example an insight into Justin Biebers life this
appeals to a younger audience because Justin Bieber is probably a big part of their
life as he is such a mega star. This is also appealing to older audiences because it
says there is a hologram of Elvis which appeals to older audiences as he was an
icon back in the day.