2. Target Audience
The target audience of my magazine are individuals
aged from 16 to their mid twenties and the magazine
will mostly be read by males due to the content of the
magazine. Also the models in the magazine are all all
males therefore it is males that would usually read it as
they may be able to relate.
3. Conventions
The magazine that I have created uses conventions from
other magazines which are very well known throughout the
the hip-hop culture. Using these conventions might help
attract the audience as they can relate to the actual
conventions such as wearing certain types of clothing.
A magazine that I looked at was Hip-Hop Connection this
allowed me to see what conventions they use to attract
their target audience and I then interpreted this into my
magazine.
4. Language
Throughout the magazine I have used language which
is very casual and not very formal this may attract my
target audience as they are still young and would not
really look at magazines which have language that is
very complex. This type of language makes the articles
and other text easier and quicker to read.
5. Layout design
The size of the text used is quite large varying
according to where they are place on the page and the
importance for example the size of the headline on the
front cover is fairly big compared to the other sell lines
and it is also placed in the center of the page which in
turn makes it the center of focus
My magazine has a little amount of empty areas as I
believe this is not effective for attracting the audience, I
have included many images which directly address the
audience which in turn will attract them to the magazine
6. Font
The font used in my opinion is very effective in relation to a
hip-hop magazine and it also stand out as it is bold, this
makes it much more easier to read.
The font used is similar to other fonts that I have seen on
other hip-hop magazines and I therefore decided to interpret
this into my magazine.
I used different sizes of fonts to show the audience what
they should focus on for example the size of the font of the
headline is much bigger than the the other sell lines this can
therefore direct the audience to the headline first rather than
the other sell lines.
7. Colours
I used a colour scheme in my magazine and kept it
consistent, the colour scheme that is used is Blue,
Black and Red these are common colours that I have
seen in many hip-hop magazines.
The colours chosen are contrasting colours which
therefore stand out from each other making each part
of the magazine clear rather than blending everything
in and not being able to separate sections.
8. Models
When considering which models that I should use in my
magazine I took many factors into account such as the
models hairstyle and the type of clothing they were wearing
at the time of the photo-shoot as this matters a lot as the
models should represent a hip-hop culture which will
therefore give the audience something that they can relate
to.
Also all the models used in the construction are male
however I did not intend to target males however it gives
males something that they can relate to and may discourage
females from reading the magazine this is something that I
would have to consider in the future.
