2. My magazine was aimed at a mainstream mass
market. From the ‘find your tribe’ feedback I was
given ‘trendie’
therefore my magazine represented a social group
of people who were into new things, in all areas
such as; music, fashion, celebrities.

3. The costumes that I used were clothes that were ‘in’ right now. I also made sure that the
models wore jewellery, did their hair and make-up. This is because the social group of
‘trendie’ that I was aiming for would be interested in people being up to date with the
fashions completely. I looked at websites like;
Topshop –
http://www.topshop.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/TopCategoriesDisplay?storeId=12556&
catalogId=33057
Urban Outfitters - http://www.urbanoutfitters.co.uk/
River Island - http://www.riverisland.com/Online
So that I could get a better idea of what my models should be wearing.
The main location I used was at a gig, this suited my audience because, as they would be
reading a music magazine, they would be interested in gigs, converts, festivals… so I thought
that it would be a good idea to do it there. Also teenagers are often going to their favourite
bands/artists gigs as hobbies.

4. I wanted the language to appeal to those who are of the later teenage years
(16,17,18,19) I also used language that would have been appropriate for this age
group. For example, what I spoke about would interest them and the type of words I
had been using.

5. Representations:
Men and Women: I feel I represented men and
women as being equal, by having both genders on the
front page. I showed them to have similarities in my
magazine by music choice and how they spend their
free time e.g gigs and concerts.
Teenagers: I tried to go away from the negative
conventions that teenagers can sometimes portray
(ASBO’s etc) instead I showed how they were
interested in celebrities, fashion, music festivals,
college (as my reader profile showed how the
majority of people who read my magazine go to
college).

6. Q Magazine has social group to me. I can tell this as I used them in my research and
decided that a similar social group to theirs would be good for me.
One of their double page spreads included photos
from a gig, like mine did.
But then my contents page, was also
similar to NME’s as I used similar headings
to them, included the masthead on the
contents page and had it in a black box
also.