Preliminary Task

Draft Evaluation question 5

How did you attract/address your audience? My target audience for my magazine is targeted at a male audience between the ages of 18 – 35, predominantly towards a male audience. I designed my magazine in a way that will attract a Hip –hop audience as well as a stylised/niche audience that will appreciate the styling of the artist on the cover. Having a male model on the cover would usually attract a more feminine audience but Hip – hop listeners are not usually looking for a female artist on the cover because it is a predominantly male industry. I used a colourful tone throughout my magazine as it is simplistic and minimalistic which attracts and engages an audience for Hip – hop. The first thing the audience will see of the magazine is the front cover. This is when I decided I need my front cover to look stylistic and attract the audience when on the shop shelf. I decided I needed my artist to look different from other Hip – hop artists which made my magazine stand out from th

Draft Evaluation Question 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups? During the research and planning stage of my magazine, the audience research was a very vital process to make sure I represented a particular social group. This gave me a clear indication of the type of audience that would buy my magazine and have a huge impact on the type of genre my magazine would become, and the type of style my overall magazine would have. After I did research on Google Forms, I decided that my magazine genre should be hip- hop. I decided to include a male hip – hop artist on the front cover because there are not many female hip – hop artists because it is a predominantly male audience. Hip – hop is also a genre where female listeners would happily listen to a male hip – hop artist as much as a female artist. I was aiming at an audience between the ages of 18 – 35, even though my artist is 16 years old, I believe he will attract an older audience as much as a younger audience. I also believe

Billboard Double Page Spread Analysis

This double page spread comes from Billboard magazine. The colours used in this magazine are very simplistic. The modern font style with the black on white makes this double page spread look traditional and not original like the magazine contents and the cover. The main image on the double page spread is targeted for a male audience and some Katy Perry fans. This is because Katy Perry is wearing skimpy clothing and looking directly at the camera which is presented in a sexual manner. I like the layout of the double page spread with the boarder across the top and to bottom looking modern and making the magazine interesting. Overall, I will not be incorporating the picture idea into my magazine because it sexualizes women and it would fit in with my genre of magazine which is Hip-hop. I will be incorporating the boarder and the black on white writing font because I think it looks modern and stylish.

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