Audience Research

The subject matter of my magazine will focus on different college equipment such as laptops, calculators etc. It will also focus on students problems such as drugs. The magazine will be aimed towards males ages 16-19. The magazine will be between D and C1 on the jicnars scale and the magzine will be for Achievers and Aspirers.

8 Statements for target audience:
1. Confident people.
2. They shop at River Island instead of Primark.
3. They watch Hollyoaks instead of Emmerdale.
4. They want the latest equipment.
5. They go away with friends instead of parents.
6. They would prefer to eat takeaways than any other foods.
7. They would rather to to aq theme park than watch opera.
8. They are interested in girls and always have them on the mind.

5 Things which will capture the target audience:
1. The girl on the front cover can be eye catching.
2. The different fonts and colors used.
3. The interesting screamers will catcher the readers eye.
4. The advertisments of equipment which students would use.
5. The price on the front cover being cheap.

Research

I found 3 covers of magazines aimed at the same auidence as the magazine I am going to look at. All three magazines i looked at was Stuff magazine and the subject of this magazine is about the latest technology and gadgets.



All the backgrounds on the magazine are normally very boring but they have stand out headings as they are bright red and bold. The fonts used all over the magazine are all very bold catching the eye of the reader both with bright and dull color font, especially the titles.



The models they employ on all there front covers are very good looking and stand out. Most of them cover up the main masthead which is Stuff. This attracts the male audience to look at the magazine as they see a nice looking model on the front.



The language on Stuff magazine is very simple, this is good as the magazine is aimed for males aged from around 16+ which makes it easier for them to read and as Stuff magazine has many pictures in of the latest gadgets theres not loads of reading required.



The design and layout of the covers are very simple and everything is spaced out and not over crowded. There are not many pictures on the front cover which also gives the magazine more space on the front cover.



There are a few freebies and offers on Stuff magazine which many hints, tips and previews which attracts the readers to buy the magazine.

Preliminary Task

The preliminary task is to produce the front cover of a school/college magazine featuring a photograph of a student in medium close-up plus some approximately laid-out text and a masthead. We also must produce a DTP mock-up of the layout of the contents page to demonstrate their grasp of the program.
I looked at some examples of last years front covers to help give me an idea of how to go about completeing my own cover. The college magazine which i chose to use as an example was Squash. I could recognise this as a magazine front cover because of the different advertisments and different fonts used. I think the magazine is intended for males between the age of 16-20 and its sucessfully targeted its audience because of the use of color and font. The font it bold so it stands out and immediately catches the readers eye. The magazine also targets the audience effectively by the use of language and advertisments used.

Initial Analysis

My second task was to undertake an analysis of the magazine front cover that id used to evidence my understanding of the key conventions.

Magazine Front Cover:Key Conventions

My first task of the year was to learn the key conventions of the front cover of a magazine and then upload the labelled front cover to give evidence of my learning.

I am Jordan and i am taking AS Media Studies, feel free to view my work.