Target Audience:
I have created a pop genre magazine. The primary target audience I am trying to represent through my media language is:
Gender: Female
Age: Between 12 and 18
Social Grade: E to C1
Masthead:
For the magazine the typography chosen is large and bold, to attract an audience. For the masthead, red and white were used, these are bright colours that will catch the audiences eye and stand out of the shelf.
Colour Pallet:
The colours used in the magazine where red, white and black. These colours are quite bold, and stand out quite a lot. This will catch the audiences eye, and attract them to the magazine. The colours also go well with the magazines logo, and makes the magazine look better and more attractive.
Layout:
The magazines layout is quite spread out, but i feel it is a bit empty, and i could have added more to it, to make it more interesting, but i think that it is quite stylish for the genre of music i was showing on the cover. The layout will attract an audience, because it shows a little about what is in the magazine, and if it looks good, then they will want to buy it.
Images:
The main image is a medium close up of the model in school uniform. The mise-en-scene was not great, it would be better if it wasn't in school uniform, but the lighting and facial expression is better, and fits well with the genre. The main image represents the target audience of teenagers, because on the front cover, is a normal teenager. This would attract them. There are two minor images on the cover, one of them is a medium close up, and the other is a medium shot. In the medium shot, it shows the model sitting on a wall, and the other is the model leaning against a wall. The minor images would attract the audience, because they can relate to them, and also would want to see the other images that are also in the magazine.
Teasers/Typography:
All three of the images on the cover have teasers to reveal more about the stories inside, also, it is showing a new photoshoot, so there are more images inside. The writing on the cover is simple, because it says "PLUS! and exclusive photoshoot". This makes it quicker and easier to read, because the audience wouldn't want too much writing on the cover, otherwise they will find the magazine boring, and won't want to buy it.
Masthead:
For the magazine the typography chosen is large and bold, to attract an audience. For the masthead, red and white were used, these are bright colours that will catch the audiences eye and stand out of the shelf.
Colour Pallet:
The colours used in the magazine where red, white and black. These colours are quite bold, and stand out quite a lot. This will catch the audiences eye, and attract them to the magazine. The colours also go well with the magazines logo, and makes the magazine look better and more attractive.
Layout:
The magazines layout is quite spread out, but i feel it is a bit empty, and i could have added more to it, to make it more interesting, but i think that it is quite stylish for the genre of music i was showing on the cover. The layout will attract an audience, because it shows a little about what is in the magazine, and if it looks good, then they will want to buy it.
Images:
The main image is a medium close up of the model in school uniform. The mise-en-scene was not great, it would be better if it wasn't in school uniform, but the lighting and facial expression is better, and fits well with the genre. The main image represents the target audience of teenagers, because on the front cover, is a normal teenager. This would attract them. There are two minor images on the cover, one of them is a medium close up, and the other is a medium shot. In the medium shot, it shows the model sitting on a wall, and the other is the model leaning against a wall. The minor images would attract the audience, because they can relate to them, and also would want to see the other images that are also in the magazine.
Teasers/Typography:
All three of the images on the cover have teasers to reveal more about the stories inside, also, it is showing a new photoshoot, so there are more images inside. The writing on the cover is simple, because it says "PLUS! and exclusive photoshoot". This makes it quicker and easier to read, because the audience wouldn't want too much writing on the cover, otherwise they will find the magazine boring, and won't want to buy it.
A solid first attempt at this sort of analysis well done! I am particularly impressed with your paragraphs on; images and lexis/teasers. Targets:
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2) Colour pallet: say what the colours connote & how/why this attracts and represents the audience.
3) Imagery: explain why the age/look of the model represents and attracts the target audience - use theory if possible.