Wednesday, 9 January 2013

Conventions, producer, target audience of my text


The conventions i plan to keep regarding images are the main image on the front cover which will be of Rou Reynolds who is the singer of Enter Shikari, this will mean that people who are fans of Enter Shikari will be interested to the magazine and will want to read it to see what its about. There will be about 4 or 5 images on the contents page, which will show some of the things that will be in the magazine, this gives the reader more info and may attract them if they attracted. on the first page of the double page spread i'm gonna have a few small sub images to go with the article, one of them will be the image from the front page,  Im also going to have a couple of tour posters on the second page of the double page spread which will be for a tour of the band that the article is about.  My masthead will be a simple font, and will be dark grey with a black outline. The rest of my text will mainly be either black or grey and some reds.. I've chosen these colours as they are dark which fits in with the conventions of a typical rock magazine.
My magazine will be published by Bauer Media, mainly because it produces Kerrang magazine, which is a rock magazine, like mine. My magazine is inspired Kerrang and that is why i have chosen this publisher. Bauer Media Group is a multi national media company headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, which operates in 15 countries worldwide. This means the magazine won't be just in one country. And more people will buy it
The target audience of my magazine is people who like rock music, mainly post-hardcore, metal-core, punk rock and pop punk. Also people who are aged 16 and over as it may have some bad language in it which wouldn't be suitable for younger people. It is also for people who like to go to concerts, as it will have concert dates and locations, also it may be for any people who like to play musical instruments like guitar and drums and people who like to sing. it also may interest people who like free  posters and gifts.
My magazine will be sold in places like WHSmith, and newsagents. Mainly because this is where most magazines are sold and a lot of people go into newsagents quite often so it will be seen by a lot of people. There will also be an online subscription where the magazine is delivered to people’s homes once a week when it comes out. This will mean people who don't want to go to a shop every week to buy the magazine can by it. The magazine will also be advertised in the back of Kerrang magazine which means people who read Kerrang will see it and because my magazine is based on Kerrang, it will attracted moor people.


1 comment:

  1. Liam, you have produced a good written evaluation of what you plan to achieve with your magazine, showing your understanding of magazine conventions, and an awareness of the possible 'real world' publishers, and your target audience. You have made links to real word media texts and institutions, and you have given reasons to support your design choices.

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