Reader Profile

My magazine readers are all Bhangra music fans, all interested in finding out the latest music news. The readers are sociable as they all like to purchase music magazines and going out generally with friends. When it comes to finding out about latest music releases they all tend to buy music magazines. My target audience is very intellectual as a majority of them purchase music magazines.

By looking at the results of my questionnaire I can see that my intended audience is mainly Females 60% and between the ages of 16-19.

Questionnaire

Questionnaire

1.      How old are you?

q12-16 q16-19 q19-21 q21-25 q25+

2. What gender are you?

qMale            qFemale

3.      What is your occupation?

qStudent qEmployed qUnemployed

4.      How often do you listen to music?

qEveryday qOnce a week qOnce a month qNever  

5.      Do you listen to Bhangra music?

(if No, please go to Question 7)

qYes qNo

6.      Which of the following is your favourite artist?

qH Dhami qJay Sean qMiss Pooja qPunjabi by Nature   q Kaka Bhaniawala

7.      How often do you purchase music magazines?

qEveryday qOnce a week qOnce a month qNever  

8.      How do you get your music?

q Download  q iTunes  q Friends  q Purchase CD

9.      How much do you normally spend on a music magazine?

q£2.00    q£3.00    q £3.50   q£4.00   q£4.50   q£5.00+

10.  Would you buy a new release of a Bhangra Music Magazine?

qYes qNo

11.       If so How much are willing to spend?

q£2.00    q£3.00    q £3.50   q£4.00   q£4.50   q£5.00+

12. Have you ever met a Bhangra artist? (If Yes, please state who)

qYes qNo

If Yes___________________________

13.  When you’re planning a night out, where do you plan to go?

qClub/Party    qCinema    q Shopping   qStay indoors  

Content Page Analysis

This content page is from the Music Magazine Vibe, the genre of this magazine is Hip Hop. Having Ciara on the on contents page shows her importance in the music genre of Hip Hop, as well as in this particular issue. This one large image of Ciara shows that she has been successful with some of her singles or achieved high votes in her latest singles which would bring her to the image to the content page.

Ciara is an artist from the United States, which attract readers and fans as they would be interested to see if she has released any new singles, has any forth coming singles or if she has any plans to do a tour around the world. The effortless gradient colours of the content page bring out the image of Ciara clearly. By having a basic colour scheme will attract more readers by looking more sophisticated. The Vibe magazine content page is very different to NME’s content page; it is less busy. This might be because it is a monthly magazine, and more expensive, therefore it has to look more expensive to appeal to a readership that values looking smart.

Front Cover Annotation

This is the front cover of Brit - Asian, this is a magazine from the Bhangra genre. With the close up shot of Jay Sean it shows the significance of his artist lifestyle the sunglasses, leather jacket this also shows the importance of these to the readership. His image has been placed over the main title of the magazine which draws the readers straight to the image of Jay Sean. The colour scheme which has been used for this front cover is basic, keep a small range of colours. The colours are Black which cool, sophisticated; gold which represents luxurious, precious. This would attract the readership because they would be influenced by this style of clothing and his lifestyle, too many colours would make the cover look too crowded; keeping the colours simple attracts sophisticated readers as it looks more professional than the colourful front covers from other leading music magazines, particularly from the pop genre. The quote underneath Jay Sean’s name is “I came, I saw, I conquered” this is a quick and easy quote to remember and eye catching for the reader as they would want to read more about Jay Sean and what he has been up to in the past and what the future plans are, this quote is something that is said once but remembered always. Brit-Asian is a different magazine compared to the NME or Kerrang. As I am creating a Bhangra magazine myself I will be looking into the characteristics of this particular magazine to help me with me with my magazine.

Denotation and Connotation of a Magazine Front Cover

Different magazines use a several different types of denotation and connotation in order to be a focus for their proposed audience. The way that they do is by using pictures, text and quotes. Mixmag uses the connotation ‘Baby oil or techno tache? Which is the Ibiza party for you?’ although this is in a small font it may attract readers to that particular spot of the magazine, directly above that is a ‘FREE MIX CD’ this is that main purpose of the denotation and not the fact that it is outlined in yellow and black lines.

The denotations of the words ‘FREE MIX CD’ and ‘ANNIE MAC’ is that it is there to attract its intended audience straight away. The connotations of the cover is that there are a number of small print quotes on either side of the magazine; ‘LEGAL HIGHS BANNED; WHAT NOW?’ this would attract any male or female of which are taking legal or illegal highs. Many magazines use connotations as their sub-headings this would possibly widen the intended audience as they will see the front page on shop shelves and by seeing what is on the front page would encourage them to buy it.

 

This is my front cover for my RnB magazine; I chose to use one big image to take up the whole page as I have got a big title on the left another smaller text. The black and white theme of the image is similar to what other music magazines have been using. This particular image would fit into other magazines such as Kerrang. The image I had chosen to use for my cover settles in well with the stereotype as it shows the influence of females in the RnB music industry.

 The cover is simple and easy to read, I did not over crowd the page with lots of information. I kept to the black and white theme and added some grey onto the page. The font type and size I used appeals to both male and female genders. Overall in my opinion I think my cover looks good, however if I were to do this again I would move the title of the magazine to the top of the page and maybe add some colour.

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