TARGET

AUDIENCE

HOW DOES THE MAGAZINE APPEAL TO THE TARGET AUDIENCE?

FRONT COVER FOR KERRANG!Layout; Kerrang! Use a cluttered layout to make the magazine look more packed and appeal to the audience because they feel there will be a lot involved in the issue. They also follow route of eye approach so the user can scan across the cover to skim through the stories on the front.

Colours; Kerrang! Use white, red, yellow and black colours these appeal the there audience because these are conventional colours for heavy metal and help to make the magazine look more heavy metal to the audience. The colours also help to make the words stand out and make them emphasised to the reader which appeals to them.

Font; Kerrang! Use bold san – serif font on their font cover because its informal and appeals to the youthful audience they are targeting, they also make the magazine look more creative and appealing to the reader of the magazine.

FRONT COVER FOR MY MAGAZINE

Layout; My magazine uses a cluttered layout to make the magazine look more eventful and packed so the magazine looks interesting and appealing.

Colours; I used yellow, red and black for my colours because these are conventional colours for a heavy metal magazine and connote the aggression involved with my genre.

Fonts; I used bold san – serif fonts for my magazine because they stand out and make the magazine more appealing to a younger audience. I made them bold so they emphasise the items on the page and catch the viewers eye.

CONTENTS PAGE FOR KERRANG!

Layout; Kerrang! use a bold image across the top of the page to make the magazine contents look more full and entices the reader because it may be a band they like. They also use columns to separate the contents page which is conventional for any magazine. The contents appeals to the reader because they can skim through and see what's included In the magazine at what page.

Colours; they have followed their house style colours to show organisation and to also show professionalism to the reader which appeals to them because it looks unique and structured because the colours fit in correctly.

Font; they have used san – serif font to express the bolder text which appeals to the younger readers and were the writing needs to be more serious and clearer they have used a serif font to make it easier to read and appeal to the reader because they want to be able to read the contents.

CONTENTS PAGE FOR MY MAGAZINE

Layout; half of the top of the page is taken up by a picture of a band which helps appeal to the target audience because it may be their favourite artist mentioned and also an editorial message which most magazines include to make them look more professional.

Colours; I haven't followed my house style I have just used black and white, I used white to make the black stand out and make the text easy to read which is appealing to the reader and I have used black to write in because it’s the easiest text to read on a white background.

Font; I used san – serif fonts for the sub headings so they stand out to the reader and appeal to them because the font is unusual and stylish, I have used a serif font to exclaim the contents so the reader can actually understand what I am writing so they can read the text.

DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD FOR KERRANG!

Layout; they use a bold headline at the top of the page, they use a bold image on the right of the page then they use columned text to portray the article and appeals to the audience because they have a structured layout to follow.

Colours; they have used black and grey colours which are conventional because they are masculine colours which appeal to the male audiences of Kerrang!

Font; for the article they have used a plain serif font so it is readable and for the headlines and pull quotes they have used san – serif fonts to help emphasise the page and appeals to the reader because the font is unqiue.

DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD FOR MY MAGAZINE

Layout; on the left side I’ve used an image which appeals to the audience because it may be there band, the article is written on the right hand side and the headlines and stand first are above the text and looks more structured than Kerrang!

Colours; I have used red and black because they are conventional colours for heavy metal and are masculine which is the mainly dominated gender is this genre of music.

Font; I have used san–serif fonts to make my headlines stand out and more exaggerated to the reader and I have written my article in any serif font because it is conventional in any article to have I written in this style so the reader can interpret the words on the page rather than struggle to read.