The Conventions, The Producer and The Target Audience of My Text

In regards to my front cover, i will keep the conventions shown on normal front covers. The main image will be black a white, which is not a normal convention, but will be centred to make the model central to the cover. The body language of the model will have them be drawn into themselves and not looking into the camera to make them appear mysterious. The subheads that i will use will show main articles in the magazine as well as a hook to draw the reader in. The font used for the logo will be very similar to the one used for the subheads to show continuity through the magazine. The choice of words on the cover will appear slightly formal so it will appear professional and well written. The regular style of composition of a front cover, Masthead on the top right with subheads framing the main image, will be used and will incorporate a colour palette to show the difference between the subheads and the main sell line. The colour palette will also be used on the contents page and double page to set a theme for the magazine. Using the familiar conventions will attract my target audience as it isn’t obscure, but the formal language will show the magazine is professional, something my target audience would like.

If my magazine were to be published in the “real world”, i would have Future Publishing publish the magazine. Since they publish over 150 magazines in different genres, they would be able to get involved in the music magazine market through this magazine. They distribute nationwide which means the magazine could get to anybody who wanted to purchase the magazine. As they do not produce a magazine which is similar to the genre of my own, this means they would be open to a new market and possibly a new target audience. The many magazines they publish attract every kind of target audience and have gained moderate success with each. This could benefit my magazine as they would know how to market the magazine to the right audience, using past experience as a guide.

The target audience of my magazine will be mainly females from the age of 15 to 25. However, the magazine will also be accessible to males as the articles will have variety in genres. I chose to have the age 15 to 25 as i see this as the main age for people to explore different types of music, as they are usually still in education and have free time to enjoy them. I have aimed the magazine at people, who attend concerts regularly, hence the live reviews that will be included, as well as they being more internet based people who are opinionated and do not usually follow society’s trends. This would allow the magazine to write about a wider variety of topics in the magazine which can stem from music. As the magazine is published monthly, my target audience do not necessarily have to shop often to buy it as it will be available for the full month in physical form, as well as it being available online for them.

I think that the magazine could be sold in newsagents as well as more popular stores like WHSmiths and supermarkets as they commonly sell music magazines among other types. I also think it could be distributed to music stores as it is an music based magazine and could be sold alongside albums that are featured in the magazine.