Assignment 16
- 1. Assignment 16: Research of Magazines and Newspapers Chelsea Fashole-Luke Rosalin Zein Russvictoria Monocillo Marisha Inoke
- 2. CHELSEA
- 4. Chelsea Dazed & Confused 1. What kind of things are in the magazine? • Fashion, music, art, photography 2. Who is the audience/target audience? How do you know? (look at cover, adverts, style of writing, length of articles etc) a. Niche or mass audience? Why? • Niche audience. The magazine contains topics such as art, music and culture, aimed at a niche audience of sophisticated young adults (19-24) who have an interest in these topics, as well as non-mainstream music. 3. How is the magazine organised/structures? • Minimalistic. The cover usually has a headshot of the months cover star and the articles are mostly plain text with images strategically arranged to look slightly out of place in the text.
- 5. Chelsea Dazed & Confused • 4. What are most of the pages about in the magazine (fashion, technology, articles, adverts, Q&A etc) • Fashion, music, lifestyle, articles. • a. How could your documentary fit into this? • It could fit in as part of a lifestyle article • 5. By looking at the adverts, what do they advertise? (products, services?) • a. Extension: How does this connect to target audience? • 6. Where is the magazine available? • Bookstores (whsmith etc.) and newsagents.
- 7. Chelsea Comic Heroes • 1. What kind of things are in the magazine? • Superheroes, different character profiles, facts etc. • 2. Who is the audience/target audience? How do you know? (look at cover, adverts, style of writing, length of articles etc) • a. Niche or mass audience? Why? • Niche audience. Aimed at superhero/comic book lovers. • 3. How is the magazine organised/structures? • a. Where could your double-page spread, which is an article that features your documentary, fit in? • As the magazine has a futuristic element to it, our double page spread could fit in amongst the technological side of the magazine
- 8. Chelsea Comic Heroes • 4. What are most of the pages about in the magazine (fashion, technology, articles, adverts, Q&A etc) • articles • a. How could your documentary fit into this? • It could relate to technology • 5. By looking at the adverts, what do they advertise? (products, services?) • Superhero related products • a. Extension: How does this connect to target audience? • Our target audience is all genders of all ages so the audience of this magazine would be interested. • 6. Where is it magazine available? • All good, leading bookstores.
- 10. Chelsea Kerrang • 1. What kind of things are in the magazine? • Music, bands etc. • 2. Who is the audience/target audience? How do you know? (look at cover, adverts, style of writing, length of articles etc) • a. Niche or mass audience? Why? • Niche audience. Lover of rock/punk/alternative music. Mostly teenagers age 16-19. • 3. How is the magazine organised/structures? • a. Where could your double-page spread, which is an article that features your documentary, fit in? • As this is a genre-specific music magazine, our double page spread may not fit in with the theme of the magazine.
- 11. Chelsea Kerrang • 4. What are most of the pages about in the magazine (fashion, technology, articles, adverts, Q&A etc) • Articles, music, bands, gigs etc. • a. How could your documentary fit into this? • Could possibly reach the audience of music lovers and fit in somewhere within the magazine? • 5. By looking at the adverts, what do they advertise? (products, services?) • Concerts/gig tickets • a. Extension: How does this connect to target audience? • Young people who would use the internet to purchase their tickets and social networks to talk about fave bands/artists etc. • 6. Where is it magazine available? • Newsagents and bookstores.
- 13. Chelsea Radio Times • 1. What kind of things are in the magazine? • Articles, tv listings, tv shows • 2. Who is the audience/target audience? How do you know? (look at cover, adverts, style of writing, length of articles etc) • a. Niche or mass audience? Why? • Niche: females of the ages 25-40. includes themes such as baking (stereotypically female things) • 3. How is the magazine organised/structures? • a. Where could your double-page spread, which is an article that features your documentary, fit it? • It could fit in somewhere in the middle as a main article as it is a modern topic for all ages to read about.
- 14. Chelsea Radio Times • 4. What are most of the pages about in the magazine (fashion, technology, articles, adverts, Q&A etc) • Lifestyle • a. How could your documentary fit into this? • Our documentary links to lifestyle • 5. By looking at the adverts, what do they advertise? (products, services?) • a. Extension: How does this connect to target audience? • 6. Where is it magazine available? • All book/magazine stores
- 15. Chelsea NME
- 16. Chelsea NME • 1. What kind of things are in the magazine? • Music, bands, artists etc. • 2. Who is the audience/target audience? How do you know? (look at cover, adverts, style of writing, length of articles etc.) • a. Niche or mass audience? Why? • Niche. Targets a young audience who enjoy music that isn’t necessarily chart pop. • 3. How is the magazine organised/structures? • a. Where could your double-page spread, which is an article that features your documentary, fit it? • Perhaps towards the end of the magazine.
- 17. Chelsea NME • 4. What are most of the pages about in the magazine (fashion, technology, articles, adverts, Q&A etc) • Articles, music, adverts • a. How could your documentary fit into this? • 5. By looking at the adverts, what do they advertise? (products, services?) • Upcoming concerts and gigs in local areas • a. Extension: How does this connect to target audience? • Our target audience is a wide range of people, so this reaches a portion of our audience • 6. Where is it magazine available? • Bookstores, newsagents
- 18. ROSIE
- 19. Rosalin The Wire The Wire is a magazine dedicated to music – especially undiscovered musicians. In this magazine the tone could be described as calm and peaceful due to the use of white, cream and light shades of brown. This is the front cover of the magazine and we can see that it uses special effects and is an example of visual hierarchy.
- 20. Rosalin What kind of things are in this magazine? Free Sample CD Comic Strip Critics Review Advertisements Columnists chart
- 21. Target Audience Rosalin Niche Audience – the magazine is very minimalistic and the length of the article is very long with very small sized font. Target Audience Age 18+ Gender Female Ethnicity White Interest Music Social Class Any Social Group Music Lovers
- 22. Rosalin Advertising The price to advertise ranges from £1600 to £300. There are also options to advertise with or without colour.
- 23. Double Page Spread Summary of article – Also bigger size than body text Brightly coloured titles – Bigger size than body text. Pictures spread out over the pages Rosalin
- 24. Rosalin The Lady This magazine is aimed a women, especially married women as many of the articles within the magazine are to do with the home, decorating and cooking. However, It does have interviews with actors and celebrities.
- 25. What kinds of things are in this magazine? Advertisements Recipes Games Reviews Rosalin
- 26. Target Audience Target Audience Age 28 - 40 Gender Female Ethnicity White Interests Home keeping, interviews with actors, Social Class Middle Class Social Group Rosalin
- 27. Rosalin Advertising The prices range from £11.06 £128.41
- 28. Rosalin Double Page Spread Tile – Bigger size & different font to body text Captions on pictures SubtitleDifferent font to the body text and title Large letter at beginning of article Makes it stand out
- 29. Rosalin Total Film Total Film is a magazine dedicated to films which means that most of the articles are either about new and upcoming films or reviews about films that have been already released. It has a lot of interviews with actors/actresses, exclusives and previews from films.
- 30. What kinds of things are in this magazine? Interviews New Releases Rosalin
- 31. Target Audience Target Audience Age 16 - 25 Gender Male Ethnicity White Interest Films, actors Social Group Film Fanatics Rosalin
- 32. Rosalin Double Page Spread Effect on the Title Banner Visual Hierarchy – The title, The subtitle , The Background picture and then the body text. Pages are well organised and clear, easy to read
- 33. Rosalin Double Page Spread Really cool mirror effect on the title and background picture. Clear summary of the article – The colour of the text contrasts with the background
- 34. Rosalin Sci–Fi Now This magazine has many articles on sci-fi films and TV shows. They have many interviews with various actors from sci-fi films and TV shows.
- 35. Rosalin Target Audience They have identified their audience as being 80% males, 20% females aged 20-45 They want to attract consumers who invest in the latest technology, audiences who invest heavily in their favorite brands and audiences who interact with Sci-Now
- 36. Rosalin Advertising For the prices you must contact the company
- 37. Rosalin Double page spread Visual hierarchy – Background image then title then subtitle Border around page makes it look like the background image is coming out of the page. Text box over image – yellow border makes it stand out Columns separated with lines
- 38. RUSS
- 39. Russ Most of the content of the magazine was about science fiction i.e Doctor Who This is article is targeted at young adults or those who have watched the original version of ‘Carrie’ because it is a remake of the film ‘Carrie’ This is targeted towards a mass audience because those who have watched the old ‘Carrie’ might want to compare the difference between the then and now ‘Carrie’ My double spread page article would be placed in the middle of the magazine because it is where most article that are about upcoming movies/ documentaries The magazine contained articles about the history of ‘Doctor Who’ and the up and coming new episodes of ‘Doctor who’ The adverts are mostly about upcoming films mostly sci-fi and/or thriller and horror films Magazines like these would be available at super markets or bookstores.
- 40. The Classic Rock magazine is mostly about bands, and their upcoming songs This is article is targeted at towards 18-25 yr olds This is targeted towards a niche audience because most of the younger generation would prefer to listen to newer songs which mostly revolves around rnb and rap My double spread page article would be placed in the middle of the magazine because it is where most article that are about upcoming movies/ documentaries The magazine contained articles about different bands or solo artists talking about how they became known or what they are going through interms of their career Magazines like these would be available music stores such as HMV
- 42. MARISHA
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