Questions 4&5
- 1. Who would be your audience for your media product? How did you attract and address them?
- 2. • My magazine target audience is for teenagers and early 20s, mostly male but would still appeal to females. • People who are interested in the scene would be the best audience as they would understand the stories and know of the artists. • The magazine is for a very closed target audience as it wouldn’t appeal unless they were into grime.
- 3. Attracting a reader • To attract a reader I used eye catching fonts and colors that stand out from the cover image. • The coverlines and head line talk about things that will be in the magazine but to find out more you have to buy the magazine. This will attract readers because they will want to read more.
- 4. Addressing the reader • The type of language used is mainly slang and modern language. • Words such as ‘mixtape’ are a way of showing new music production but shown in a more modern way. • I used a question as well so that the reader must find the answer and the featured article in the magazine. • The language throughout is more likely to make sense if you are a teenager/young adult
- 5. Archetypal reader This is Luke, he is a typical reader of my magazine and is 19 years old. He is into grime and has a part time job. His favorite artist Cadet and he inspires to be like him. He was brought up in Brixton, London and was surrounded by crime and lived on the same block as some grime artists. He listens to various artists and likes going to different shows. His last show was Giggs at the o2 arena. He wants to be like the people around him and has the same fashion sense.
- 6. Archetypal reader • Luke would like my magazine because it has featured articles on artists that he likes to listen to and chances to win tickets to see shows. The images would attract him because of the fashion sense and the text on the cover image because he wants to be a bigger part of the grime scene.