Gender: Female
Age:14-18+
Ethnicity: British, American, Australian, Canadian
Social grade: B (upper class)
Interests: celebrities, music, entertainment
P1: Masthead
.The word 'icon' is in the masthead.
.The word connotes the genre and the target audience because its big, bold, has colour and has a eye capturing font.
.The typography style i have used is savoye LET this attracts people because it has a very safisticated look to the letters.
.The colour used for the masthead is a light/pale pink they connote a girly look about it so it will attract females especially.
P2:Colour pallet
.There is two colours which is white and a light/pale pink.
.The colours connote a welcoming feel and a famine look about it.
.The colours represent a fashion and music look about it.
P3:Layout
.The layout looks like a music magazine with a fashion feel to it.
.This layout connotes the magazine content because its telling people how it is a music magazine for primarily females.
P4:images
.The main shot type is from the angle medium close up and it shows sofie who is a rising pop star.
.The mise-en-scene is very much casual the lighting is not to harsh and the image is in black and white and the outfit is a normal everyday outfit.
.The main image attracts people because its formal and not many magazines look like this one.
P5:Teasers/typography/lexis
.The photo i have used creates a teaser because it creates appeal.
.The language on the magazine is sophisticated and formal as you can see by this 'a completely new style and genre, interview inside'.
.The choice of language shows that the magazine is aimed at people of an older age, its saying the content is for adults and teenagers not for young children.
.Some punctuation that has been used is explanation marks.
P6:Other features
.On the cover there is also a bar code, price and date.
.These features are quite small as i didn't want them invading the space of actual writing.
.They are quite a small size so the reader can focus more on the actual writing and text.
A solid first draft showing a good understanding of how media language is used to attract the target audience. Future targets:
ReplyDelete1) Write in full paragraphs.
2) Check spelling e.g. 'famine' should be feminine.
3) Use more media terminology.
4) Make sure every point links back to how the media language represents and attracts the audience.
5) Use representation theory.