Focus Group - Remix Magazine

1. Focus Group
Remix Magazine

2. Remix magazine
‘Remix’ is a multi-genre music magazine. Its main focus is pop music, but also
includes artists and stories about indie rock, R&B and country. It has a unique style
that crosses all the representations of these music genres. It includes information
about the latest fashion, concerts/tours and quizzes/competitions. One quiz that
appears in every issue is how well you know your favourite artist, with a different
artist each time. My magazine will be called ‘Remix’ as this links to music, which the
magazine is focused on. It also links to fact that is multi-genre stating it is a mix of
genres. The font on my front cover, contents page and double page spread, will be
simplistic, like other pop and multi-genre music magazine, as it is easy for the
audience to read even at a distant, when in the shop.
The magazine is aimed at 14 – 20 year old teenage girls, who have an interest in
these genres of music and the content, which they will relate to. Because my
audience is teenagers (mainstream student demographic) who may not be able to
afford expensive magazines, ‘Remix’ will be between £1 and £2, and will be released
every fortnight. The age range uses both the age range of most pop music magazines
(11-15) as well as the older audience of the multi-genre magazines (16+).

3. Front Cover
This is my draft front cover, I have tried to use bright
colours that you would usually see on pop
magazines as well as conventional colours of multi-genre
magazines (black, white and blue). I also used
mainstream pop artists for example Little Mix,
Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato, as well as multi-genre
artists like Bastille.
Next, I have made my front cover busy like pop
magazines, however, still quite modern like multi-genre
magazines. I have included make-up tips,
gossip stories (Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato story)
to adhere to the pop music magazines conventions.
Furthermore, I have used an interview with Bastille
to appeal to the multi-genre audience.
Finally, I have included a flash, with a competition
for the audience to win a iPod as it both adheres to
music iconography and will draw in the audience.
Moreover, it adheres to codes and conventions of
music magazines that usually have competition.

4. Contents Page
This is my contents page, I have continued the bright
colours and have used the institutional logo to show
continuity. I have included the front cover on my
contents page so the audience can go straight to the
stories on the front if they are only interested in them.
Also I have split the contents page into features and
regulars so the audience can chose if they want to
read the latest stories or the stories featured in every
magazine. This determines the regular audience from
the audience who are drawn in by certain artists and
stories.
I have included other secondary images to draw in the
fans of these artists as well. In the stories I am going
to include make-up and fashion tips along with the
make-up picture to appeal to the audience that wants
me to include fashion and make-up tips.
I repeated the flash from the front cover as the
competition will encourage the audience to buy the
magazine as they feel they are receiving something
from it.

5. Double Page Spread
This is my double page spread, I have included
a full page picture of Little Mix, this adheres to
the codes and conventions of music
magazines.
I have also carried on using all the colours
from the front cover and contents page as well
as including the institutional logo, to show
continuity. I have also included a website on
each page, to not only to show continuity, but
to adhere to the social interaction strand of
the ‘uses and gratifications’ theory by Blumler
and Katz.
I will include the story about the main band of
the magazine as this will be the main story
within the magazine. I have included the
exclusive in the top left hand corner as it
makes the reader feel as if they are reading
something no other magazine has.

6. Questions
What do you like about the magazine?
What do you think could be improved?
How do you feel women are represented?
Do you like the colour code of the magazine?