1. Question 5.
How did you attract/address your audience?

2. How did you attract/address your audience?
To attract to my audience I made my front cover page very feminine and gave it a very girly feel. By
deciding to use a young female as the dominant image for my front cover I
thought it would attract my audience as they would look up to her like an idol and that’s what teenage
girls see pop stars as today. As there isn’t many pop magazines out there today. I realised I had to
make it different and fresh which is why I decided to give it a more sophisticated look using soft
colours instead of bright colours making it look tacky. I kept the layout of the cover simple not giving
to much information and simply keeping the image at one side of the page and the main headlines at
the other, listed clearly. I knew I had to address my audience appropriately so the language I decided
to use is very simple and language that would relate to them such as ‘shocking’ which would draw
there attention straight away because they would want to know what it was that was so shocking.
I decided to use soft The language used
colours because I didn’t ‘shocking’ and ‘swagger’
want my magazine to be address the younger
tacky like other pop audience well because it’s
magazines and I wanted it the way in which they talk
to attract an older and the language is simple
audience as well as the so that all ages can read
younger ones aged 13-14. I the magazine.
think these colours appeal
to both. I believe that the layout of
the front cover will attract
I also think that the colours my audience which is 12-
(soft colours) also make 17 year old female girls. I
the magazine look more think this because it’s a
sophisticated, not the simple layout, with not to
typical ‘pop magazine’. much on the page but
gives the main information
which is what all they want
to know.

3. I think that my contents page would appeal well to my audience because of the
features, reviews, stories and extra’s I have used. For example ‘Pop stars on dates’ would appeal to
them massively because it’s the type of thing that teenagers want to know and would want to buy a
magazine to find out. Along with headlines such as ‘How to get Pixie Lotts look’ and ‘10 ways to Tinie
Tempah’s heart’. As Pixie Lott is a well respected artist who is also a fashion icon for teenagers they
would be WANT to get Pixie Lotts look. Tinie Tempah is an artist who the teenage girls would fancy and
has a massive fan base so to find out ways to his heart would interest my target audience. Again I
decided to keep the house style the same which is simple but bold and keep a dominant image of a
female again who is dressed fashionable to interest the female readers. I decided to keep to the house
style so that the readers feel like they know the magazine and would get used to it and it becomes
recognisable. I haven’t used any language that would complicate the readers and have kept the
language young addressing the correct audience.
The features on the right hand side of the contents page
address the audience because there features that my
target audience would be interested in. For example
‘Which pop star are you? And ‘Pop stars on dates’
The image I used made the artist look friendly, fashionable and
pretty all which would attract my audience as they would look at
her as a fashion idol such as Pixie Lott which would interest the
right audience, females.
Again like my front cover I have kept the layout
simple, keeping the images and text separate. I did
this because I think it will make the audience
interact with the magazine and make it become
recognisable if I use the same layout.

4. I think my article attract my audience well by the fonts I have used with are bold to draw my audience
in with the bold text. I decided to do some of the quotes in italics to make them stand out so that the
readers read them first and want to read the rest of the article. I decided to chose specifics quotes that I
think would address my audience. For example ‘Cher Lloyd has no swagger’ Cher Lloyd is well known so
the audience would know her straight away and the term ‘Swagger’ is slang used by teenagers so they
would address what it means straight away. The quotes are pretty outrageous so I think it would draw
the readers in to find out what else the new artist has been saying. The title is the artists name and I
decided to do it in capitals and bold to make the artist come across as important because her names up
in big. Also it goes well with the house style I have used for my media product again making the readers
comfortable with the magazine. The image’s I decided to use are very happy, friendly and pretty
pictures of the audience so she comes across as this friendly person but with attitude with the way she
is stood with her hand on her hip. The artist looks confident in the images which goes well with the
language I have used her saying. From the reactions I got from the article I think I have attracted and
The bold title makes her addressed my audience.
name stand out showing
she is important. I chose to This image makes the
use bold and caps so it artist look happy because
caught the audiences eye she is smiling and the way
and making it clear who she is stood makes her
the article is about. look friendly but with
attitude. The artist also
‘Nobody is a competition looks pretty which would
for me, I am a threat to appeal to the audience as
them I think’ I think this they look at pop stars as
language used really there idols.
attract to my audience
because its information
that they would want to
read and know about, also
its simple language for all
ages.