For my media magazine the audience would mainly be females as you can see by the front cover the colours are bright pink- being feminine, with a female artist base, however this could also attract males to the magazine due to the view of the women being an object of sexual desire. Also the context of the magazine such as the cover lines will also interest women more as i have also incorprited the fashion side which is often is an aspect of music magazines styles. On the front cover, a cover line advertises a fashion/ modeling shoot which includes the main female artist featured on the front cover, because of this females will also be to the majority of my audience as photoshoots are more common in womens magazines, i added this feature to back the idea up of my music magazine being more focused toward the female readers.
As i have already stated my audience will need to like the theme of fashion too as it is also featured as part of the magazine, so as a result my audience will need to like and have an interest in branded and outlet clothing and brands. These brands will be linked in with the R&B genre of the music i have chosen such as parts of River Island, SuperDry and Henleys, as well as the more girly side of the fasshion coming through related the features these involve shops such as, TopShop, Zara and AllSaints.
They will need to be interested in the latest most modern music out to be able to relate and keep up with the style and subjects that my music magazine will be involving. However most of all the genre of the music will need to be R&B as that is the genre i have chosen. The artists that may be most included and often included will be artists such as Usher, RKelly, N-Dubz and Chipmunk. On the other hand however the artists will mainly be strong females such as Rihanna, Kelly Rowland and Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas.
The TV programs they will be interested in will mainly consist of series aimed at a younger more modern audience. For example Hollyoaks, 90210 and The Hills, or even The Jersey Shore show. This is because the audience is a younger generation and they then relate to these programs to their life styles. As they are mostly female audience's who watch these programs, this will then play a huge role in their attraction to the magazine and latest gossip will be featured in the magazine about them. Also they include drama and life problems that they then face and keep up to date and follow. Models from 90210 and The Hills will also feature on the front cover to attract buyers as the TV series 90210 has an element on music featured.
The audience will buy my magazine if they are interested in all of these concepts as the magazine will include the latest most modern information and prizes in relation to all of the stated above involving TV style, music interests and fashion.
Congratulations on being the first person to invoke the male gaze in your response. This is a really good response, remember to always prove why it would appeal, what have you included that would appeal to people who watch the Hills or 90210?
ReplyDeleteTry and include some screen grabs from your magazine to prove your point.