Genre and Target Audience - Coursework

Genre and Target Audience

 

The genre for my music magazine will be punk rock, including metal, emo, scream etc. It is aimed mainly at teenagers who are interested in alternate music, instead of the more popular top 40. I will use a range of features to appeal to this target audience, for example, the house colours, fonts, style, layout, the captions and the magazine name. I will advertise tour dates for solo artists and bands (I will come up with the names of these myself). There will be a number of photos, one main one on the front cover, and another main one on the double page spread, as well as some others. Perhaps I will include a Q and A interview for part of the double page spread, either as the main article or as a side feature, this will be advertised on the front page and be in the contents page. I will do an album review (also of which I will have come up with a name for) on the double page spread, which will also be advertised on the front page and in the contents page. The style within my magazine shall be strongly punk rock, including tartan prints, anarchy symbols, mod symbols, bricolage and grunge like fonts. This will reinforce the punk rock genre and appeal to the target audience of my magazine.

Interview about magazines

 

I asked a few questions about magazines in an interview. Here is a film of the interview. I will be uploading a couple more. The videos were too long to upload directly on my blog (this has happened before with the screen recording), so I have a link here to YouTube where both clips can be accessed. I will add more to this soon. Also, I will be handing out my questionnaire to collect more results about people's views on magazines.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEmE9xyztQo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qql1pswbyWw

Magazine Questionnaire Updated

Magazines Questionnaire-

Please tick beside the answer(s) that apply to you. Write your own answers when a dotted line is shown.

Which of these age ranges do you fit under?

·          15 years or younger

·          16 years old
 

      ·          17 years old

·          18 years old

·          19 years old

·          20 years or older

2. Do you currently, or have you in the past, read a magazine(s)?

·      Yes

·      No

3. If your answer to question 2 is yes, what type of magazine(s) have you read. Or, if your answer to question 2 is no, what type of magazine(s) would you choose to read?

·      Gossip

·      Fashion

·      Music

·      Sport

·      Other (please state here) à ..........................................................

4. If your answer to question 3 is yes, please state the name of this/these magazines. Or, if your answer to question 3 is no, please state the name of a magazine you would choose to read.

....................................................................................................................

If your answer to question 2 is no, please skip to question 6.

5. Do you continue to read this/these magazines?

·      Yes

·      No

If your answer to this question is yes, please skip to question 7.

6. If your answer to question 2 or 5 is no, why do you no longer, or why do you not read this/these magazine(s)?

·      Too expensive

·      Boring

·      Each issue is too similar

·      Badly made

·      Other (please state here) à ...............................................................

7. What would encourage you to buy a magazine?

·      Offers (posters, gifts, freebies, vouchers, etc.) that are available

·      Not too expensive

·      Interest in what the issue is about

·      Eye catching front cover

·      Interest in that magazine

·      Other (please state here) à ..........................................................

Thank you for completing this questionnaire, your results shall be kept anonymous but the data that has been collected will be used in my coursework to help me create an ideal and appealing magazine. If you wish to withdraw your results, please contact me via e-mail: lily_valentine_saunders@yahoo.co.uk

Thanks again.

Lily Saunders

Screen Recording Final Editing

http://youtu.be/O0YobYi-Lqg

Screen Recording Rubbing Out

Punk Kid font title trials

 

Font analysis

I tested a number of different fonts for my punk rock magazine, using mostly grunge and bold fonts to make it appealable to my target audience. My magazine is aimed at people who enjoy alternative rock, punk, emo scream etc. and so it is important that I find a good font for this genre of magazine.

I explored 5 different fonts, my first is 3 thehard way remix.

My choice of this font is because of the eroded effect, the R appears to be dripping as though it were paint that was wet. It also appears as though it has been badly printed on as there are smudges and marks outside of the border where the writing should be.

My second is a song for Jennifer.

My choice of this font is because of the rough scrap book style that is often used. This has the effect of it looking slightly worn and grungy.

  

My third is phatgrunge bold.

                                                                                             

My choice of this font is because again it looks quite eroded yet at the same time it is clear and easy to read as the black fill around the letters make it stand out.

My fourth is punk kid.

My choice of this font is because it looks as though it has been carelessly smudged and is very messy. This suits well with the punk effect. I also chose to place this on a slight angle to continue this carelessly done effect, linking to the “so what” attitude of punks.

My fifth is xenography.

My choice of this font is because it made the title stand out against the background. This is important because the title needs to be eye catching to draw in the audience and it also needs to appeal to its target audience.

 My final decision is to use the punk kid font for my title but make some edits to it perhaps in terms of colour, size and position so that it is made to look more like a professional magazine.