1. How did you attract/address your audience? Fonts: With the fonts I used I found
ones that were easy to read, as
Front Cover otherwise readers won’t want to
read it if it isn’t clear. I used bold in
House style: By using red, black and places to make them stand out as
white provides a neutral colour scheme the more important aspects, rather
which don’t hold connotations for than the other information, I
being gender specific. This then wanted my readers to read that
attracts both genders to buy my first.
magazine. By using the bright colours
of white and red, instantly grabs the Main Image: By using a female artist as
attention of the readers, whilst the my front cover will guarantee that the
black helps make it look professional. female readers will be interested as
they will see her in many different
forms, whether as an inspiration or
that they can relate to her. She is
looking at the readers, inviting them in
Coverlines: With my coverlines I have to read the magazine itself. By having
tried to appeal to both genders by the image in black and white, it goes
using a mix of artists to make a with the house style and creates a
balance between the two. Some of certain individualism of the
them will obviously be attractive to artist, which is one of the stereotypes
both genders like the festivals one as associated with “indie” people of being
that is another stereotype associated individual. Through my research I have
with “indie” people. noticed that the majority of indie acts
are non-groomed and the pictures of
them aren’t sexualised, which is what I
tried to get across through the
picture, with hardly any make-up on
except the dark eyes, the clothing
being everyday stuff and her hair being
naturally blown by the wind all appeals
Competitions/freebies: By using these freebies and competition will get my readers interested in my magazinereaders.
to the
as they might have the chance to win a good prize or some free posters. I have also put anything relating to this
aspect behind a black background to highlight its importance especially the use of the flasher to really attract
my readers, as they will see this quickly when looking at the magazine cover.

2. How did you attract/address your audience?
Contents Page
House style: Carried on through with
my house style from my front cover to
keep up the professionalism and to Main images: Here I have selected two
keep the non-connotation colours, to images to be in contents page, one
appeal to both genders. being a male artist the other being a
female band, to again to appeal to
both genders. In both images the
backgrounds are every simple pulling
focus into the artists themselves. Also
they are wearing simple stuff and
Fonts: With my fonts I used the haven’t got loads of make-up on or
same as fonts as the front edits on the picture, making it a lot
cover, making them very easy fonts natural.
to read, I have put the titles of the
articles in capitals, to highlight that
that is the most important of the
information. Language: For my contents page the
language is informal, with a hint of
colloquial but not too much. I haven't
Articles: I have tried to get a good used standard English as the readers
mix of artists to appeal to different are teenager and young adults
personal opinions and more interested in music, so to appeal to
importantly to both genders. I have them I didn’t want to sound dull or
also opted to get a wide range of boring hence being informal.
articles not just on artists, to get
some sub-interests off the
readers, like reviews of latest
films, books, and musical gadgets.
Others that I used are buskers and
new bands alert so the readers can
relate to them or be an inspirational
guide for others.

3. How did you attract/address your audience? Images: With the same
Double Page Spread format as the front cover
by being in black and
white and having the
naturalistic feel to them.
I’ve added more so the
Colours: Same colours as artist can appeal better to
other pages to keep with the readers and by adding
the non-biased colours to an acoustic guitar shows
appeal to both genders. that she is definitely indie
pop/rock and has a good
interest in music, so she
Standfirst: This acts basically fits in with a lot
like a summary of of the stereotypes to do
the artist and as a with “indie” people.
teaser for readers, as
the font is bigger
anyway, so they
would read it first Pull-Quote: I put this pull-
before the actual quote on the pictures, to
article, it should get attract the readers into
them more reading the article, give
interested in the them a little teaser before
article itself. they read the article. By
placing it on the pictures
makes it stand out more
rather than have it on the
article page. This
Language: In this article I have used informal and very colloquial language, to guarantees that the
appeal to the younger audience. By using this sort of language will be more readers will notice it.
interesting for my target audience as it makes them feel more involved in the
conversation and more closer to the artist themselves as they can actually relate
to her more as they are getting to know them her better. Which is the main thing
most fans want from their artists.