1. 5. How Does Your Music Magazine
Attract/Address Your Audience?

2. The white background shows The masthead varies throughout the
purity and it seeps through into magazine as it is shown in black at the
the strapline. This gives the idea front and white on some of the pages
to the audience that not inside. The black symbolises darkness
everything in the magazine is as well as the typical colour associate
going to be conflicting. The with rock. The red shows passion and
colours also symbolise a binary danger – for the music as well as the
opposition as it’s the idea of contents inside. This shows that there
good vs evil. You are also told are controversial views in the magazine
this as the word ‘independent’ as the black and red are both bold
show that the views inside are all colours. Also, this will attract my
very strong an opinionated. audience because they will see the
bold masthead standing out.
This list of artists will
also attract the
reader as they get a
The image of ‘Charlie’ shows a
taster of what is
feisty independent woman who
inside.
comes across as confident and
loud. This will attract the female
audience who believe in
independence as they will want
to follow Charlie.
The audience may relate to the Furthermore, the image is very
strapline as a lot of young people large which will attract fans of
nowadays have a very reckless the rockstar – therefore
attitude. This magazine is aimed generating more sales.
at people aged between 15 and
25 so the strapline may fit in
with the experiences of young
people. This is because a lot of
young adults drink, smoke and
do much about which creates The audience is also told that these worldwide bands
this reckless and carefree are going to be included inside the magazine which will
attitude. make their fans buy this magazine.

3. Having a variety of images which will
grab the readers’ attention because
they will see a wide range of people.
Eye catching writing which will
immediately draw the audiences’
attention
There’s a constant stylistic feature throughout The contents page will also grab the attention of the readers as
the magazine which shows in these two there’s a range of things inside. There’s a section for gigs, pages
pages. This creates consistency which gives on the latest music, tours and general information on stars and
out the message to the audience that there’s celebs. Therefore it’s not all about music because there are things
a consistency within the content of the about the everyday lifestyles of the singers as well.
magazine.