Target Audience- Main Task.

I have chosen Indie/Rock genre to study. I have then chosen 'NME' magazine and 'Kerrang!' magazine.

This is information I got about NME magazine from http://www.ipcmedia.com/







The following information I got from http://www.nrs.co.uk/

Profile of a typical reader of NME magazine-

Gender- Male
Age- 24
Interests- Music, socializing, going to gigs and festivals, playing guitar.
Socio Economic classification- A,B,C1

Mainly people aged between 15 and 44 read NME but older people do read it too.
There are over 100,000 more readers of classification A,B,C1 than C2,D,E.
Both men and women read the magazine but a large percentage of them are male.


Profile of a typical reader of Kerrang! magazine-

Gender- Male
Age- 17
Interests- Music, going to gigs, playing guitar, getting drunk!
Lifestyle- Attends college, carries out his interests in his spare time.
Socio Economic classification- A,B,C1

Mainly men read Kerrang! but women do too.
Over 45 year olds read Kerrang! but its mostly younger readers.
Classification A,B,C1 are the main readers but classification C2,D,E read it too.

My Magazine-

The music magazine I'm going to make is going to be a rock/indie magazine. It is going to be aimed at both men and women of all ages but mainly 15-25 year olds. It will be priced fairly so most people can afford it. Readers may be students so will need it not to be too expensive. My target audience will be people who have a keen interest in music, socializing and having a good time. I want the magazine to be good for any socio economic classification.

Introduction- Main task.

My task is to create a front cover, contents page and double page spread of my own magazine. I will take all the photos myself and create it all on Adobe InDesign. I will research and plan before going on to create my magazine. I am going to focus on Indie/Rock genre. I am not yet sure what the target audience will be for my music magazine but with aid from my research I will discover who it will be aimed at and design it accordingly. I have done a preliminary task of making a college magazine cover and contents page which can be found here. - http://hannahedmonds.blogspot.com/2009/10/college-mag.html

Making the college magazine cover and contents page taught me how to use Adobe InDesign and gave me an idea of what I will be doing for my music magazine. I shall continue to improve and develop the skills I have acquired from doing the preliminary task.

Rejected images!

These are images I took for the cover but decided not to use. I didn't choose them because there is too much in the background to distract the reader and there is not enough of her shoulders in the pictures. I didn't use the third photo although it's ideal because I preferred the angle and facial expression of the one I ended up using.

College Mag

This is my final design for my college magazine. The design is slightly different from my flat plan but the articles, name and layout are mainly the same. The photo is ideal as it is the right size and nothing interesting is in the background to distract the audience from the main sells and articles.

The contents page could be more interesting with pictures although I did try to make the colours bright and attractive as I did on the cover.

The contents page layout varies slightly from my flat plan to make it more exciting and eye catching.

Flat Plan

This is my flat plan for my college magazine. It shows the cover with the name, main sells and image. The contents shows different articles within the magazine. This is just a basic design without any colour. My final design may vary but this is the main idea.

Introduction

I am creating a magazine cover and contents page for a college magazine aimed at the students. I will take all the photographs myself and come up with the features inside. I shall design it all on paper first, deciding on the layout. I shall make my magazine as professional as possible and design it to appeal to students.