Colour Coding

When creating my magazine, i had to consider ways in which i was going to try and attract the correct target audience. As of my interest in the funky house genre and fashion i decided i wanted to attract a target audience of girls similar age to myself as this music is extremely popular amongst the 16-19 age group.

I decided for my issue of my magazine i would use the colours or red, pink, white and black. i choose to use white and pink as they are femine and create a cute feel to the magazine. i then decided to use red and black to create more of a sexy, glamorous approach to the magazine for the slightly older target audience. Also colours such as red were eye catching and bright as i wanted my magazine to stand out and look presentable. If a magazine is eye catching then its more likely to get noticed therefore it has a higher chance of being purchased.Most fashion magazines uses the colours of white and pink as they are femine colours.

Artist Design

When creating the type of artists i wanted my music magazine to be based on, i decided to use the same age group as my target audience, in order for the target audience to be able to reflect and relate to the girls used on the front cover. I also thought using three girls of a similar age group would attract the target audience as they would aspire to the glamorous wealthy lifestyle these Young girls now lead.

For all of my images of the group "Candy Rain" i used Direct mode of address . This is because I wanted the artist to catch and attract every ones eye towards the page as direct mode of address is when the artist is positioned looking straight at the reader. Almost every magazine uses a direct mode of address in order to stimulate and reinforce their magazine towards the public eye.

Also in the pictures i used the girls costume, makeup, props and jewellery to help express the genre of the magazine and show the girls personalities. I dressed the girls in black dresses with the connotations of a little black dress which is known for a necessity fashion item for Young girls. This highlighted my theme of fashion and also the girls wearing heels represented the going out clubbing scene which is associated with funky house music. All three girls are wearing jewellery to attract the audience who aspire for wealth and success and red lipstick as the colour red connotes danger, sexy, glamorous which Young girls may want in their own lives.

Journalistic Style

I used simple colloquial language in order for Young girls to be able to understand and relate to the language used. Also after researching the different types of language used by various other music and fashion magazines i found they used a range of superlatives to advertise that there magazine was the "best" or the "number one". I used this in my magazine as i used the "sexiest girl band" and the "trendiest sandals". These attract the target audience as they make the audience automatically assume the magazine is good even without reading it and are more inclined to buy the magazine if it says something such as " voted magazine of the year" in which i incorporated on my font cover.