All the magazines have an issue number, price and date. All have titles and sub titles and images however they all have different ways off conveying who their target audience is and all three have different target audiences.

The three magazines i was annotating were ‘Top Of The Pops’, ‘DJ’ and ‘Kerrang’. These three magazines are appealing to very different target audiences. Kerrang uses the technique of onomatopoeia in the title of ‘Kerrang’ the lettering appears to be smashed up, as if it cannot contain the music; the sound ‘Kerrang’ is meant to be produced when strumming a guitar. We know from the front cover of this magazine, that it is appealing to an older audience as everyone on the front cover is middle aged and also, the very eye catching picture of a musician on the front cover is holding his a guitar in a way that is presented to be an extension of his manhood. We can see this from the position of the guitar and the way he is holding it therefore we can assume that the magazine’s target audience is for people of an older generation and those who are into heavy metal. Also, the musician is very scruffy, untidy and wearing black suggesting mystery. All this relates to the heavy metal music genre. There is a large title with a swear word used but starred (*) out again suggesting heavy metal is very intense and this magazine is for an older age group.

Top of the Pops is appealing to a completely different target audience. From the front cover we can pick out things that suggests it is designed for females in their teen years. We know this because the main colour used on the front cover is pink, and the images on the front cover are young actors/artists and mainly people who are popular with the younger girls. The topics covered in the magazine are easy for teenage girls to relate to and be interested in. However there is a topic of pregnancy on the front page which is a bit inappropriate for the age of the target audience. There is slang used on the front page, again making the age group of the target audience clear. Also the lettering of the title is girls with the swirls. The main picture is of a girl in a well covered up dress and in a very happy and appropriate pose. This is another suggestion of a younger target audience and also of the female kind because she is not being used as a sex symbol to get people interested.

The magazine ‘DJ’ uses a striking colour scheme that catches the eye and the colours are very unisex of baby blue, red and white. However, there is a large picture of a women in a see through dress in certain places, this suggest a more male oriented target audience and it seems that she is being the sex symbol to get men interested and to pick up the magazine. Unlike the other two magazines, this one has no other images bar the large picture of the female. The topics on the magazine are very unisex and equal to want women and men would want to read. the magazine offers a free bee for the audience. The topics of plastic surgery suggests a target audience of people around 20-35. Slang is used on the front cover and the word ‘heroine’ is used in big lettering this is another major suggestion that the target audience is more likely to be in their 20s or 30s.

Front covers

Contents page Kerrang’s contents page is in keeping with the colour scheme on the front page. Its in a more formal format but still very simple and easy to read and understand. At the bottom, there is a comment from the editor of the magazine with a personal message saying thank you and he has signed it using a hand written font. This gives it the more personal touch. There is a chance to subscribe online so its promoting its online website. This magazine would be for someone who was very interested in their music and has an interest to know the details of artists. They offer a free poster to the readers so gives them a freebie. The pages contents are split up with bold text boxes to categorise the subjects in the magazines and also images used to show what’s on the certain pages.

Top of the pops contents page is very simple and in keeping with a girly pink theme. Slang used in the main title. Adverts for clothing items and make up large images of them confirming the target audience of being young females teenagers. The pages contents are also split up into categories like the Kerrang magazine but this magazine has highlighted the more popular and interesting pages for them to see. Also there is a large image of a male in the corner interesting the girls. The topics of ‘we love shopping’ and ‘ we love boys’ aren't very y relevant to music but again confirm s who the target audience is. Also there is a very easy to read annotated picture of the magazine with arrows and numbers saying which page the topics are on easy for any age to understand.

The contents page for the DJ magazine is not in keeping with the colour scheme very much. Its split up from left to right in different ways of presenting a contents page. From coloured texts boxes breaking up the information, to the information being put in different boxes depending on which topic it belonged in to imagery used to say what is on each page. The is a picture at the bottom of a high tech piece of equipment suggesting a more mature but not old age group and it is used a few times on the page so an informal tone.

Double Paged Spread The Kerrang's double paged spread is pact with information and plenty of detail for the reader to read. This suggests the readers of the magazines are very interested in their heavy metal music a more mature age and are dedicated to the magazine . They've used drops tags/caps to break up the amount of text used in the article. All of the images used on the page is off middle aged men, so its appealing to the people generally interested in their music as there's no females drawing people into reading the article/magazine and also suggests that the people who read this magazine are defiantly into their music and are interested. The facial expressions of the people on these pages have very serious expressions suggesting that the article is serious and also that the people who read it will be serious about their music. There's a red information bar used on the left hand side of the article and the colours keep with the colour scheme.

Top of the pops double paged spread backs up with the idea that the target audience are young teenagers. We know this because the information is very little, and it is a simple answer and questions format which is simple and easy to read through. They promote jls’s website and slang is used at the top in the subtitle again suggesting a younger target audience. They have big circles with quotes from members of the group which are not music related but humorous for people to read. This article is more of a joke and to make people laugh rather than the Kerrang's article where it was serious about their music. The large image of JLS behind bars links in with the title used. The colours used are in keeping with the colour scheme.

The double paged spread in the DJ magazine is very different than the other two. Its an article about art in music, and designs and other ways to be involved in music. This is a very artistic page where it shows different types of art and different ways of being involved in music and different ways of expressing your self. This backs up the idea of the target audience being in their 20s-30s looking for a way to express themselves in an artistic way. This magazine would appeal to people who are very artistic. The text is quite a lot of information so would be for people who was interested in this topic. Its very bright and colourful and very informative. Different fonts used and it seems to suggest a way of different people coming together and creating something great.

5) If you said no why don’t you?

Questionnaire

11) What is your post code?

12) How old are you?

0-18 19-25 26-36 37+

Target Audience The target audience of my music magazine will be people who are very open to different types of genres of music. People who buy at least one magazine a month and people who see music as an important factor of their lives. Interview 1I buy probably at least one music magazine a month. Things i look for is decent headlines and articles on things i want to know about, the top celebrities and also interesting pictures. Laura Jackson 20 Interview 2 The main things I look for when buying music magazine is the genres of music it covers. If it just covers one type of genre I tend to stay away from it because i like a range of different music, Also the titles and subtitles , if they don't seem good or interesting I never buy the magazine. Elliot Francis 19Interview 3 I do enjoy music however I don't buy music magazines as they don't tend to interest me, I feel like most of things inside the magazine aren't relevant and probably aren't true are just made up. I'd be more likely to buy a music magazine if it was real music people in there not just celebrities. Jessica Hogan 18

Questionnaires Results

From this research it shows most people don’t buy music magazines.

Quite a lot of people don’t buy any however 11 people buy at

least one.

Most people who bought the magazines paid no more than a pound. Some paid between £1-£2 and some £2+

A lot of people listen to music.

Do you buy music magazines ?

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What is the average you spend on a magazine?

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Do you listin to music?

28

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Questionnaires Results If you said no why don’t you ?

No comments were made.

The small amount of people who didn’t listen to music couldn’t state a reason why they don’t.

There's a wide range of music listened to by people but most people enjoy all different types of genres.

Quite a lot of people don’t go to music concerts. Majority of people would like to see adverts about the music gigs going on to make-up and perfume and clothing adds.

What type of music do you listin to ?

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pop

hip-hop

rap

indie

rock

rnb

grime

dance

other

Do you go music concerts?

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25

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What adverts do you like to see?

18, 63%2, 7%

5, 17%

1, 3%

3, 10%

music/tickets/gigs

perfume

make-up

clothing

other

How much money on average do you earn a year?

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£0-£4,999 £5000-£8,999 £9000-£20,000

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Average People earn either £0-4,999 or £9,999-£20,000

Questionnaire Results

Again a wide range of different genres of music and most people would be happy to see them all in a music magazine.

It is clear the front cover has to be appealing and the images as it is seen high with the public for reasons to buy the magazine.

What type of music do you like to read about or see pictures of?

10, 9%

20, 17%

10, 9%

10, 9%

8, 7%

27, 23%

11, 9%

20, 17%

0, 0%pop

hip-hop

rap

indie

rock

rnb

grime

dance

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What attracts you when buying a magazine?

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25

front cover images freebies the headingsand titles

Things that attact you

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Whats your postcode?

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B27 B10 B9 B44 B68

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How old are you ?

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0-18 19-25 26-36 37+

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I found there's a variety of areas people will be seeing my music magazine.

The majority of people i asked were aged 19-25

Analysis

From my research of 30 people doing my questionnaire i found out quite a lot of people don't buy a music magazine but they do listen to music. The people who did buy the magazines were buying them of the prices between £1-£4. I will make my magazine £3 so it fits in with the average that the people pay for them. Most people said that the titles and images on the front cover of the magazines are the main reasons why they buy the magazine therefore i need to bare this in mind when i make my magazine as it will be the main reason why people would buy my name. The majority of people enjoy and would want to see all different types of genres in the magazine so i will have to make sure i cover the different genres. The adverts that attract most people are adverts of music concerts/gigs, seeing how these are the most popular adverts i will make sure they are inside my magazine. Because a lot of people don't buy music magazines i will try make mien very eye catching and containing things people generally want to read about and see pictures off .Hopefully by doing this it will attract people into picking my magazine and maybe even get them into buying music magazines. The people who don't buy music magazines didn't give me any feed back into why they don't, so that didn't help me when making my magazine. The majority of people i asked were aged 19-25 so i will be aiming my magazine to these age group.

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