AS Media Research

Amy Stringman

This is one of the magazines that I will be

evaluating for research for my media coursework. I like the fact that it is a

single model so all focus is on the model.

(I am using this magazine for the model layout only

as it is not a music magazine.)

By the model only, you can clearly see the target

audience. It is aimed at a white, middle class girl aged

16-18.

I am evaluating this magazine as well, as I have my likes and dislikes about

it.It is called ‘BLENDER’.

I like how the model has sex appeal to the male

readers and also beauty appeal to the female

readers.

I also like the colours. Black, white and the accent colour work well. Black and

white are neutral colours and the bright pink works for the females and the

metro-sexual men.

However, I don’t like the big white gaps between

the writing and the model; Personally, I would either

make the title and the writing slightly bigger or

zoom in more on the image of Katy Perry to fill the

gaps.

I have also chosen this magazine cover because I wanted to show a contrast

between a single model image and a band.

I think this image is really appealing because

everyone is on different levels and doing their own thing, yet they still look like

a close band. This is the kind of thing I am looking to do in my coursework.

I like the colours on this magazine because it is

masculine. I like the type of it too; with the writing on a

slant it makes it slightly different, so readers would

subconsciously feel that they could also be different

if reading this magazine,

I like the front of this magazine just for the

colours. I like the way the coloured writing is the

same colour as the models clothes and shoes. I also

like the way that the title is set out:

MARY J.

BLIGEHIP HOP

SOULSURVIVOR

Testing Out Titles For My Magazine

Electric Electric Electric Electric Electric

Electric Electric Electric

Volume Volume Volume Volume Volume

Volume Volume Volume

Rock’n’Roll rock’n’roll rock’n’roll rock’n’roll

rock’n’roll Rock’n’roll

rock’n’roll Rock’n’Roll

Volume

After testing out all of my ‘Tester Titles’ I have a majority vote of the font and the word:

Volume

VolumePump up the

Pump it up!

I wanted to do something different with the title so it wasn’t just one word . After playing around with ideas, I

decided that these two were my favourite.

After asking quite a few people from my target audience of 15-18 years, I have decided to use the top option

(Pump up the Volume)

Now, I need to decide on a colour scheme for the magazine. I am undecided whether to use ‘college colours’ to match the logo in my magazine or whether to use up-to-date,

bright, colours.

For my contents page, I really like the idea that has been used in this magazine

of not actually writing ‘contents’. I am going to

take this idea and apply it to my magazine.

I really like the layout of this magazine. It is easy to read

but isn’t boring.

I like the colours on this double page spread. I like the way that it is just a simple white background, with bits of colour layered on top. I also like the way that there is one large photo of the band on the first page ad then 4 smaller images on the opposite page.

Target Audience

This is an image of the type of audience I would expect my magazine to appeal to.

These girls are aged between 16-18 and are all middle class

students at college.

Images

I need to decide on an image for my front cover...

Final Decisions.

ColourI am going to use the black, white and red combination on my magazine. This will carry on throughout the magazine. I will also include and accent colour of yellow to break up certain ideas.

Front Cover ImageI have decided that this image should be on my front cover. It is a strong image, and it is clear who my target audience is. It is also clear that the magazine is for music.

Double Page ImageFor my double page spread, I have decided to use one of the images that I was thinking about for my front cover. However, the image did not work on the front cover so I think with a bit of editing, the image could work on the double page spread.