Assignment 16: Research of Magazines and Newspapers

Chelsea Fashole-LukeRosalin Zein

Russvictoria MonocilloMarisha Inoke

CHELSEA

Dazed & ConfusedChelsea

Dazed & Confused

1. What kind of things are in the magazine?• Fashion, music, art, photography2. Who is the audience/target audience? How do you know? (look at cover, adverts, style of writing, length of articles etc)a. Niche or mass audience? Why?• Niche audience. The magazine contains topics such as art, music and culture,

aimed at a niche audience of sophisticated young adults (19-24) who have an interest in these topics, as well as non-mainstream music.

3. How is the magazine organised/structures?• Minimalistic. The cover usually has a headshot of the months cover star and the

articles are mostly plain text with images strategically arranged to look slightly out of place in the text.

Chelsea

Dazed & Confused• 4. What are most of the pages about in the magazine (fashion, technology,

articles, adverts, Q&A etc)• Fashion, music, lifestyle, articles.• a. How could your documentary fit into this?• It could fit in as part of a lifestyle article• 5. By looking at the adverts, what do they advertise? (products, services?)• a. Extension: How does this connect to target audience?• 6. Where is the magazine available?• Bookstores (whsmith etc.) and newsagents.

Chelsea

Comic HeroesChelsea

Comic Heroes• 1. What kind of things are in the magazine?• Superheroes, different character profiles, facts etc.• 2. Who is the audience/target audience? How do you know? (look at cover,

adverts, style of writing, length of articles etc)• a. Niche or mass audience? Why?• Niche audience. Aimed at superhero/comic book lovers.• 3. How is the magazine organised/structures?• a. Where could your double-page spread, which is an article that features your

documentary, fit in?• As the magazine has a futuristic element to it, our double page spread could fit in

amongst the technological side of the magazine

Chelsea

Comic Heroes• 4. What are most of the pages about in the magazine (fashion, technology,

articles, adverts, Q&A etc)• articles• a. How could your documentary fit into this?• It could relate to technology• 5. By looking at the adverts, what do they advertise? (products, services?)• Superhero related products• a. Extension: How does this connect to target audience?• Our target audience is all genders of all ages so the audience of this magazine

would be interested.• 6. Where is it magazine available?• All good, leading bookstores.

Chelsea

Kerrang Chelsea

Kerrang • 1. What kind of things are in the magazine?• Music, bands etc.

• 2. Who is the audience/target audience? How do you know? (look at cover, adverts, style of writing, length of articles etc)

• a. Niche or mass audience? Why?• Niche audience. Lover of rock/punk/alternative music. Mostly teenagers age 16-19.

• 3. How is the magazine organised/structures?• a. Where could your double-page spread, which is an article that features your

documentary, fit in?• As this is a genre-specific music magazine, our double page spread may not fit in

with the theme of the magazine.

Chelsea

Kerrang • 4. What are most of the pages about in the magazine (fashion, technology,

articles, adverts, Q&A etc)• Articles, music, bands, gigs etc.• a. How could your documentary fit into this?• Could possibly reach the audience of music lovers and fit in somewhere within the

magazine?• 5. By looking at the adverts, what do they advertise? (products, services?)• Concerts/gig tickets• a. Extension: How does this connect to target audience?• Young people who would use the internet to purchase their tickets and social

networks to talk about fave bands/artists etc.• 6. Where is it magazine available?• Newsagents and bookstores.

Chelsea

Radio TimesChelsea

Radio Times• 1. What kind of things are in the magazine?• Articles, tv listings, tv shows• 2. Who is the audience/target audience? How do you know? (look at cover,

adverts, style of writing, length of articles etc)• a. Niche or mass audience? Why?• Niche: females of the ages 25-40. includes themes such as baking (stereotypically

female things)• 3. How is the magazine organised/structures?• a. Where could your double-page spread, which is an article that features your

documentary, fit it?• It could fit in somewhere in the middle as a main article as it is a modern topic for

all ages to read about.

Chelsea

Radio Times• 4. What are most of the pages about in the magazine (fashion, technology,

articles, adverts, Q&A etc)• Lifestyle• a. How could your documentary fit into this?• Our documentary links to lifestyle • 5. By looking at the adverts, what do they advertise? (products, services?)• a. Extension: How does this connect to target audience?

• 6. Where is it magazine available?• All book/magazine stores

Chelsea

NMEChelsea

NME• 1. What kind of things are in the magazine?• Music, bands, artists etc.• 2. Who is the audience/target audience? How do you know? (look at cover,

adverts, style of writing, length of articles etc.)• a. Niche or mass audience? Why?• Niche. Targets a young audience who enjoy music that isn’t necessarily chart pop.• 3. How is the magazine organised/structures?• a. Where could your double-page spread, which is an article that features your

documentary, fit it?• Perhaps towards the end of the magazine.

Chelsea

NME• 4. What are most of the pages about in the magazine (fashion, technology,

articles, adverts, Q&A etc)• Articles, music, adverts• a. How could your documentary fit into this?• 5. By looking at the adverts, what do they advertise? (products, services?)• Upcoming concerts and gigs in local areas• a. Extension: How does this connect to target audience?• Our target audience is a wide range of people, so this reaches a portion of our

audience• 6. Where is it magazine available?• Bookstores, newsagents

Chelsea

ROSIE

The Wire

The Wire is a magazine dedicated to music – especially undiscovered musicians.

In this magazine the tone could be described as calm and peaceful due to the use of white, cream and light shades of brown.

This is the front cover of the magazine and we can see that it uses special effects and is an example of visual hierarchy.

Rosalin

What kind of things are in this magazine?

Free Sample CD AdvertisementsComic Strip

Critics Review Columnists chart

Rosalin

Target Audience

Target Audience

Age 18+

Gender Female

Ethnicity White

Interest Music

Social Class Any

Social Group Music Lovers

Niche Audience – the magazine is very minimalistic and the length of the article is very long with very small sized font.

Rosalin

Advertising

The price to advertise ranges from £1600 to £300.

There are also options to advertise with or without colour.

Rosalin

Double Page Spread

Brightly coloured titles – Bigger size than body text.

Pictures spread out over the pages

Summary of article –Also bigger size than body text

Rosalin

The Lady

This magazine is aimed a women, especially married women as many of the articles within the magazine are to do with the home, decorating and cooking.

However, It does have interviews with actors and celebrities.

Rosalin

What kinds of things are in this magazine?

Advertisements Recipes Reviews

Games

Rosalin

Target Audience

Target Audience

Age 28 - 40

Gender Female

Ethnicity White

Interests Home keeping, interviews with actors,

Social Class Middle Class

Social Group

Rosalin

Advertising

The prices range from £11.06 - £128.41

Rosalin

Double Page Spread

Tile –Bigger size & different font to body text

Captions on pictures

Subtitle-Different font to the body text and title

Large letter at beginning of article Makes it stand out

Rosalin

Total Film

Total Film is a magazine dedicated to films which means that most of the articles are either about new and upcoming films or reviews about films that have been already released.

It has a lot of interviews with actors/actresses, exclusives and previews from films.

Rosalin

What kinds of things are in this magazine?

Interviews New Releases

Rosalin

Target Audience

Target Audience

Age 16 - 25

Gender Male

Ethnicity White

Interest Films, actors

Social Group Film Fanatics

Rosalin

Double Page Spread

Effect on the Title

Visual Hierarchy – The title, The subtitle , The Background picture and then the body text.

Banner

Pages are well organised and clear, easy to read

Rosalin

Double Page Spread

Really cool mirror effect on the title and background picture.

Clear summary of the article –The colour of the text contrasts with the background

Rosalin

Sci–Fi Now

This magazine has many articles on sci-fi films and TV shows.

They have many interviews with various actors from sci-fi films and TV shows.

Rosalin

Target Audience

They have identified their audience as being 80% males, 20% females aged 20-45

They want to attract consumers who invest in the latest technology, audiences who invest heavily in their favorite brands and audiences who interact with Sci-Now

Rosalin

Advertising

For the prices you must contact the company

Rosalin

Double page spread

Border around page makes it look like the background image is coming out of the page.

Text box over image – yellow border makes it stand out

Visual hierarchy – Background image then title then subtitle

Columns separated with lines

Rosalin

RUSS

Most of the content of the magazine was about science fiction i.e Doctor Who

This is article is targeted at young adults or those who have watched the original version of ‘Carrie’ because it is a remake of the film ‘Carrie’ This is targeted towards a mass audience because those who have watched the old ‘Carrie’ might want to compare the difference between the then and now ‘Carrie’

My double spread page article would be placed in the middle of the magazine because it is where most article that are about upcoming movies/ documentaries

The adverts are mostly about upcoming films mostly sci-fi and/or thriller and horror films

The magazine contained articles about the history of ‘Doctor Who’ and the up and coming new episodes of ‘Doctor who’

Magazines like these would be available at super markets or bookstores.

Russ

The Classic Rock magazine is mostly about bands, and their upcoming songs

This is article is targeted at towards 18-25 yr oldsThis is targeted towards a niche audience because most of the younger generation would prefer to listen to newer songs which mostly revolves around rnb and rap

My double spread page article would be placed in the middle of the magazine because it is where most article that are about upcoming movies/ documentaries

The magazine contained articles about different bands or solo artists talking about how they became known or what they are going through interms of their career

Magazines like these would be available music stores such as HMV

MARISHA

Section A: MagazineSimple Title

Bold T, stands out

Neat paragraph structures with black writing on a simple white background.

A full page of a picture, grabs attention cause you cannot avoid it.

Picture taken professionally

1. What kind of things are in the magazine?

● Articles about celebrities, their lifestyles, whether they have a product to sell as ancillary product and articles about fashion.

2. Who is the audience/target audience? How do you know?

● The target audience is 16-25 years old.● This is because the double-spread page

article chosen is about a 16 year old actress.

● Its target audience is also people who like reading about celebrity magazines.

a. Niche or mass audience? Why?

● Mass audience ● It’s a well structured magazine because Its

not tacky or overwhelming with colours.● It keeps everything to a minimal, simple,

basic yet sophisticated.

3. How is the magazine organised/structures?

The structure of the magazine:● Picture ● Title ● Sub-title● Paragraph last because of the bold letter ‘t’

to illustrate the starting of the paragraph.

a. How could your documentary fit into this?

● My documentary could fit into this because lay-out is simple with all the text being well structured, good spacing between characters, a photograph taking up 50% of a double-page spread.

5. By looking at the adverts, what do they advertise? (products,

services?)

● They advertise an article, they are not trying to sell a product.

6. Where is this magazine available?

● This magazine is available in stores and anywhere that sells a huge variety of products.

7. How much does it cost to use a full double page spread in the

magazine?

● A double page spread would cost around an estimate of £900 or a little more because it’s a double page spread and would cost more than just having a little advert in a magazine or newspaper and also considering the type of magazine.

8. Extension: What are the procedures of getting feature in a

magazine?

● The procedures of getting features in a magazine is depends on the publication, ad size and your contract with the publication

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