How did you attract/address your audience?

Language

With my magazine I used colloquial language and included

some slang words and phrases. Looking at other professional magazines I noticed that they

were slightly informal and conversational with their

language. This may be done so that it could readers can engage

with the articles; a lot of the phrases and words are also part of my demographics’ (teenagers

from London) idiolect

Layout and design

I really liked how Q Magazine did their contents page for one issue and so did many of my peers, and if that appealed for me and

other people who were the same age and who I aimed my magazine for, I chose to do it.The collage layout at the first page is very

eye-catching with the different colours of the pictures and designs on the page.

With some of the pictures, I included some small descriptions to them about the article. I made sure to make them descriptive yet not

give away too much so that the readers would want to read the article.

I kept to the house style of the magazine which was the use of the colours Red, White and Black. These colours have luxurious and strong connotations which reflect the themes and style of my magazine and the genre of my

magazine.

Costume

In my survey I asked people “What type of clothing would you associate with hip hop?”

“Hoodies”“Trainers from Nike or Adidas”“Clothing from a black palate”

In addition to my survey I also researched artists from the hip hop genre and looked at

how they dressed and they wore things similar to what people in my survey

answered.

So I asked my models to dress in black clothing and to wear trainers. Part of the hip

hop culture other than the music is the clothing, hip hop has a very distinct type of

style and it is only appropriate for my models to dress that way for people to easily

distinguish that my magazine is a hip hop magazine.

When I was thinking about the photos I were going to use for my magazine, I thought about the angles and poses for my models. Typical poses and angles for a hip hop

magazine is that they were to be taken from a low angle as it connotes strength and power, while the models (depending on how they looked) were to pose a specific way to

describe their personalities. For example I had most of the boys pose with their arms crossed or to have their chest out as it connotes strength and aggressiveness, whereas with the girls I had them either pose laid back or had their legs stretched out and arms

far apart to expose their sexuality and increase their appeal.

Models