QUESTION 5.)HOW DID YOU

ATTRACT/ADDRESS YOUR

AUDIENCE?

MAIN IMAGETo attract my audience to my magazine I included a main image, as I believe that it will appeal to the indie genre. In my main image I made sure to use direct address as this is a convention of a magazine front cover. Also it creates a personal relationship between the reader and the artist, this will engage the reader to buy the magazine and read on. Within the main image the artist is carrying a guitar this insinuates that this magazine is a music magazine which will attract music fans. Her body language is comparable to other indie magazine front covers, as she is standing and is holding a guitar to symbolise music. She is also looking straight into the camera known as direct address, which engages the reader and the artist to form a relationship. Her facial expression is neutral as she is neither smiling nor frowning; this accumulates how other indie magazines portray their artists. Her attire is similar to other indie magazines as they wear light colours and nothing too dark as that may emphasis another genre. The light colour use may be aesthetically pleasing as it is simple and not overdramatic for the reader to visually see.

MASTHEAD

My masthead will entice the reader due to it being bold and the biggest text on the magazine. The connotation of ‘INDIGO’ is usually referenced as a colour however within my usage it is as a play on word as the word ‘indie’ is said aloud once reading the masthead, which may overall make the audience aware that this is an indie magazine. As a result the colours used for the masthead are gender neutral meaning that anyone can read this magazine, this may attract the same amount of female to male readers.

COVERLINES

The coverlines on my front cover gives an inside scoop on what it to be revealed within my magazine articles that will be featured within my magazine. The sublines tell a bit more information alongside the coverline.All of my coverlines have the same font and size to match and frame my artist/magazine as a whole. They are structured within the side of the artist on both left and right side of her, which is avoiding the artist’s face which is a convention my magazine, follows. As a result one of these coverlines is attached to what my double page spread article is about.

COLOUR SCHEME In addition a way to allure the audience

is to use colours that associate with the indie genre, hence why I used red, black, white and grey Therefore I believe that this colour scheme felt most appropriate to co-operate within my magazine, which they are also gender neutral to attract a wider audience. As a result the colour scheme is very evident as the colours stand out against one another.

CONTENTS PAGEMy contents page will captivate the audience as it contains subsidiary images of gigs for example the 1975 and High Tyde, this will result in attracting an audience that are fans are these bands and others that are similar to them. In addition my contents page has a noticeably readable layout that follows NME’s style. This will further on appeal to the audience as they may want the page to look enjoyable to read. The text on my contents page contains the same font style and sizes between each section. The main article is much bigger and bolder than the information followed by it, to make the artist stand out and for the reader to comprehend who are featured in my magazine. The colour scheme for my contents page follows a similar format as my magazine front cover. As the colours within my contents page is white, red and black. These colours produce a clear colour scheme for the audience to not be overthrown by a huge amount of colours dispersed on the page. As the subsidiary images contain a mixture of colours which balances out the colour amount used.

DOUBLE PAGE SPREADMy double page spread will entice the audience, as it contains a variety of gender neutral colour scheme that will intrigue both sexes. My overall double page spread layout has the image that I had taken from a gig spread across both pages this will appeal to those that listen to this music genre. Additionally, the questions and answers are in different colours making them easier to read and acknowledge the differences. The article uses informal language in order to attract teenagers to read it, as using proper English will disinterest my target audience as if it contained formal language it will lack a teenage aura towards the writing.