Question 5) How did you attract/address your audience?

Q5

Photography/Models

-        “Your images are also really nice and contrast well with the colour scheme” – Sharay (Contents Page) -

Genre

I decided to make my genre hip hop and r&b with the sub-genres and a global element of grime and others to attract my target audience as these are genres I enjoy, and I know people who I surround myself with also enjoy, and we would be a part of my target audience therefore it would directly attract and relate to their interests.

-        “It looks like a Hip Hop music magazine from a glance” – Antonia (Front Cover) – attracted my audience as my magazine is aimed at hip hop and R&B fans, so by designing it to obviously highlight the genre, it will catch my audience’s eye among other magazines and will lead them to want to read it.

-        “This looks like a real Hip Hop music magazine” – Antonia (Contents Page) –(same as above)

-        “See the features and the regulars like XXL” – Antonia (Contents Page) – the familiarity of typical conventions of a hip hop magazine on my magazine attracted my audience as they could clearly see that it was a hip hop magazine

Contents

Layout

-        “This contents page is very well laid out” – Ruben (Contents Page)

-        “The layout is neat and formal” – Sharay (Contents Page)

-        “The layout is really nice” – Sharay (DPS)

Colour Scheme

-        “I like how your cover star contrasts with your colour scheme making stand out from the typography and background” – Sharay (Front Cover) –

-        “I like how the colour scheme is also continued into your contents page”- Sharay (Contents Page) – Tried to attract the audience by keeping the colour scheme consistent on the contents page, so there is a sense of familiarity + makes the magazine look professional as its as if the colour scheme represents the HU$TLE brand (like how XXL keeps the red, white and black)

-        “ I like how the colour scheme exposed the magazine to both genders” – Laily (Front Cover) – I attracted both genders of my magazine successfully, as it has been pointed out that the colour scheme attracts males and females, which is what I had aimed to do, as my magazine is aimed at females but also wants a male reading – since most magazines are aimed and read more my males, having my colour scheme attract both genders to fit in with my audience is a main point.

Editing

-         “Your signature which makes the contents page look professional” – Sharay (Contents Page) – by adding the extra conventions of a magazine, such as the signature, I added to the sense of professionalism in the contents page which would attract my audience as it looks like a real magazine (along with the social media links, subscription price etc.)

-        “It looks so good and very appealing to the eyes” – Monika (Front Cover) – Again, the editing has made it look good and like an actual magazine, which attracts my audience.

-        “It looks very professional” – Emanuel (Front Cover)

Typography

-        “Masthead is effective as it is positioned behind your cover star” – Sharay (Front Cover) – Attracts my audience as then my cover star is able to stand-out and catch

-        “I like how your cover star contrasts with your colour scheme making stand out from the typography and background” – Sharay (Front Cover) -

-        “I also like how you have highlighted specific words its very effective” – Sharay (DPS) – the manipulation of my typography seemed to attract my audience, as they weren’t drawn to the highlighted words, which was my aim.

-        “Your pull quotes are also effective and make your magazine look professional” – Sharay (DPS)

-        “Like that the questions are capitalised and in a different colour” – Sharay (DPS) - the manipulation of my typography seemed to attract my audience, as they weren’t drawn to the highlighted words, which was my aim.