Evaluation 5

Having a teenager on my front cover will attract my target audience as they are of a similar age and so can relate, my actor is male so this will not only attract males, but females too. On my front cover I have put the title in big bright writing to attract the eyesight of as many people as possible and make as many sales as possible. My colour scheme is aimed at both genders too so as to attract both genders and yet again make as many sales as possible. The price of my magazine is a cheap and reasonable £2.50, this is an important thing for my magazine as my target audience is teenagers and the cheapness of this will certainly attract them as most people in this age category do not have jobs or a solid income to be able to purchase expensive magazines. I have used buzz words on my front cover to attract the eyesight of people for example "Plus!" this makes the reader feel as though they are getting something as a bonus on top of the magazine, using the word "exclusive!" makes the reader feel special and privileged, and makes the magazine stand out as this is only in my magazine. I have also used the names of popular pop artists on the front cover so the fans of those pop stars are tempted to buy it and see what is going on with their favourite artists.

This is an image of the actor I have used on my front cover 

Evaluation 4

The magazine I chose was 'vibe' magazine, this magazine's target audience is R&B, hip-hop and rap fans, the target audience for them is age 18-34, however with my magazine I chose to stray away from their target audience, I have chose to aim my magazine at 15-18 year olds, a reason I have chose this target audience age is because I fit into the limitations of my target audience, so I feel as though I know what will appeal to this audience, with different trends in clothing for example.

Reader profiles

Gender: Female

Age:17

Favourite artists: Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift

Hobbies: Shopping, playing guitar

Gender: Male

Age: 16

Favourite artists: Tori Kelly, Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift

Hobbies: Sports, Concerts.

From looking at my magazine I feel as though a reader would instantly be able to see what genre my music magazine is, this is because of the bright colours I have used and the pop stars I have mentioned on the cover.

Evaluation 3

My media product would mainly attract a teenage audience so it may be best using a media institution that relates themselves to teenagers or young adults. This would be an advantage to the media product as it will be attracting the correct audience. If I were to choose a magazine distributer for my magazine it would be Great magazines. Great magazines is the distributor of the likes of Mojo.

If the magazine product had been taken on by a media institution that didn't attract the audience then the magazine product may not get the audience it needs. For example, my magazine cover has the image of a teenager that relates to the target audience that the media institution may be looking for. It also has music references such as the headings that include big names in the music industry that may attract the audience. I have used a guitar in the photo to show that it is of a music genre. Bauer magazine would not be a good distributer for me to use as they distribute magazines like Kerrang and Q which are nothing like my magazine, so my magazine would not fit in there.

Evaluation 2

My music magazine is aimed at teenagers from the age of 15-18 so more older teenagers than younger, it is also a pop magazine, the actor I have used in my magazine is between this age so will attract more people to read the magazine. I believe that my music magazine represents similar social groups to that of vibe magazine
     This is an image of the actor on my front cover, I have chosen a male actor to try temp females to approach and purchase the magazine, if females see an good looking actor they will want to find out more about him and so be more willing to buy the magazine.