Question 4

Who would be the audience for your media product?

I have chosen that my target audience is young teenage girls with the age range of 13-18, this is a fairly large range and is suitable for the type of magazine I have. The pricing of the magazine I have kept to a minimum because I know that young girls cannot afford a magazine thats £3/4 so its suited to my target audience perfectly. 
Another thing is the my target audience is what music they like obviously, this magazine does not cater for the audience that likes rock/hip hop/country music because my magazine is for pop lovers. The reality is that this may be a girly magazine but they have to like the kind of music to really be interested in the magazine.

When I first started thinking of the genre of my magazine I created a mood board that consisted of different artists/bands that are suitable for my target audience and worked off that. A couple of the artists I suggested were, Justin Bieber, Beyonce, Miley Cyrus and bands like The Wanted, 5SOS and The Vamps. These artists fit well in to my magazine so I had to choose the right model that is similar to these. I am someone who would read these kinds of magazine so in turn I am my own target audience, I used myself a lot when creating the magazine as I obviously knew what my target audience would want from my magazine. 

When making my magazine I also looked into the type of clothes my target audience would wear and the types of shops they would shop at. A couple of brands I initially thought of were the likes of Topshop, Miss Selfridge and River Island, all high street, affordable shops that are also really girly and suit my target audiences dress sense. Another reason I thought of these shops was because I have seen the people from my this particular social group in there a lot and they are common brands that they were. 
When it comes to TV shows I found it difficult to think of because there is so many and everybody watches different programmes but some that I thought of were Waterloo Road, Hollyoaks, Gok Wan's fashion as these all contain the type of people that are potentially my target audience. 

I wanted to reflect the style that my target audience dresses like in my images, my model wears girly, pink, flowery clothes that represent the people that would buy my magazine. The body language of the model is cool and relaxed and I believe this is the type of person that would read my magazine. 
I think my target audience would want to buy my magazine because I use all the right people that entices them in and all the conventions that would attract them. When talking about images I used all the right clothing to link to their style. The price which is £2 which I think is very competitive, it is cheaper than other similar magazines out there and should attract the audience because I know that young people don't always have a lot of money to fork out for a magazine so this is why I am offering my magazine for £2. 

Profile of my target audience:
Name: Kayleigh Allen
Age: 17
Favourite artists: The Wanted, Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, The Vamps, 5SOS
Hobbies: Dancing, Swimming, Singing