How did you attract/ address your audience?

By using a photograph wherethe person takes up themajority of the cover, theaudience can easily identifythe person on the cover andthey would be immediatelyattracted to the magazine andtheir favourite artist.

By using a large dominatingsplash headline across thewhole front cover it makes itclear who the featuringarticle is about, pulling in thefans of that artist instantly.

By using features that that makethe magazine feel unique, itappeals to the Indie audience wholove to feel unique and individuals.

I included a selection ofcoverlines that wouldappeal to my targetaudience. By making thenames of the artists alarger size font than therest of the writing itmakes the artists standout and increases theimportance of the names,showing that the mainfeatures of the magazineare the music, appealingto the Indie music love.

By using photographs of people who fit into the Indie genre, the audience can feelconnected to the people, and role models are created in terms of what the models arewearing and how they behave. These photographs help to the audience to build up theirown social identity by creating a a social attraction which makes the audience feel includedinto this individual and unique society.

Attracting and addressing my audience

In my contents page:

I used words like “cuttingedge”, to make my audiencefeel as if they are readingsomething exclusive to them,creating a bond between theIndie people who will bereading this information. It’sinformation that they canshare and talk aboutamongst each other creatingstronger social links.

By talking directly to the audienceand using a possessive pronoun like“your”, you make them feel a part ofthe Indie social group, like theybelong and can identify with thepeople and issues in the magazine.

By giving the readersomething to read that willentertain them, themagazine becomes moreappealing as they will beencourage to read it forentertainment value.

I put the names of thefeaturing artists in a bold,larger font than the rest ofthe writing so that thereader would be drawn in bythe big names and want tofind out all the latest aboutthem.