How Did YouAttract/Address

YourAudience?

QUESTION 5

I attracted the audience by using bright vibrant colours such as red and yellow. Also the white background enhances all features, especially the image and my models skin complexion. All font used is bold such as my masthead which I chose to be yellow because it stood out against the background, therefore it would grab the audiences attention. I chose to have red and white and the main colour theme for cover lines because the hat colour (red) my model is wearing in the image stands out in the white background, this shows that the image relates to my front cover. I also constructed my cover lines differently such as “Urban Youth Speak” to grab the audiences attention as being different persuading them to buy the magazine to read that story. I used slang language such as “Dope” on my front cover to relate to my target audience genre. For future reference I could have put the price on the magazine because in my questionnaire many people said that they would pay £2-£4 for the magazine which is a valuable price.

The first thing that may attract the audience on the contents page would be the image, the model dominates the whole shot and shows a lot of clothing being worn. The hand has a blur effect on also which would show the sign being pulled is inappropriate addressing the target audience. The colour scheme is the same as the front cover with a hint of black. The ‘Contents’ title is bold and white which makes it stand out in the black background. My contents page addresses the target audience using common conventions such as index/news section having the page numbers stand out more than the actual article story being bold and yellow over the red. The subscription box contains bold font with different sized and coloured words which will attract the audience to look into the magazine to find how to subscribe.

My double page spread attracts the audience simply through the fonts and headings: The sub-headings are a black bold font highlighted in red. The main image fills up half of the first page and being in a black & white effect it separates itself from the page colour scheme so it is noticeable and sends the message of there being a huge history behind Hip-Hop. I chose to have my background colour as a sandy yellow to help enhance the red font and text boxes, which are also enhanced even more by having thick black borders to grab the readers attention. The quote underneath the image is big and bold to attract the reader but also address them that it is relating to the image sending a positive message. The introduction to the article is a different colour to the actual article to show it is an introduction.

I have chose for the red colours to be quite vibrant because the body text is a small font and therefore can’t stand out to the reader alone. To address the reader I created a question answer article on the second page to make the reader feel closer to the music artists. The questions are in a bold italic font whereas the answers have no effect on them, this is to grab the readers attention to read the questions first then read on to the answer. Both pages are set out in rule of thirds layout with the body text being separated by guide lines to make it easier for the reader to follow and not make the article look over written so its more interesting to read.