Textual Analysis: Hisupporting A Magazine

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For my practical production I choose to design and create 5 pages of a magazine including a front cover, an advert, a contents page, an article and a horoscope page. These 5 conventions formed to make part of a magazine that would be used to complete my practical production. This task intrigued me as I have a genuine interest in reading magazines myself, and the idea of creating and editing my own appealed to me more. I decided to pursue this task by myself as this shows originality and independence. I also thought that working independently would encourage me to come up with and develop my own ideas.
I also included a contents page that contained information that was included in my magazine, although I only made 5
My production represents a certain stereotype that in my case is woman that are interested in fashion and beauty, my magazine doesn’t fit the needs for a social group in particular it can suit the needs of many. The age range of my target audience would be around ages 15- 22, as this magazine is aimed mostly at younger females. Mainly unmarried and working class woman as it contains fashion and styles that wouldn’t be budgeted at people with a poor financial background. There are a lot of magazines within the market that are being produced for the same target audience as me, as fashion and monthly gossip are ideal factors to contain within this type of magazine. Most younger woman and teenagers have a desire or passion for these things, which is why this type of magazine is so popular on the market. Therefore it’s hard to produce a magazine that stands out and has its own brand identity amongst a lot of others of the same genre. However my magazines main focus in o n different trends and styles within fashion, as well as those key ingredients for a typical girly magazine such as horoscopes, adverts and gossip. Consumers would be able to purchase my magazine from local shops and newsagents, also online and they can even subscribe to my magazine from its website, to receive
The ideas that are included in my final production were a productive and appealing front cover, which engaged my target audience’s attention. Also during my research I discovered that the front cover of a magazine helps to establish what genre category the magazine falls into. Therefore the front cover is important as it’s the producer’s way of attracting its audience and encouraging people to buy this magazine. The techniques that are used to attract people are simple but effective of most magazine front covers. The images I used on my front cover and my magazine are aspirational and they reflect my audience by them being an item of clothing or a beauty product. There is also an image of a famous woman (Katie Price) on the front cover of my magazine this also shows that the audience have an interest in celebrity gossip and happenings. The layout of my magazine also reflects the audience’s