Task 4Target audience appeal

The front cover of this magazine uses

very informal language, this is very

conventional to the target audience as

it is aimed towards a young female

audience. By using an informal type of

language, the audience will understand

the magazine much better and will feel

a lot more involved. Colloquial

language such as ‘OMG!’ show the

informality in the magazine and this is

how they think that young people talk.

‘I’m not body confident’ uses well

structures language, which shows the

sincerity in the story. This is

conventional to the target audience as

it can be relatable to a young, female

audience.

The colour of this magazine is

conventional to the target audience as

the constant use of pink shows femininity

and pink is most young girls favourite

colour, so they are drawn to pick up the

magazine.

The colour of Lady Gaga’s outfit is the

same colour as the strapline and the text

on the cover lines, this is to ensure the

eye is drawn towards her too as she is the

main artist of the magazine. The colour

green is also placed so that everything is

drawn together and it all fits in.

The main image of Lady Gaga is an eye

level shot, this portrays her as a friendly

and caring person, because it’s as though

she is being viewed through the eyes of

the audience. Having an image of the

very well known and loved Aston

Merrygold draws the eye of the target

audience as they would want to read

about him. By having his image takes as a

lower shot, it portrays him as a bigger

and stronger male and makes him loved

by the target audience.

The group image of One direction is taken

from a higher angle to make the boys look

smaller and much more cute and friendly,

which is conventional to the target

audience as it is aimed at a teenage,

female audience so they are more

attracted.

The content of this magazine is what you

can see from the front cover. The

strapline tells the target audience what is

inside and from the front cover you can

see it is cluttered. This is conventional to

the target audience as it shows that there

is a lot inside the magazine and usually a

teenage, female audience wants to find

out more about what is on the front.

The main image on the contents page, is

an image of a magazine, this shows

which page each of the cover line stories

is on. The page is cluttered which shows

that here is lots of information inside the

magazine, this draws the eye of the

reader. The images are mainly eye level

shots, which show all of the features of

each celebrity and the audience see the

celebrities at eye view.

Little shapes are used such as hearts etc.

which is conventional to the target

audience as young teenagers usually

doodle hearts and thing in notebooks

etc. so it makes them much more

interested.

The colours used in this ‘top of the pops’

contents page is very feminine, with the

use of pinks and purples, it is extremely

conventional to the target audience.

The deepest colour purple is used for the

masthead in the primary optical area, this

draws the eye and makes the reader want

to read more.

The colour purple follows the house style

as it is used in every issue of ‘top of the

pops’. The blue writing is used to highlight

any important areas and articles.

The language used in this contents page is

very informal language, this shows it is

aimed towards a young female audience. By

using an informal type of language, the

audience will understand the magazine much

better and will feel a lot more involved.

Colloquial language such as ‘OMG!’ shows

the informality in the magazine.

By using informal language such as ‘hey

girls!’ shows how conventional the language

is to the target audience as it I as though

the editors are including them and aiming

their passage’s at them.

The content of this magazine points out the

most important parts. For example, the

arrows are pointing to the biggest headlines

which draws in the young teenage female

audience.

The ‘hey girls’ section, ‘celebs and gossip’,

wins and offers’, ‘all about you’ and ‘we <3

shopping’ are all content that is

conventional to the target audience and

draws them into wanting to read the

magazine.

In this double page spread is very

informal which is conventional to

my target audience (young, female

audience). The headline ‘I’d dress

like Gaga!’ makes the audience feel

more involved and draws the eye to

make them read more.

The content of this double page

spread is different sections

associated with different

images. The images show the

most important people involved

with the information.

The people shown in the content

of the magazine are

conventional to the target

audience as they are all well

known to a young female

audience.

The images on this double page

spread are headshots which show the

audience the celebrities from their

eye view, this is as though they are

seeing them for there own eyes.

The image of Lady Gaga dressed in

red is conventional to the headline

as it says ‘I’d dress like Gaga!’

The image of the queen shows her

laughing, which connotes that the

magazine is a happy, cheerful read.

The colour of this double page

spread is pink and black, which

makes the text stand out being

white. The pink signifies a girlie,

happy, fun magazine which is

conventional to the target

audience.

The colour of Leona Lewis’s top is

the same as the small text which

draws it all in together and makes

it appealing to the reader.