MOCK magazine improvment task 3

Task 3

Engaging Title

The title ‘BOOM’ will catch the audience’s attention with its use of onomatopoeia. ‘BOOM’ catches the audience’s attention because it is in used block capitals and bold writing to make it stand out. It is a short and snappy title, this is effective because it’s easy to remember and connects into the music theme of the magazine.

House Style

The black and white theme makes the page stand out more and gives the magazine its own identity. Also the black and white theme gives the magazine a mysterious look when leaves the front cover open; so that the readers can make there own decisions on what the magazine is like and it also leaves emptiness for the reader to have a different opinion as everyone else.

Regular Features

The regular features are a main part of the magazine because these are the things that are consistent in the magazine every week. For example;

-Horoscopes

-Celebrity’s life story

-Phone Ringtones

These are important because it is only little things that are on the side of a page which make the page more crowded and also make the page look like there is more information on it. Although you cannot use too many of these otherwise the reader will get distracted from the main story on the page.

Target Audience

It will appeal mainly to female teens between the ages of 11 and 16 because it uses a famous boy band on the front which females with be interested in and not many men will be. Although it will also apply to older females aged 16-24 as it has fashion tips and dating websites. These websites and the horoscopes will engage the reader and make the magazine more entertaining and enjoyable.

Music Magazine

Why do music fans prefer music magazines to other sources?

 

In my opinion I prefer to read information from the internet instead of a magazine because it’s a quick and easy way of finding information and it is also free. Also on the sides on the webpage it usually tells you about other websites you may be interested in and other songs/artists.

Other music fans may disagree with me for many reason for example, people may like to collect magazines and make sure they have every one of them so that they know they haven’t missed any of the gossip and information about their favourite bands and artists.

Another reason people may prefer to read magazines is because the reader can look back over and read it again whenever they want, and the information will never change. However on the internet the information can always change and you don’t know whether you have already read the information or whether it has been updated, also when they put the next week or month’s edition up you will no longer be able to see the previous weeks.

A further reason is that a computer or laptop is very unreliable for many reasons, for example; the internet may stop working, your laptop may have to go into repair, and the internet may not allow the webpage. Therefore it  is much easier for people to buy it from a local shop because they are almost 99% guaranteed to also be open at opening times, also the magazine will always be published on time so the customers are always guaranteed to be able to purchase the magazine.

Another reason is that not all customers have the internet and online resources, therefore they may purchase the information as a magazine because overall it is cheaper than paying for internet; one of the most popular magazines is Rolling Stones and it costs about 5 pounds. Also you can order the magazines; therefore it is already paid for and comes straight to your door every week/month so there is no responsibility to check the website or anything.

Finally, the customers may prefer to read a magazine instead of look on the internet because the internet can be confusing as there are lots of different tabs and pieces of writing all over the page and has a lot of irrelevant information that may be easier to just read it off of a page which is no hassle.