The conventions, the producer and target audience

The conventions, the producer and target audience of my text:

The conventions I will follow will be similar to that of most magazines where the masthead will be in the top left hand corner, my main image will also be placed in the middle of the page and will not feature any more images on the page only the main image. The font will be a basic design for the text on the page and also the text used in the masthead. I will appeal to my target audience with the choice of font and the colour scheme. I may change some of these when it comes to creating my final design but I will be sure to create more than one with different styles to see which one is best. As for my contents page I will have my magazines logo at the top of the page and the list of contents will be placed below that, there will be images also featured on the contents page they will relate to other similar artists that are featured in the magazine. The font for the contents page will be the same as that of the front cover as I want a level of continuity and a professional approach when it comes to the text. The colour scheme for the contents page will be the same as the cover with reds blacks greys and whites being the main focus. My double page spread will be the same in terms of the text, one side of the double page spread will feature just an images with a small piece of text talking about the image itself, the text will be a joke about the pose that my model is doing which is used in magazines such as NME. All of this is just a rough idea on what I want to do things are subject to change if i feel like something would be better in a different text or a bigger or smaller size. I think that my choice of images and text will cater towards the age group that i want to make the magazine for as well as the genre of electronic music. 

 If I was to choose which company would produce and distribute my magazine 'In the real world' I would choose Bauer Media as they produce and distribute magazines such as Q and seeing as my main focus is to try and produce a magazine that has similar codes and conventions  to Q Bauer Media would be my best option. Bauer Media's magazines that they distribute are usually aimed at a certain age or social group for example Q may be catered towards 18-35 year olds because of its type of content and the way its images are produced, then on the other hand you have Kerrang which is a a magazine catered to 16-26 year olds as its content is mostly just factual and its images are in your face. My magazine will be catered towards 18-30 year olds as it speaks directly to those who enjoy a specific genre of music that being electronic, the articles will be informative yet not so much where it takes itself very seriously. The survey that I posted on Reddit is a bonus as most of the people who participated in my survey are 18-30 years old so most of the feedback I received can help me cater towards these people a lot better. Another reason why Bauer Media is a good choice for my magazine is that they are based all over the world so my magazine could be seen by millions of people on a daily basis maybe could even become a recognisable brand not to mention Bauer Media has been a company since 1875 which shows that they have a rich heritage and they know what will work and what won't, so they could give me advice on what could be changed or tweaked to make it better.

   
     The target audience for my text will be pretty much everyone who maybe likes the genre of music or likes to go out to night clubs as they play a similar style of music that this magazine is catered too. The magazine will also follow current pop culture with latest trends of the latest music the text will be straight to the point in places but also have a joking side to it in necessary places, I know this because my audience feedback on my survey suggested that most of them read Q which tends to have a joking side to it as well.

I would really want to be broadcasting my magazine to the age group that I want to cater for so I would broadcast my magazine in places like record stores such as HMV as HMV is the best place where people go to buy music and is probably the biggest platform I could use to get more people interested in my magazine. Another good place for me seeing as pretty much everyone likes electronic music would be various super markets as that will attract a bigger interest. Common rooms of universities and colleges would also be a good place as most of the students there will be considered apart of my target audience. All of these outlets have something to do with the people I want to cater to for my magazine in some way.