quiz analysis

The results of my quiz did not surprise me as only 5 out of 18 people read music magazines. This is because most people of the age range don't have much of an income and due to music magazines being free online and its better for this age range because of them not having much of an income. Another thing that didnt surprise most that most of the people in the survey listened to music through a phone or mp3 player. This is because the age range is a very technological generation and having the music right there for them is good. The response for favourite music genre and favourite artist were varied because of different people liking different music. Another thing that I noticed is that 17 out of 18 people who did the survey had been to a music festival or concert. this is because they are very popular and the media helps to make them popular by writing articles about them.

I have learned from analysing front covers that colours are important in order to reach your target audience. For example a heavy metal magazine would use colours such as red and black to appeal to their audience and their darker side. By comparison a more mainstream magazine uses bold, striking stylish colours to appeal to a target audience who like to follow the crowd. I have also learned how a layout can appeal to an audience, for example an indie magazine would have a simple layout to appeal to their audience as it represents most indie people's attire as they like to keep it simple. By contrast top of the pops has a very frantic layout where there are pictures all over the cover and different things scattered around this could convey that it appeals to an audience that is energetic and likes different things going on. Another thing that I learned is that facial expression can appeal to different audiences. For example a dance magazine could have a woman with an inviting facial expression to show that the women that it appeals to are seductive. This contrasts to top of the pops where the smiles are inviting but not seductive because of the young target audience as they would like the people on the cover to look like nice people. 

I have learned from analysing double page spreads that enticing your audience to read the article is very  important. also appealing to your audience is important because if it doesn't appeal to them then they wouldn't buy the magazine. I also learned that in most conventional magazines there is a large image on the left hand side followed by a big heading and the article on the right hand side.

the magazine i am researching is mixmag. it is a music magazine aimed at the dance music genre. the appeal of the magazine is that it strictly covers the dance genre which is rare. techno is the institution that makes mixmag. the target audience for mixmag is people ages 16-25 because these are the people who like dance music the most. the artists that are shown in mixmag are shown as young and up for a good time like the people who the magazine is aimed at. the magazine covers mainly dance music but will cover any genre which is similar to dance such as deep house. Bauer music is an institution that makes music magazines. they make NME magazine. this would be a good institution to make my magazine because they make NME which is one of the most popular magazines in the UK.