Target Audience

This is the kind of picture I would take for my magazine, from looking at this picture I can tell
that these magazines appeal to younger generations. Some people would say that maybe this magazine would be more appealing to black youth culture. But I will try to make the magazine appealing to both black and white youth culture, this will them make the magazine's target audience larger. My target audience is going to be the younger generation preferably teenagers but I think it could appeal to people slightly older than this.









This is an example of another front cover of a magazine called THE SOURCE, it is fairly similar to the front cover of VIBE. This does give the same impression about target audience, this cover to me still makes me think that this is targeted for a the black youth culture.




This is an example of a media kit created by the source which I think gives me a better view of who my magazine is aimed at.

Introduction to main task

i have been asked to design a music magazine that focuses on a specific genre of music, the genre of music i have decided to focus on the RnB side of music. I will use such magazines like "VIBE" and "THE SOURCE" to help with the layout and general feel of my magazine. During this task i will be looking at different fonts that i will use in my magazine, as well as finding out ways to increase my apeal to my target audience.

Michael Wood AS Media Preliminary Task

I have been asked to create a magazine for students at my college. i decided to call mine Y.O.U (young, original, uncut). My magazine is targeted at students that are aged from 16-19, i decided to target this audience because most college students are ranged from 16-19 years of age.


these were the flat plans I sketched out to give myself an idea of what my magazine was going to look like, I decided to use these layouts because they are typical layouts for magazines and i think my end product turned out very similar to these, not exact but i was pleased.

I took these pictures for the front of my magazine, both of the

photos are medium close ups but as you can see they are very different. I
chose to use the one on the right, this is because it is a more appealing photograph, where in the other photo he looks a bit like a convict. Not only this but i feel that the photo on the right gives off a better vibe.

I am fairly happy with the end result of my magezine, but there is quite a bit that a would change; i would try and get a better photo with a better backdrop, i think this would make my whole magazine look so much better. Its not the image itself but the backdrop is too plain, i think if i was to change to backdrop it would make the layout of the front cover look altogether more professional and just better in general. I asked a member of my class what they thought of my final cover and they said "it was nice but could have looked a bit more professional." Overall they I think i could have done better but I am pleased with what I have done.