Audience Profile

I have decided to do my music magazine on the POP genre, and aim my magazine at girls aged 8-16.

I did a mood board in my book of all the artists and interests my audience would most likely have. It included typical girly things! The main things I put on my mood board were:

famous girly artists for girls to aspire to be

attractive male artists for girls to long for

make up - conventional of teenage girls

high school musical franchise - the biggest hit among teens over the last 3 years

friends - a social, comic and loveable series (girls tend to love it)

girly sleepovers (again, conventional of teenage girls)

The reason why I have chosen to do my music magazine on POP music rather than hiphop, R&B, classical or rock is because it's something that is really surrounding the music world right now, and I felt it would be a really good idea to make my magazine current.

It's getting harder to attract younger audiences these days in magazines because of the internet, television and mobile phones! Children tend to be able to watch music channels nowadays, find out gossip online and even on their phones! I thought it would be ideal now seeing as all of these gadgets are killing the magaizne industry, to make my magazine appeal to the age where even though they might have access to the internet and so on, they still may shop with their parents and more often than not will want to buy a magazine!



This photograph resembles the audience I'd most like to target. They are young, but still can understand a lot of the more developed english language. However, to make sure I still appeal to my younger audiences, I will use a lot of punctuation and simple explanations to make them feel comfortable in their ability to read the magazine and understand the concepts within it fully.







Cheryl Cole is one of the biggest stars of Britain and even the world right now, meaning she has become a household name. She has been a judge on the most watched reality show in the country, the X factor, and not to mention performed! She is surely someone who parents and children are familiar with, and therefore they (most likely) would not hesitate to allow their children to be associated with her music.
I think a lot of young girls would aspire to be her - she is the kind of artist I would definately be promoting in the magazine!



































Cheryl Cole:
On the left 2010's 'Messy Little Raindrops'
on the right, 2009's '3 Words'

Other examples of familiar and respectful artists to younger generations include The Saturdays and Rihanna.







This picture is feminine, girly and admirable - what girl wouldn't want to be relaxing on the beach in lovely clothes with her best friends?


































This is my favourite example of a girly cover - she has white all around her so even though youngsters won't recgonise it, it does mean purity, and they are normally very innocent at their age! Rihanna has a gentle expression on her face which creates a sense of happpiness and contentment, and of course the girly bright red, eye catching curls in her hair are nicely finished off with an expensive looking, beautiful headband. It has flowers on, making it very much a girly accessory. She also looks approachable and friendly, which makes it even easier for her to be within my target market. I think we all want to be like her!