Social Class and Demographics

I will be aiming to see my magazine R&R, which stands as a short for Rock and Roll to young teenagers towards young adults. I would say that my age target will be from the age of 14-30 years old. This is because I would say that 14 is the age in which kids start to listen to music more and also they decide specific music what they like. I have ended my age category because I feel that at the age of 30 people will still have a strong feeling towards Rock and Roll. In addition to this, I feel that after the age of 30, even though people will still like Rock and Roll, I believe that they won't read magazine no more because they have more important things such as working and spending time with their family. Because I have aimed my magazine at a young category, I believe that if I placed my magazine at a high price not a lot of people would buy it because they won't be gaining much income at such a young age, and when they do gain money they will tend to spend it on other things. Therefore, I believe I will price my magazine at around about £1.99 because that way my magazine won't be very expensive, and more importantly it will allow more youngsters to purchase the magazine. In terms of gender, even though more men like Rock music, I am going to aim my magazine at both male and female's. This is because some girl's still like listening to rock music therefore by aiming the magazine towards female's as well as males, I will get a higher profit as more people will buy my magazine. However, this means that I will need to be careful because by aiming the magazine at male's and female's, I will need to make sure there are no sexist comments what will offend either gender in the magazine.

 This is the Social Class Table, which will give me a better idea of what majoritites and percentages of class my magazine will be aimed at, and who the target audience is. I am aiming my magazine at class E students because this category is aimed at people who are still in Education and my magazine is aimed at ages between the age of 14 and 25 years. However, some people between these ages will be working so this means they will be a higher class, probably a D or a C2. Therefore, this means I cannot aim my magazine's to one particular class because by doing this, I won't get as many people buying the magazine because there is more than one social class category what I am aiming my magazine to.

Props

Firstly, the main thing regarding Rock and Roll is the music. The main musical instrument's which are used are guitars and drums. Therefore, when taking photos these will need to be included to appeal to the customers and to make my magazine realistic to the genre. In terms of clothing, it would be preferable that the people I will be using to get photos are wearing black clothing because in my opinion this is a colour which is related to Rock and Roll.

Contents Page for a Music Magazine

This is an example of a contents page for a music magazine. I think the layout of this is very good because the page is set out in a very good layout in my opinion. This is because everything is set out well and different conventions are set out separately on the page. The things which I like about this contents page is the fact that everything revolves around the main image and also the small photos which link with the featured stories because it will attract the audience. Moreover, it is an easier way to show what is going to be included in the magazine and it will make the featured stories easier to understand by applying small pictures to the reltaed page numbers.

Firstly, at the top left hand side of the page, it shows the date in which the magazine is published and also it shows that the page is a contents page by applying it in white bold writing so it stands out. Below this is the title or the masthead, this is also used in bold writing to show the name of the magazine but also to imply that the majority of the magazine will be about drums. In addition to this, the main image which is centred in the middle of the page also implies that the article is going to be about drums. One of the main things I like about this page is the fact that there are little pictures used at the corners on the right hand side of the page to match the featured stories which are on the left hand side. By applying these pictures it will give the readers a better idea of what will be featured in the article. Another convention which is included is page numbers, this is so it is easier for the readers to find particular sections they are interested in. A way to improve this contents page could be by adding previous additions to show what was in the last magazine incase readers didn't read it. Featured stories and Regulars are also conventions which are located on the left hand side of the page, however they are both described in different amounts of detail. The featured stories is a big section of the page and is explained in more detail, however the regular Stories is located at the bottom of the page and requires little detail. This is done like this because more focus needs to be applied on Featured Stories because it is only going to be in one magazine. However, the regulars will be included in every magazine so you won't need to explain them as much.