Tuesday 28 September 2010

Content Analysis and Target Audience - Top Of The Pops

I have been exploring the content of two magazines and working out their target audience by analysing this content.
The first magazine that I examined was Top Of The Pops:







Top Of The Pops is mainly a gossip magazine, talking about the latest stars in the music industry and also including several interviews with them to know about their lives and their habits.
I think that Top Of The Pops' target audience are young girls aged 10-15. I think this because the magazine usually shows attractive movie stars and girls would find them popular.
UPDATE: Top Of The Pops shows evidence of being a surveillance magazine as it gives information on the lives of popular music stars and their interests, and as a form of diversion because of the content and allowing readers to send in questions.

The second magazine that I examined was Kerrang!.



Kerrang is mainly a rock magazine, giving out interviews with famous members of the rock music industry and the adverts mainly to do with music and concerts, letting the reader know who will be there and when the concert begins.
I think that Kerrang's target audience is older rock lovers and concert goers because there is lots of information on concerts and the content and design is more edgier and less family friendly than Top Of The Pops.
Kerrang mainly shows evidence of being a surveillance magazine because of the concert advertisements and the interviews with rock stars, and also a diversion because the concerts are shown as a place to go for a disraction and to have a fun time.

That's all until next time...

Wednesday 22 September 2010

The Final Countdown - Europe

Happens to be one of my favourite songs ever, so take the time to listen to it. I understand that it might not be to everyone's tastes.
Oh, and turn the annotations off (button on the bottom-right of the video) if you just want to listen to the music).
Enjoy.

Youtube Link

Here is a link to one of the best sites on the web, Youtube, where you can watch many different videos depending on your various interests.


My Brief

My brief requires me to...

1. Complete a preliminary task (designing the front page of a school magazine, using photoshop).
2. Complete a main production task (producing said music magazine, including front page, contents page and main feature of an artist I want to promote).
3.Completing an electronic evaluation of my production work (involving this blog)

I will aim to accomplish these things in order to get the highest mark possible.

Monday 20 September 2010

Introduction

Hi, my name is John, or you may call me J-Man if you prefer.
Welcome to my blog. Of course it's like most of the other ones but you can't blame a guy for trying.
I will be posting (mostly) regularly to update this page as and when is needed. Until the next post, keep watching the skis!
Uh, skies.