Who would be the audience for your media product?
When starting my media product, I looked at the different genres I could have chosen to do my music magazine on. I did layout and analysing for Pop, Indie and Rock genres and looked at the different age groups their target audiences fitted under. I chose to create a rock magazine designed for the ages thirteen between eighteen. The reason I chose this target age is because teenagers will follow what their peers say they should be reading, and I believe in this day and age rock music is bigger than ever. With many rock magazines such as Q, Kerrang and Rock Sound, I figured there was room for one more. As the target age is a similar age to my own,I thought it would be easier to connect to the audience through a magazine, than to aim for a target age of ten. Using more mature language wouldn't be understood as much from a ten year old compared to a teenager.
When planning my rock magazine, I had to consider what my target audience would expect to see and be interested in. For example teenagers interested in a rock magazine wouldn't be interested in a pink background, keeping a basic background makes the magazine timeless.
To gain feedback from my target audience I posted a Screen shot on my Twitter account and got feedback through that with favourites and comments.
I feel like I have completed the task well, taking in consideration on the research and what I, myself, think my target audience desires.
