How does my magazine attract/address the target audience?

My music magazine is aimed at teenagers appealing mainly to 15-21 year olds. Any teenagers that are interested in music will be attracted to my magazine due to the images I have used, the phrases I have used and the colors I have applied to my pages.

Firstly, I have used many images that can be relatable to a teenager. My front cover image will attract my audience as he is aged in the range of my target audience. Teenagers interested in music are usually quite laid back and tend to be cool’. To attract more teenagers to my magazine my front cover main image shows this type of theme.

Secondly, I have used relatable phrases and sentences that could be relatable to a teenager. My front cover even includes the word ‘teenager’ and so will attract a teenager to continue reading. Words that are used in the modern day, are the type of words I have tried to use in my own work, for example, ‘teen heartthrob’. Although this is aimed females particularly, it immediately attracts the audience to this story, and other headlines in the magazine. Furthermore,

The colours are and modern, which could be an attraction to the audience. Researching magazines helped me do this. Firstly, I wanted to research a magazine that is out now and aimed at teenagers. When researching ‘NME’ the colors were very strong and bright, and immediately caught my attention. I tried to use some of these colors in my own magazine work.

Prior to even beginning the work on my magazine, modern words and phrases that are used in the modern day as my aim for attracting the audience. ‘Epic Music’ is the name of my magazine, and ‘Epic’ is an extremely modern and teenage-related word that means awesome, and huge. This highlights exactly who my target audience are, and the word ‘Epic’ will catch-the-eye of the teenage audience immediately. This word is also very informal, which again implies who I am aiming my magazine for.