Introduction

I have been set seven assignments over the holidays which will help devise a plan on how make a college music magazine which is the main task. I have a brief with a checklist of assignments which are meant to be done and due in on certain dates.

Firstly, I will do a textual analysis of a music magazine front cover denotation, connotation, masthead, Mise en scene, etc.  Write at least 800 words on the front cover. Then I will do a textual analysis of a music magazine double page spread which will be at least 400 words.

Thirdly I will do a profiling your audience assignment which is where I look at a music magazine website similar to genre I wish to do and analyse there website and go into depth on there ‘advertising info’ on their site this will help me identify the demographic profile of my target audience and by analysing this information it will gradually help me on how I would want my own college music magazine to look like.

Then I will make a questionnaire ranging from 12 and so on questions on targeting a age group 16 -17 on how they would like a music magazine to look like and what attracts them to a college magazine. This questionnaire will be sent out online by using social networking sites.

After the 30 questionnaire I have sent out have been sent back to me I will be able to gather the results and which answers were more common and take the answers into consideration and start to plan on how my music magazine will look like.

Furthermore I will do a case study in which I will be analysing a publishing company and the titles it publishes answering the main question, why would it try to target different audiences with each magazine it makes? And this case study should be between 500-800 words long.