Evaluation 4 DRAFT

4. Who would be the audience for your media product?

My magazine audience would aim mainly at gig goes and young rock/hardcore lovers who would appear to be reckless and tend to go out most nights. The magazines target audience shop at places like Rockaboom  to find cheap cd’s and vinyl’s and search for new artists while looking online for more independent and upcoming artists on websites such as last.fm and stumbleupon.com. This group of people look for rock artists and upcoming artists combined, making my magazine appeal to them as it allows them to do this via magazine instead, reading articles or interviews about them, helping to create a much wider opinion about the artists they’re looking at. A large amount of the target audience wear band tees, getting them from gigs they go to or online shops and skinny jeans which can be purchased from most retail clothing shops, while going for a less cleaner look and more messy appearance, not looking slick and perfect. They enjoy going to gigs and festivals such as Download and Reading festival, which ties in well with the genre of the magazine, it being rock and hardcore based. Artists who will appear in the magazine will wear similar clothes to this while presenting themselves in a comparable way also, therefore allowing the magazine audience to relate to the magazine and artists presented within it. My audience will relate to magazine of the same genre such as NME, RockSound and Kerrang, hearing of mainstream bands such as Green Day, Bring Me The Horizon, Enter Shikari, well know bands that will also be shown within my magazine but won’t be the main focus, used to help catch the audience’s attention. While the main focus will be on the new upcoming bands such as Turbowolf, Proxies, Hawk Eyes and more which have similar styles e.g instruments, genre, hobbies and clothes, helping the audience to know what their music style is if they can relate it to mainstream bands who are already well know. My audience will spend a lot of their time going to house parties or going out with mates most nights while going to occasional gigs and then festivals every year while still a young adult, also drinking and being know to go out and have a good time.