Blog Entry 1 - Planning and Research 02/03/09

I am going to create a music magazine for my media coursework. I have chosen this over the film sequence as I think this would be more interesting and I find it easier to work on my own than with other people who may have different ideas.

The genre I have decided for my music magazine is dance. The target audience for my magazine will be teenage girls aged between sixteen to twenties. The magazine will be designed to suit girls rather than boys so will include girly themes and appeal to girls. I may need to carry out some research in order to find out exactly what girls may expect to see from the magazine. The unique selling point of my magazine is that it is created specifically for girls rather than male and female like most magazines. It is gender specific.

I think my product would be successful because it is different to most music magazines in the sense that it is aimed at older girls which is different to what the majority of music magazines aim at.

I will carry out audience questionnaires to make sure I am giving the potential readers what they want to see. This way I can avoid putting in things that the readers don't want to see and aren't interested in. I will also analyse different magazines of various genres to find out expected conventions of successful music magazines. I will conduct some research on products similar to my magazine to make sure I am making the best magazine possible.