The main points I have gathered from analysing music magazines that I need to add to my music magazine to suit my target audience are:


Language:

• The language has to have connotations of the genre of music I am aiming my music magazine to be.
• However, the language is fun and exciting, making you want to pick it up
• Usage of bold and varying text sizes reinforce effects drawn from the language chosen and make the magazine look eye-catching
• Boldness and italics also make the particular words chosen with the effect stand out to enhance what they are saying
• The colours of the fonts are very important as they have connotations of what the target audience is. If, for instance, I chose pink and white as a colour scheme, it would automatically attract females as the colours are feminine and girly
• Short and punchy headlines need to be used - nothing long otherwise it is too much to read and they need to stay interested
• Bold effects and the convention of having large font on a magazine front cover are implemented in order to attract the audience
• Lastly, puns are often used to allow the reader to think and relates to other topics, too.

Institutions:

• Most likely a high profile music magazine company will have produced this magazine
• Companies such as Kerrang, Q and NME often have tv channels and radio stations as well as music magazines as a way of producing music news and entertainment around the countries.
• Prices are always on the front cover, usually in a corner or below the title, next to the barcode

Audience:

• The audience is very important to consider when producing a music magazine
• The colours, genre, media type and language will all change with different target audiences
• Once the audience has been put down, i will need to do some market research and find what are their favourite colours, favourite types of media, pictures etc

Representation:

• The musician on the front has to relate to the viewer and has to be able to build a sort of relationship with them
• They have to be 'in fashion' with the target audience and be a hit at that current time
• The musician throughout the magazine has to bring a certain something to the magazine which interests the reader.