Thursday 21 March 2013

Evaluation Draft: Task 4


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




Jack is 23 years old, a keen photographer, and almost exclusively wears only black. He hates when people confuse his punk style with that of 14 year old emos, and is reluctant to be associated with anything 'mainstream'. All of his favourite band members are dead, his no. 1 role-model being Johnny Ramone. He would not be caught dead listening to anything classed as 'pop', other than his guilty pleasures blink-182 and Fall Out Boy (although this is allowed as 'punk' is also carried in the classification of this genre). He attends almost every gig at Leicester's grunge venue 'The Shed', no matter who happens to be playing - the least well known the better (he is open-minded and accepting of all music, despite being wary of mainstream tribes.) He runs a website where he posts his photos from the gigs he attends, and is paid a small amount by the bands. He also occasionally writes articles about their performances. As this isn't enough to tide him over, however, until his rise to fame, he works part time at the local car garage. He plays guitar in his spare time, and most of his income is spent on hair dye, studded belts and spiked boots. His favourite shops are 'Insanity', 'The Very Bizzare' and 'Voodoo'. He is also attending Rebellion festival this year and is honoured to have been asked to photograph The Bronx's set.

I think Jack would be interested in reading my magazine as he is interested in the genre of 'punk rock' music I have chosen to base my product around and is a prime example of the type of youth culture I am targetting. He is attending a punk festival and so would love the feature in my magazine targetted at this, and all of his favourite bands appear on the cover, which would persuade him into purchasing 'Jaded'. The phrases 'NO - 'hip' groups', 'NO - 'trendy' poses' and 'NO - 'fashion' guide' which also appear on the front cover would particularly attract him to my magazine as he has expressed his disgust of the 'mainstream' and would love the lack of 'popular' content.

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