Music Magazine Cover

Music Magazine Mock Up

This is the mock up of my music magazine; i had to change my magazine cover because of the results i recieved from my imginary entity so i didnt follow this mock up as this attempt didnt fit my target audience and as the Encoder i had to change my product so maximum understanding could have been possible from my decoders.

Imaginary Entity

Audience Lifestyle – constructing the Imaginary Entity

1.       What car/mode of transport do they use?

·         I own a used car

2.       What accommodation do they live in?

·         I live in my parents house

3.       What do they drink?

·         Most things

4.       What TV shows do they watch?

·         Scrubs, inbetweeners, two and a half men, doctor who, mock the week…etc

5.       What music do they like?

·         Rock and Indie Rock

6.       What is their favourite meal?

·         Pasta

7.       What sport do they watch and what sport do they play if any?

·         Football

8.       Who is their partner or are they single?

·         Single

9.       Where do they go on holiday?

·         Any place warm

10.   Do they vote and if so who for?

·         I don’t vote

11.  What type of bar/pub/club do they go to?

·         The George and dragon, spoons…Etc…

12.  What is their favourite band?

·         30 seconds to mars

13.  Where do they buy their clothes?

·         Top Man

14.  How much monthly disposable income do you have?

·         About £300 per month

This is my Imaginary entity; as the Decoder this helped decide what target audience i should aim my magazine at; i created this quetioannaire to decide on the group i should target with my magazine. This imaginary entity helped me create polysemic signs that would be understood fully by the encoder and it helped create a product that can apply to my chosen audience well and effectively.

School Magazine Cover

Rate Card - Cosmopolitan Magazine

Total Ciculation *430, 353

Cost per Magazine *£3.30

Average price for full page Advert *£21.945

Number of Full page Adverts *59

Median Range *27

Female 88%

Male 12%

Profit made from circulation:

43,353 x £3.30 = 143064.9

Profit from advertising:

59 x £21,945 = 1,294,755

From my research and the figures presented in the rate card i can tell that the magazine makes most of its profit through the advertising, than from the actual public sales of the magazine.

Kerrang Magazine

Preliminary Exercise