Tuesday, 19 October 2010

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.

Tuesday, 12 October 2010

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.