Student Magazine research on audience

Our magazine is aimed at male and female students aged 16-20 who like to have fun and socialise rather then spending time at home watching Coronation Street. People who spent their summer outside at lots of festivals, from V Festival to Nozstock, they are also very image conscious and would not be seen dead in a charity shop, unless volunteering for Duke of Edinburgh. College work is completed as soon as possible so that there is more time to spend with friends.For our models we will use people who are smiling so that they appear approachable, if they are female, their make up will be natural looking and they will look like they take pride in their appearance (clothes and hair).Our magazine will be produced at the beginning of each season (spring, summer, autumn and winter) because of this we will use seasonal colours on each magazine, for example in autumn we will use yellows, oranges and golds, all of these colours will be bright so that the magazine does not look depressing and instead looks positive.The masterhead for our magazine is 'College Seasons' this lets the audience know immediately that it is aimed at students and that it is a seasonal magazine.The language used in the magazine will be gramatically correct and proper English because this shows and encourages the academic side of student life and makes the magazine look professional and smart.The cover lines on our magazine will appeal to our target audience as they will cover current and upcoming events with reviews of past events.

College Magazine analysis

We chose 3 different college magazines
1.http://www.dancehall.mobi/pictures/college-lifestyle-magazine.jpg
2.https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRRO-i4VRTjfUjz5EaGr37GmIXTK67nNhQPEnEe2JY1UTF3NA1v6TX2AAQ2YlobOSE4ROcFrDNLhqDGS4V6COE99FDORaWYMbWBgnDq0W8RtkdBLBmYoqLc6aNNY-mQyed_uFDHbXc8fQ/s1600-h/FRONT+COVER.bmp
3.http://www.free-range.org.uk/images/images/8792.jpg
Each magazine had similar features, they all had 'Puffs' which highlight the success of the magazine. Another similar feature is they all have a Masthead in bold clear fonts, each magazine also shows the issue number, date and price with bar codes. All have cover lines with some 'Reversed out' cover lines too.
I would prefer to read the College Lifestyle Magazine. It graps the audiences attention and the cover lines seem to relate to the average student lifestyle.
The magazine i have chosen is 'College lifestyle' Magazine. The kind of person who would read would be Aspirers and Post Modernists and the age range would be around 17-25 years old.
The main sell is a picture of a student who is carrying books showing some of the most academic subjects, the student is smiling and the picture has been lightened. The Cover line colours are bright and a fresh green, this gives the magazine a positive meaning. The language is very modern, young and grammatical correct.

Audience of the Elle Magazine.

The Elle magazine has a female audience and a age based around 18-35. They would be succeeders and Aspirers this is mainly because most of the items which are shown in Elle are designer brands and are at the high end of the market. The social value would be Materialists due to the fact that nearly half of the pages in Elle are mosty adverts for hand bags or other clothing items...