How did your attract/address your audience?

How did you attract/address your audience?
I handed out questionnaires in order to get an idea of why people buy the magazine they do and what appeals to them when reading a magazine.
For my front cover, a lot of people said that they're attracted to a magazine because of the cover story, this is important because it showed me that I needed a strong story and a strong cover photo so people are attracted and see it on the shelves. I used a black and white image of a medium close up of someone, which I think stands out because the colour of the font is a white font with a red background behind it. This makes the title stand out and contrast from the image but doesn't draw away the emphasise of the image. I chose to do a red font for the cover story so that it also contrasts from the picture which will attract people because it stands out from the picture but doesn't take the focus away from the title or image. I also have used the word 'exclusive' which will address the audience and make them know that it's only in my magazine so if it appeals to them they will be more pursuaded to buy the magazine. The banner at the top of my magazine says 'worlds best selling fortnightly magazine' this will attract people as they will know it's a good magazine and so if they're debating between buying two magazines, this may attract them to buy mine over another.
My contents page, I have used a white background, with a black font for the pages and red number pages. This sticks to the colour theme of the front cover but doesn't make it too bland. The main picture covers the majority of the page with three females from the band and a grey background, this links with the bottom of my page which has a grey background and black font - this links the page well together. For the subsciption at the bottom right hand corner, I have told people that if they sign up for it they save £1.00 and get a free gift every fortnight. This will attract people towards subscibing to my magazine hopefully as it's telling them they get free things.
For my double page spread, I've used a black and white picture again and a white font, this fits with my main colour theme. I have tried to use a heading which will attract people and give people more of an insight into the cover which will hopefully make more people want to read the article.

For the age range my magazine is for (16-25) I think the main appeal is the cover star and who is on the front of the cover page, I think most people, especially young girls, will buy this because it will be their 'celebrity crush' or 'idol' so I made sure this was a good picture. 
Most people said they would pay around £2-£3 for a magazine, this is important as if I put the price any higher than this then many people wouldn't buy it and be put off buying it regularly and may only buy it occasionally, if at all. i think it is important to have quite a low price especially for the age range of 16-25 as many will not have much money and may only have part time jobs, so won't want to pay for magazines if they're over their price limit which they can afford.
This is a picture from google which is the target audience I am aiming at.

The front cover attracts the audience because the title stands out from the cover image. The red background with a white big font stands out because it's a bold colour which younger people will look for.
The red font for the cover story stands out too and the name is in big writing which will attract people who like the person who the cover story is about.
The image will attract the audience because it in black and covers the whole page, which people will look at. When I asked people what attracted them to buying the magazine they mentioned the cover story, so it was important to have a good picture which will stand out and attract the age range of 16-25.
The colour theme all blends together with the use of black, white, red and grey, this makes the magazine look professional and it'll be a contrast from other magazines in the shop which may have bright colours, so this may work in my advantage.

The contents page attracts the audience because again it has used quite a 'young' style. I think the pictures used will attract people towards the page and want to find out what's in the magazine.
The grey boxes at the bottom stand out from the rest of the page which is the part where we want the people to be attracted towards because it's the subscription of the magazine, so people will want to subscribe to the magazine.
The page 17 photo has a white border roud it which contrasts from the photo behind it, this will make people want to read it if they see that they like who it's about and want to read more about it.










The audience will be attracted to this page by the main heading at the top in white because it contrasts from the black background of the photo and the red quote which stands out in the middle of the page as it's the only thing in colour. This will give people an insight to the story and then they may want to read it depending on the quote and who the story is about.