Codes & Conventions of Sixth Form Magazines

Codes and Conventions 
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Target Audience

The target audience for sixth form magazines are primarily sixth form students, as they can relate to the articles, being students themselves, in the socio-economic group E. The psychographic is mostly 'aspirers' who are described as people who seek status which means they have strong ambitions and want to succeed. For example, the main image will relate to its audience by having a photograph of a student. 

The secondary audience are people who would only read the magazine if they are given it, or connected to the primary audience in some way. The secondary audience for sixth form magazines are parents of the students, or other family members and some friends, since they may be recommended it.

Representation

The sixth form magazines are always represented in a positive light, as of the purpose is to show people what the sixth form is like. Usually in the main image, students are shown with a happy expression, as well as school achievements which reinforces this representation.

Sixth Form Magazine Examples

Sixth Form Magazine Examples from bethanyjmoss

Vogue Textual Analysis

When I start researching and planning for my music magazine, I will need carry out a few textual analysis's to identify codes and conventions of music magazines. Here, I have analysed the codes and conventions of 'Vogue' magazine. It is not a music magazine but some elements are consistent over all genres of magazines, like the masthead for example.

Shot Types

These storyboards show the most useful and important types of shots. It was a fun task and useful to experiment with different shots and also, I can use these storyboards to help me decide which types I will use for my sixth form and music magazines.

My Name in Pictures

BETH

'B'... Birthday

'E'... Eat

'T'... Technology

'H'... Hair

This task enabled taking photographs which relate to each letter of my name. I think that it was good practice using the camera and I learnt how to use different settings on the camera which was extremely useful, and will be when taking photos for my sixth form and music magazines.