My ideal reader for my magazine.

This is my ideal reader. The models style matches the genre that i want my magazine to be. She has stereotypical features of a so called 'Greb' but also has her individual characteristics.

Readers of my magazine are likely to :

• Have facial Piercings.
• Wear skinny jeans.
• Have side fringes.
• lots of eye make up.
• wear dark colours mixed with few really bright colours.
• Dark hair backcombed maybe?
• want to be seen as individual.

Investigating two music magazines (Rocksound)

I have also chosen to base my music magazine on some of the themes within Rock Sound

For my research i have taken some inforation from Rock sound's website,

Over the years Rock Sound has changed it's layout many times. The first ever issue of Rocksound was released in March 1999, however i was unable to find the outside front cover of this and the earliest issue i could find was June 1999 (on the left). Rock Sound has progressed through the years and now looks like this (on the right). The Magazine when it first started had a banner behind the title of the magazine and now with modern technology has evolved to putting peoples heads over the top of the title, they can only do this as it is so well recognised. If it wasnt well recognised people would not pick it up so easily. The Title of the magazine is self explanatory as it states the genre of music that it is about in the title. Throughout all the issues of Rock Sound i have seen there is a lot of bold and bright colours used and contrasted with dark colours. For example the issue above using black and pink. Rock Sound is a British magazine which features alternative music. The magazine aims at being more 'underground' and less commercial whilst continuing to still feature more well known acts. The Uk Edition of Rock Sound was launched in march 1999 by the French publisher Editions Freeway, who had already published the magazine in France.

Just like Kerrang, Rock Sound appears very cluttered throughout the magazine. It even had its own trademarks through the magazine, for example the fonts and colours are all similar, and only consists of a colour scheme of white, black and red which keeps it looking consistant and formal throught the article.

Deconstructing celebrities images.

Many stars today take various different approaches to how they live their lifestyles and how they wish to be portrayed through the media, some wish to be seen as outrageous and live their lives through the media, whereas others wish to live their private lives away the limelight.

In todays world the majority of people have heard of Lady Gaga this is because:

• She wears outrages outfits.
• goes overboard with her make up and hair styles.
• lives the life of a rockstar (with drink and drugs) even though she is not thought of being under that genre.
• She tries too hard not to fit in.
• Gets the attention from the public from through stories in the paper of magazines. For example her illness Lupus, and also through the differentoutfits she wears like the meat dress or bubble dress.
  
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  Most modern rock stars are not that well known as rock music these days is not considered to be 'mainstream'. These days rock stars tend to live their life outside the limelight and prefer their lives this way.

He fits the typical rock genre because:

• Of the clothes he wears his skinny jeans and 'drop dead' t shirt.
• The style of his hair (side fringe).
  
• The way he is stood even shows that he is a rock star as he looks confidant.
• the way he is posed with his fist clenched around the microphone which looks slightly aggressive.
• He has tattoos (not that in these pictures they are showing).
• He tends to stage dive into the crowd.
• Violent pose crouched down to show passion for the music.
• You can't see it in this picture but he is wearing another bands t shirt which is an example of intertextuality.