Planning task:

Task 1: Case study

        

         1)  There are 4 colours in the “Q” magazine which are Black, Red, White and Grey.

     

        2)Black and red connotes fear and white and grey connotes good music and eye catching features.

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         3)  The colour black and red is used to draw a masculine fearful attention and this appeals to the target audience because in my opinion the target audience is males from the age of 15 to 30 because not very young boys from this generation will be interested in these types of magazines, furthermore the targeted audience would want to look at the magazine and instantly have an interest. Having said that the colour red could sometimes attract females.

The colour white and the colour grey are both used to support key cover lines and the title of the magazine to stand out and white is also used to show the characters teeth in a scary  vampire looking image on the magazine front page which can also link to the colour red and blood (biting vampire).

       

      4)  The colour black is used to emphasise fear but also the background in the magazine and characters appearance. This could attract the target audience through the interpretation of fearful music. The colour red is not used often however it’s used for the background of the Title of the magazine “Q” and a background of a cover line. The colours white and grey are used to emphasise names of the types of music and names of characters featured in the magazine also used to show the words “Free music” which is written right above the title of the magazine. This could be very effective and significantly attract the target audience because of the fact that money is not needed for the music as it says.

      5)  Throughout the magazine the main colours are extremely similar to the colours on the front page however the colours blue and yellow are present several times through pages in the magazine. The colour black is used throughout the whole of the magazine for the writing with a white Background to make the writing stand out. The colours red and yellow are mainly used to make certain things stand out like charities, hospitals ETC. This will attract the audience because everything in the magazine that needs to be seen is clearly made look attractive and eye catching.