finished problem page

planning

my magazines target audience

my problem page is for a sixth form magazine. the page I'm creating for this project is the problem page this means that the target audience would be for the ages of the sixth form 16-18. to keep my target audience interested in the magazine and keep reading it the content will have to relate to them to them in a certain way for example things that have been going on at school that other people they know have written in the magazine asking for help for a problem they have for example being stressed about exams or how they are losing sleep or bullying ect.

          

           i believe that the majority of the readers would be female. this is because a lot of females are more interested in others problems. i can back this up by other professional problem pages in famous magazines. they are nearly always female targeted. Most males don't really care about other peoples problems but if its people they know, they might be a little more interested. 

for someone to be very interested in a problem page would have to be a very chatty or gossipy person. i believe that people who read problem pages either read them for something to talk about or read them to make other peoples problems make the reader feel better about themselves. my guess that the readers interests would be watching similar things on TV related to other peoples problems in everyday life e.g. made in Chelsea,the only way is essex. other more extreme problems like the jeremy kyle show.   

problem page analysing

 

mock page

   

problem page analysis

problem page 1.

* there is many stories but focuses on one main one which has the most gossip and would draw in the target audience. in this case mothers and grandmothers.
* A question and answer way of presenting the artical. Half the probelm is a question from a member of the public. the othe half an answer from a professional relationship counsellor.
* a picture relating to the problem e.g. a woman looking depresed.
*the layout is presented in collums.
*female targeted audience.
*feminine colours to draw woman to the page e.g. turquoise,pink,purple.
*an advert at the bottom of the page to reasure the reader that they can get answers to their problem if felt needed.
* a picture of the woman who will answer the questions. in this case its Lucy hunter.
* the text to the question is usually different to the answer.
* under the pictures there is a little sentence to summarise the artical. e.g. "stay positive though the hard times"


problem page 2.

* lots of stories. no main story.
* all the articals are in different shapes to mark the articals out obviously.
* a picture of a woman that answers all the questions. in this case its suzie hayman.
* a picture relating to the artical but not all the time.
* feminine colours to draw the attention to woman
* a small advert at the bottom of the page giving information on howe to write to the magazine and get your questions answered.
* the page has been split in half.
* the mast head is not very prominent. quite hidden in the corner.
*written in collums



problem page 3.

* not very as many articals as the others but a lot more content.
* a large photo of the man answering the questions. in this icase its DR Christian
* a stapline at the top of the page telling readers what the page is on
* a mast head of the name of the man answering questions
* an interveiw of a celebrity questioning their health. next to it a picture of the celebity.
* no picture related to the artical
* a question and answer way of writing the artical with the question text a different colour to the answer text.
* a small advert with informationh on how to write to the magazine.
* things that have been in the news that are related to the page
* a slogan  under the mast head