Treatment

Not many people filled out my audience questionairre, and the people who did were mostly older, and therefore favoured music magazines aimed at their age range. Therefore the questionairre was not that useful to me and so I have decided to create my magazine for a younger age group, and I will ask my friends younger sister, what she would most like to read about. The reason that I have decided to do this is because I used to read young music magazine such as Top of The Pops, so I can relate to what younger people would want ot read about. Also, I do not currently read any music magazines, therefore it would have been difficult to know what attracts people to them.

Treatment Sheet

Target readership: Stargirl is aimed at girls around 11 - 14. They are confident and popular and will often spend a lot of their time hanging around with friends. They will also be watching shows on tv such as X factor and music channels, and maybe going to their first concerts to see bands like Girls Aloud, Mcfly or the Sugababes. The price will be £2 because the target audience will most probably be relying on their parents financially, or using their pocket money to buy it. The magazine will come out every 2 weeks also, so readers willbe kept up to date with all the gossip happening in the music world. Young teenagers will be really interested in it and like reading it and will happily afford new issues when they are released.

My magazine will be A4 size, and will include topics that would interest and entertain young teenage girls, such as; celebrity gossip, popular band interviews, fashion advice to look like their idols, and embarrassing stories. There will also be friendship and love quizes, relating to an everyday teenage girls way of life. Coverlines will be about popular female popstars such as Cheryl Cole or Rhianna, and pinups of young boybands such as JLS. Advice collums from Mcfly, focusing mainly on boys will also be included. There will be alot of information and topics on the cover to make the reader think they are getting alot for their money, and the writing will be in a youthful font and language such as 'OMG', 'LOL' and 'WOW' will be used, to relate as much as possible to the target audience.

I will experiment with colour layouts, but it will probably include alot of stereotypically girly colours such as pink and purple, and bright colours which make the magazine stand out from others. My magazine will also include a free gift, such as make up, to make them want to buy it, and again to make them think that they are getting alot for their money.

Advertisments on the magazine will include fashion brands and make up brands to appeal to young girls, such as Topshop, New Look, Max Factor and Sketchers etc. Also music related companys such as HMV.

The editorial team will be made up of experienced writers, mostly women around the age of 25. Readers of the magazine will also be give an opportunity to contribute their ideas, and to get a males perspective on things, the writers from the magazine BreakAway magazine will contribute to the magazine everyweek. The aim is to bring in fresh ideas for the target audience, but still having some experienced writers for reliability.