analyse two magazines

• who are the audience

1. age 
2. gender
3. socio economic group 

• what elements suggest this is the audience?

Horse and hound is a high class magazine aimed at mainly the owners of horses more than the owners of dogs, but does feature articles regarding canine care and sports. this magazine is aimed mainly at people in the socio economic grouping of B-C2 based on that people below that range would not be able to afford a horse or care much for the olympics and equestrian sport from the articles mentioning dressage and an image of the olympic rings. though this magazine is considered higher class it appears to be aimed at people who may have recently bought a horse or may be inexperienced in caring for a horse from the sub article 'can you prove you own your horse' providing a rhetorical question and enigma code that may be important to new horse owners to entice them to buy the magazine and find out; it also provides another enigma code as a news exclusive of 'how this wired winter has been affecting horses' making the audience curiuos weather or not it is important of just trivial entertainment. in regards to gender i believe that this is a unisex magazine that may have been initially intended to male audiences based mainly of the tile 'Horse and hound' suggesting that it has links to hunting sports that are primarily male dominated, the reason it appears more unisex is the use of a female model dressed in appropriate riding apparel and also the bottom article of 'the fence made of cupcakes' which would clearly have mostly female interest.    

15-40
mostly male
c1 downwards

Imagine FX is an art magazine featuring artists from around the world and techniques regarding digital, mixed and traditional media though is mainly digital. the gender group of this magazine is mainly unisex but does often appeal more to a male audience due to the sexualisation of female characters and si-fi themes, though mainly appealing ti males this Imagine FX  volume does also appeal to female audiences mainly due to the purple text that often has connotations to magic  and the swirling text that supports this.though the fact that s magazine is both a fantasy/si-fi and a primarily digital art magazine does mean the socio economic grouping might not go above C1.

analyse two film posters

• who are the audience

1. age 
2. gender
3. socio economic group 
4. what elements suggest this is the audience?

• what is the narrative/genre of the film? why do you think this is

Van Helsing 

Van Helsing is a film aimed at people who are around the age of 15-30, this is suggested form many of the aspects of the poster, the most obvious hint is the sexualised female character standing next to but also behind Van Helsing (Hugh Jackman), she is wearing heels and corset, which is very impractical if she intends to fight but vey appealing to the male audience, the way she stands and  her possession of a sword suggest that she is a strong female character and more likely to be a love interest and finally being in the second vertical line of thirds also draws attention to her. Van Helsing himself also   gives an understanding of the age range mainly due to the weapons he is carrying and his dark clothing suggesting that he would kill anyone/anything his way which is mainly popular among the younger audiences, he is also aligned with the first vertical line, while he's face aligns with the first horizontal and weapons with the second horizontal. the thing giving away the age range is the genre itself that displays itself via the background which displays a werewolf, frankenstine's monster and vampires, but also shows an old castle clearly showing this is a medieval based fantasy movie appealing to male audiences of C and below socio-economic viewing.

as visible from the dark colours illuminated by burning buildings Godzilla is a disaster movie featuring giant monsters that can crumble cities with ease, movies like these usually appeal to people between the age of 18-35 that still love to see things that get destroyed and blown up. this film is also a classic remake so may appeal to people outside of the target audience such as people over 35 who may have been fans of the older movies. for the same reasons stated above, Godzilla mainly appeals to a male audience because of the dark colours and fire, though the colour of the title and the fires also suggest that the audience is male because of the connotations of the red title and the fires suggests death and destruction. Despite Godzilla being a classic it is a mainstream film meaning that it would not go above a C audience in terms of social economic viewing.