Genre

The genre my project is going to follow is music magazine. My music magazines genre is pop. Pop is one of the most known genres in the music industry. My music magazine is a hybrid as it is a pop magazine plus celebrity gossip. This is known as genres with sub genres, such as music magazine with lifestyle magazines. I have chosen to do this because most teenagers like music and celebrity gossip, so my magazine will appeal to many teenagers. My target audience is for young girls to teenagers, mainly in the age range of 13-18. I have chosen this age range of 13-18 year old girls as they mainly buy celebrity magazines as they are interested in the fashion and what is happening with their favorite celebrity, also in the ages 13-18 music becomes a major part of their lives so many will buy music magazines. By creating a hybrid music magazine, it means that my audience can buy music magazines with celebrity gossip.
The conventions of my genre are researched. The characters are typical, new girl group, under 20, which can appeal to younger girls as role models. The mise en scene of my genre is young and the style of the new girl group is he latest fashion. The props of my girl group are make-up and jewelry, which are the main props that show the age of the girl group.
The genre I have chosen to research and create my project around is known worldwide. Some of the biggest bands, for example, Girls Aloud and The Saturdays are bands from my genre and they appeal to young girls as well as teenagers as role models and style icons.
My unique selling point is the fact that not many pop magazines are hybrid. Many are just music magazines or music magazines with fashion but not many have celebrity news as their sub genre. Graham Burton comments on how the unique selling point of genres makes the genre text the same but different. He said, “Genres are created through a process of repetition and recognition leading to anticipation and expectation.” Also, Nick Lacey also comments on how genres change. He said, “The same but different.”