In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
After looking at diferent music magazines and their conventions I created my own music magazine. My magazine follows many conventions of the magazines which I have analysed for example the mast head is on the top left hand corner of the front cover. This is so that the magazine title can be seen when magazines are stacked on shop shelves. Also, the mast head is a short one word title which is memorable. I have included the price and barcode which is conventional, purely for necessity rather than appearance values. The main headline is in the centre and right justifed. The text is, large and bold with some different colour backgrounds for emphasis. This headline text being the largest on the page is conventional of every magazine. And the word 'exclusive' is often seen on magazines as an incentive for people to buy this particular magazine, as the consumer believes that they are getting something from this magazine that they will get from no other magazine. Down the left hand side of the front cover is all of the subtitles for other articles within the magazine. It is a convention of other articles from within the magazine to be titled on the front cover, and are predominantly placed down the left hand side of the page. The image also follows the conventions of magazines as it shows the main feature artist and this takes over most of the page. However, conventionally magazines also have smaller images for inside articles. The magazine 'Rolling Stone' does not follow this convention and neither did my music magazine. I think that this would work better and not distract from the main article. Instead of having lots of images, like 'Rolling Stone' I chose to use more subheadings. The contents page is quite conventional as it contains an image that is not too distracting as the purpose of the page is informative. The lay out of my double page spread follows those I analysed earlier in NME. It is conventional in having a large headline and large focus image and then smaller text for the main article with a pull quote to give a rough idea of what is in the article. The pull quote almost has the effect of a highlight, giving a preview.
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
This media product aims to represent those in the music industry within the genre of popular music, and also fans of this music. The aim of any magazine is to represent their particular social group positively. I have done this mainly within my double page spread with the topics covered within the interview. I have tried to portray the represented social group positively with the use of bright colours and topics suggested in the contents page.
Who would be the audience for your media product?
How did you attract/address your audience?
People who like this style of music and are interested in things such as new releases will also be the target audience. My magazine is predominantly targeting females who are possibly in there late teens. Unlike the majority of current pop magazines, I have chosen not to aim this magazine at younger teenagers as the market for this already appears to be quite saturated. Instead I have chosen to create this magazine which covers more mature themes yet still has quite a young, quirky appearance shown through the 'wobbly' fonts. This can be seen in the colours used on the front cover, the title 'melody' also seems quite feminine, as do the topics covered within the magazine. The colours of the magazine are predominantly reds and pinks which are stereotypically feminine colours, and also the female on the front shows how the magazine feature is going to be about a female. Having the main feature about a popular female when the target audience is females, could help attract the teenage girl audience as she may be there idol, they may be interested in her and aspire to be like her. Also they maybe able to relate to what she is saying within her interview. On the front cover of the magazine, one of the features is also quite a feminine topic with regards to pop stars personal lives rather than just there music.
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
The magazine would be distributed by a publisher which could include Bauer (formally known as EMAP), IPC or Future. I think that my magazine would be best suited to IPC as they have already have a range of magazines targeted at females, and they also have a range of music magazines, however they do not have a music magazine aimed particularly at females. Therefore they have a gap within there target markets. IPC therefore have experience in both areas of this magazine making them a suitable choice. Their current magazines are also well known and highly popular showing these to be good publishers.
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of the constructing this product?
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
In the process of constructing this product, I have learnt a lot about the use of computer software such as Photoshop, Publisher and Word. I have realised how design choices such as layout, fonts, or colouring really can affect the final product and how the smallest thing can make a big difference. I believe that carrying out the preliminary task helped with my main task as it made me more familiar with the software I was using, therefore making my final piece better than if I were to be using the software for the first time.
After completing my final products and having them evaluated I decided to make a few alterations however due to computer restrictions this was possible. My magazine was designed and made on a free trial of a programme and the trial has since expired making it impossible to make any future edits to the magazine. If I had the option of making alterations I would choose to move the main image downwards slightly on the front cover to reveal more of the mast head. However, if this were a well established magazine, covering part of the mast head would not pose a problem as it would be easily recognised even if only partially visible. I would also change some of the fonts for the smaller feature articles to make them more feminine and rounded. On the contents page, I would have added more content to the magazine so that the magazine appeared more full rather than the current contents page which only goes up to page 22. This seems like very few pages of what a magazine should have, and not worth the £2.80 shown on the front cover.
Within the preliminary task I did not have this priduct after using a different programme. However within my main task I chose not to use the same programme as I did not have easy access to it.
After looking at diferent music magazines and their conventions I created my own music magazine. My magazine follows many conventions of the magazines which I have analysed for example the mast head is on the top left hand corner of the front cover. This is so that the magazine title can be seen when magazines are stacked on shop shelves. Also, the mast head is a short one word title which is memorable. I have included the price and barcode which is conventional, purely for necessity rather than appearance values. The main headline is in the centre and right justifed. The text is, large and bold with some different colour backgrounds for emphasis. This headline text being the largest on the page is conventional of every magazine. And the word 'exclusive' is often seen on magazines as an incentive for people to buy this particular magazine, as the consumer believes that they are getting something from this magazine that they will get from no other magazine. Down the left hand side of the front cover is all of the subtitles for other articles within the magazine. It is a convention of other articles from within the magazine to be titled on the front cover, and are predominantly placed down the left hand side of the page. The image also follows the conventions of magazines as it shows the main feature artist and this takes over most of the page. However, conventionally magazines also have smaller images for inside articles. The magazine 'Rolling Stone' does not follow this convention and neither did my music magazine. I think that this would work better and not distract from the main article. Instead of having lots of images, like 'Rolling Stone' I chose to use more subheadings. The contents page is quite conventional as it contains an image that is not too distracting as the purpose of the page is informative. The lay out of my double page spread follows those I analysed earlier in NME. It is conventional in having a large headline and large focus image and then smaller text for the main article with a pull quote to give a rough idea of what is in the article. The pull quote almost has the effect of a highlight, giving a preview.
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
This media product aims to represent those in the music industry within the genre of popular music, and also fans of this music. The aim of any magazine is to represent their particular social group positively. I have done this mainly within my double page spread with the topics covered within the interview. I have tried to portray the represented social group positively with the use of bright colours and topics suggested in the contents page.
Who would be the audience for your media product?
How did you attract/address your audience?
People who like this style of music and are interested in things such as new releases will also be the target audience. My magazine is predominantly targeting females who are possibly in there late teens. Unlike the majority of current pop magazines, I have chosen not to aim this magazine at younger teenagers as the market for this already appears to be quite saturated. Instead I have chosen to create this magazine which covers more mature themes yet still has quite a young, quirky appearance shown through the 'wobbly' fonts. This can be seen in the colours used on the front cover, the title 'melody' also seems quite feminine, as do the topics covered within the magazine. The colours of the magazine are predominantly reds and pinks which are stereotypically feminine colours, and also the female on the front shows how the magazine feature is going to be about a female. Having the main feature about a popular female when the target audience is females, could help attract the teenage girl audience as she may be there idol, they may be interested in her and aspire to be like her. Also they maybe able to relate to what she is saying within her interview. On the front cover of the magazine, one of the features is also quite a feminine topic with regards to pop stars personal lives rather than just there music.
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
The magazine would be distributed by a publisher which could include Bauer (formally known as EMAP), IPC or Future. I think that my magazine would be best suited to IPC as they have already have a range of magazines targeted at females, and they also have a range of music magazines, however they do not have a music magazine aimed particularly at females. Therefore they have a gap within there target markets. IPC therefore have experience in both areas of this magazine making them a suitable choice. Their current magazines are also well known and highly popular showing these to be good publishers.
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of the constructing this product?
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
In the process of constructing this product, I have learnt a lot about the use of computer software such as Photoshop, Publisher and Word. I have realised how design choices such as layout, fonts, or colouring really can affect the final product and how the smallest thing can make a big difference. I believe that carrying out the preliminary task helped with my main task as it made me more familiar with the software I was using, therefore making my final piece better than if I were to be using the software for the first time.
After completing my final products and having them evaluated I decided to make a few alterations however due to computer restrictions this was possible. My magazine was designed and made on a free trial of a programme and the trial has since expired making it impossible to make any future edits to the magazine. If I had the option of making alterations I would choose to move the main image downwards slightly on the front cover to reveal more of the mast head. However, if this were a well established magazine, covering part of the mast head would not pose a problem as it would be easily recognised even if only partially visible. I would also change some of the fonts for the smaller feature articles to make them more feminine and rounded. On the contents page, I would have added more content to the magazine so that the magazine appeared more full rather than the current contents page which only goes up to page 22. This seems like very few pages of what a magazine should have, and not worth the £2.80 shown on the front cover.
Within the preliminary task I did not have this priduct after using a different programme. However within my main task I chose not to use the same programme as I did not have easy access to it.
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