The document discusses the technologies used to construct a magazine as part of a coursework project. It summarizes the learning around Photoshop, InDesign, photography, and lighting. For Photoshop, the student learned new selection tools like the lasso and polygonal lasso. In InDesign, the basics of creating text, importing images, and page layout were discovered. Photography lessons included operating the camera, shots and angles, and using lighting to avoid dark and light areas in photos. Overall the technologies helped produce a more professional magazine.

1. By Chloe Burgin

2. QUESTION 4
WHO WOULD BE THE AUDIENCE FOR
YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT?
To find out who my audience would be, I had to find out information about
Who would be interested in my magazine?, What social group they were in?,
What they like and dislike?, What music they were into? and other information
that would be helpful to know to find an exact target audience.
To find this out, I created a questionnaire. I handed it to several different people
of different genders and slightly different social life’s to see the range of
information
After I took the information from the questionnaire, I decided that teenagers
that were interested in rock were the right choice for my audience. The reason I
decided on this genre and target audience was because it is very popular for
teenagers and as they don’t have much else to spend there money on they will be
likely to buy it if it shows something that interests them. I have also noticed that
the majority of the teenage population enjoy rock magazines and I know of
‘kerrang’ which is a successful rock magazine.
I have also created a readership profile that shows who my audience are, what
their interests are, the age range and social group .etc.

3. QUESTION 4 CONTINUED…
To create a magazine on a particular genre and targeting it at an audience that is interested in that genre of
music meant that you had to find information on how to present that type of magazine. This would include
the audiences dress style, interests, the artist/band and what way to present the language used. Example:
serious .etc.
The clothing and props show
what the genre is and because
The font, colours and masthead of the way they dress and the
would have to suit the genre so that props they are using in the
we can see who it is aimed at. The whole of mise en scene, shows
way things are presented on my us who the target audience are.
magazine will draw in the audience
who I am trying to aim my magazine
at in to buying it because it show
their interests and style.

4. READERSHIP PROFILE
This is my readership profile. It helped me to answer
the question 4 and shows you who my audience
are, what they like and whether or not they liked the
magazine or not.

5. QUESTION 5
HOW DID YOU ATTRACT/ADDRESS
YOUR AUDIENCE?
To attract my audience, I used 3 basic colours that are
contrasting to one another. Red, yellow and black are
colour that together stand out against each other and is
appealing to the eye. It can be very eye catching and make
people look at it when it is on the shelf.
These 3 colour are used throughout the magazine giving
the magazine a ‘house style’ this is a way of making it look
more professional.
The masthead is another way of how I have tried to attract
my audience by it taking a fair bit of room along the top
of the magazine. It is also quite bold and stands out to the
rest of the writing around it. It address the audience to the
genre of music the magazine is based on. As it clearly says
‘Rock Circuit’.
The main image takes up the majority of the space on the magazine. This is to attract the audience. It is the most
dominant image on the page and therefore, it needs to stand out against every other image. The main image of a
magazine is often a celebrity figure and is used to draw the reader in. If they admire the celebrity on the front of the
magazine, they would be likely to buy the magazine and read the article they are in. So it is very important to have a
main feature image as well as the smaller images such as the secondary lead image etc.

6. QUESTION 6
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT ABOUT TECHNOLOGIES
FROM THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING THIS
PRODUCT?
Photoshop
Throughout the process to create my magazine coursework, we have used different programs to construct it so that it looks
very professional.
The First Program we learnt to use was Adobe Photoshop. Although I knew how to work Photoshop from past experience, I
learnt a few new ways of doing things. Such as cutting out using different tools. A few of the ones that were the easiest to use
for me were:
Selection tool – I found this one to be the easiest to
use. This is because you could click and drag the
selection, then press delete.
Lasso Tool – You could use this to draw around the object you
want to delete. Another easy tool to use but took longer than the
selection tool.
The magic wand tool – This tool was similar to the
selection apart from you just had to click and delete.
I already knew how to use the selection and wand tool. However, the lasso, lasso magnetic and polygonal lasso tools were something
that I learnt to use.
I also improved on using the layers in Photoshop.

7. QUESTION 6 CONTINUED…
InDesign
Another program that we used was Adobe InDesign. This program was completely new to me and I hadn’t used it before so I
knew nothing about it.
However, throughout the construction on my magazine I learnt how to use it. I learnt how to create text, import images, chang e
the colour of text and all the basic tools like the shapes etc. I also learnt how to select, resize and move thing around o n the
page.
These tools were to move and select
objects.
This tool creates a text box which then To insert a picture I went
you can write whatever you want to. to file > Place and then
selected the file I wanted
Creates a box that I used to place my to insert into InDesign.
images into.
This tool is used to create a
background.
This tool move the page about.

8. QUESTION 6 CONTINUED…
Photography & Lighting
For this coursework, I had to take my own photos in a photo-shoot for the magazine. In order to do this I had to learn about
the camera and how to work it.
We also needed to work with and learn about the camera shots and angles etc. Then we also had to make sure the lighting was
right so we didn’t have loads of light and dark areas on the face or body and are able to see it clearly. Learning about the
camera techniques helped my to create more professional looking photos.
In my photos I thought it would be best if I had one colour in the background so I used a blue screen and a blank wall.