1. Content of Magazine
I analysed various magazines throughout the research process and listed
various elements that professional magazines incorporate. Specifically I
looked at the contents page of ‘Q’ magazine and thought that adapting
the band index would be a good Idea for my own contents page of my
magazine.
I also found that magazines are used to promote sales for various companies
so I decided to incorporate my own advertisements on my front page and
contents page. I tried to relate the advertisements I incorporated to the
genre for example my Noah and the whale advertisement which are a band
highly associated with the genre.
I found that most magazines within my research also used interviews with
famous music artists such as noel Gallagher. Within my magazine I created
an interview with a fictional artist associated with the genre to attract the
target audience and entice them to read the magazine. I also made a
preview interview at the bottom of my contents page which would make the
reader what to look further in the magazine for the full interview.

2. “The ways in which my product represents social groups”.
I represented the social group of mainly boys who are around the ages of
14 – 21. The reason I feel the gender of my social group is mainly boys is
because of the gender of bands and artists I have mentioned in my
magazine. Examples of these include; Noel Gallagher, Liam Gallagher,
Morning runner, Noah and the Whale, Sum 41 and The Kooks are all boy
artists/bands.
I feel that I have constructed this representation by the different elements I
have used such as male artists within the images in the magazine and also
the costuming style (Mise-En-Scene). An example would be the male
image on the contents page as I have used a male artist who is dressed
like an indie rocker with a guitar which should hopefully attract the social
group of musicians and guitar players.
I feel that I could have made improvements on
Language when addressing my social group
As I didn’t really use any specific language other
Than my title ‘REVERB’ which is a musical term that
Sounds dominant.

3. “What Institution would distribute my product and why?”
The research I have carried out around media institutions has enlightened
me on what institutions within the media world distribute and produce music
magazines. If I was to pick an institution to distribute my magazine it would
probably be ‘Bauer Media Group’ who distribute magazines such as ‘Q’ and
‘Kerrang!’
Bauer Media group is run by its headquarters in Hamburg, Germany and their
titles amounts to 38 million magazines weekly. Bauer operates in 15 countries
world wide and were founded in 1875. The industry of the conglomerate is
specifically publishing and broadcasting as they have their own subsidiaries
of Bauer Radio.
The reason I would choose this institution is because the magazines that are
associated with the company are magazines which are of the same genre
as mine such as Q and Kerrang. They are a wide-based global company
and I feel that my magazine would fit well into the company.

4. Audience and the way I have addressed the audience
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5. Technologies that I used
The main software I used to produce my magazine was Microsoft
PowerPoint. I thought this was a suitable piece of software
because it is relatively easy to use with some knowledge of ICT skills
and it can produce a well produced magazine. I could easily scroll
through the pages I had created and importing and editing
pictures was easy. Although it is used for slideshows I have
adopted some of its features and used it in a different and unique
way.
For the images I created I used adobe Photoshop to edit each
shot I used on my magazine. I changed various elements such as
different image colours, contrasts and backgrounds. I also
changed the format of the pictures so they were in the correct
format to use in PowerPoint.
I have used my Sony digital camera to take the images used in my
magazine and simply used the SD card to upload them to my
school computer and add them to Photoshop. I have learned a
lot of useful technology skills like using Photoshop successfully for
the first time. I feel my use of technologies has been good.

6. Improvements from Preliminary task
I feel that the steps I have taken since my preliminary task have been massive.
I have had a better understanding in all aspects of the task such as layout,
colour schemes, fonts styles and content of magazines. I feel that I improved
by carrying out better research and looking at a wider range of professional
magazines.
My Music magazine is in a different league to my school magazine and I feel
it is clearly obvious throughout the process of my music magazine I have
gained a much better understanding of magazines in general. The images
look much more professional on my music magazine as I used a Sony digital
camera rather than an iPhone.
My Music magazine looks much more professional than my school magazine
as I have used a much more magazine natural layout. The school magazine
looked more like a newsletter or leaflet with all the cover lines too neatly
boxed in. I also thought their wasn’t enough on the front cover of my school
magazine and it looked too bear and needed to include more cover lines
and maybe an advertisement. The font styles are more relevant to the genre
with my music magazine and have more of a purpose than my school
magazine