2. Q1. IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE
FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?
I tried to make my media product look as much as a music magazine as I could by using
coordinated (red, white and black). This mirrors the magazine I have used as an example
bellow. You can see the magazine title is in red matching the colour of the celebrity's hair.
On my magazine I used red for the main title and also added red into the sub titles. I put a
twist on my magazine and used two people for the cover unlike most magazines that only
use one main person. I thought this would make my magazine a bit individual and stand
out. The main image on my magazine I told the people to give eye contact with the
camera therefore creating a bold image and hard to miss. They also are both pulling a
mutual face with no facial expressions as if they are hiding something to attract the
audience into reading the magazine. The male gaze applies here for females and males
because there is two people of both genders on the cover representing it is a unisex
magazine. To make this seem more of a real magazine I added the price and a barcode to
the cover to show this.
I think I was successful in creating my magazine to
look real because of what I added to it the only
fault I would say is that the font is quite boring I
could of used more creative font to make it more
interesting and bold.

3. I don’t think I did very well on my content
make realistic wise because of the use of
colours and pictures unlike this content
page from Billboard magazine which is full
with information, the pictures are in good
quality and it is a very clean crisp look. The
problem with my content page is I tried to
cram in too much information making the
page look messy. I added a song chart of
the “top ten tunes” of the week to add more
interest to the contents page just like
Billboard magazine did. I added a lot of
colour to the page picture wise creating a
bold image but also unrealistic and quite
childish. For the contents header I used the
font “urban jungle” symbolising the music
genre is an urban style for teenagers who
enjoy that type of music. I used teenage
language on this page to keep more up to
style with kids between the ages of 15-18
such as “ditches” I also used many
describing words to draw the audience in
such as “explosive tour” creating an
exciting story inside.

4. My double page spread is my favrioute page in my
magazine mostly because it is very bold and
interesting it catches the audiences attention
straight away because of the use of colour. I used
the main image to cover both pages creating it to
stand out and bold colours. This also fills the page
up so there are no gaps. All the focus is on these
two individuals so using it as the background makes
it obvious and you know its about them. The title
“shavannah” is a mix of Shaun and savannah I used
this technique because it is very modern and shows
that they are a couple. I reused the urban jungle
font and the colour is the same as Shaun's hat he is
wearing in the picture creating connections. Instead
of just adding information about the celebrity's that
everybody knows already I added an interview to
get into their personal lives that people will want to
read and want to know. The language in the
interview is very modern so you can tell a young
person is asking all the questions this will appeal to
the young audience. I used different coloured text
for the interviewer than shavannah to make it more
clear who is talking and not.

5. Q2. HOW DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT REPRESENT PARTICULAR SOCIAL GROUPS?
There are three different social groups I am going to aim on that is age,
gender and class:
Age- Mostly teenagers will appeal to this particular magazine because of the
pictures and language I have used in the text. As you can see from the cover
photo the two people modelling are dressed in trendy clothing such as the
denim jacket also the makeup on the girl is bold this mostly appeals to
teenage girls because they will idolise the girl in the main image this is also
good for the clothing company because it is advertising there items to young
females and males. The language used in the magazine is very modern and
easy for teenagers to understand instead of using complicated words. The
language is also similar to text language which teenagers with be familiar
with.
Gender- The music within the magazine is for both male and females it
includes rap/hiphop attracting the male gaze but also pop music for females.
The fact that this magazine is unisex is a good idea because it appeals to
more people therefore more buyers. The images I have used in the
magazine include both sexes representing it is a unisex magazine which is
quite popular in magazine unlike one with only female models which is more
like a fashion magazine.
Class- my magazine represents the working class because the type of music
in my magazine is very popular. This classes language involves slang such
as swearing and modern words which is included in my magazine and the
music involved. The music mirrors the working class as in the lyrics of them
starting at the bottom working there way up this is a very popular type of
story line to a rap song. The clothing involved is very high street nothing
designer again mirroring the working class as in they don’t regularly buy
expensive clothing but high street stores such as topshop.

6. Q3. WHAT KIND OF MEDIA INSTITUTION MIGHT DISTRIBUTE YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT AND
WHY?
I think the media institute that would distribute my
media product would be Bauer media because it
sells music similar to what is included within my
magazine which suits it well and it is a large media
company selling worldwide which would be good
for my magazine and create a successful buy.

7. Q4. WHO WOULD BE THE AUDIENCE FOR YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT?
The audience for my media product would be
mostly teens from the ages of 16-20 this is mostly
down to the type of music that is presented with in
the magazine that teens would enjoy unlike
younger or older people. As you can see from the
magazine cover there is older people modelling
the front cover representing it is a magazine for
older people. In my double page spread the
language I use is as if a teenager has written it
because it isn’t in that good English writing but
also not in child like writing. I think the cost of my
magazine is very important I chose an affordable
and fair price at £2.99 so it isn’t too expensive and
all classes can afford it.

8. Q5. HOW DID YOU ATTRACT/ ADDRESS YOUR AUDIENCE?
I attracted my audience mostly from the front cover. I chose to put the main picture in
black and white so the main header and sub headings would stand out so I chose to
write it in a red, bold colour and also use capitals so it will catch buyers attention. By
using these colours I think I made the magazine more classy and not using bright multi
colours which shows a childish side. The models I used would attract males and also
females because of how I used two models on the front cover representing it is a
unisex magazine and will stand out to both
Audiences therefore more buyers and making more
profit. To improve my magazine cover to draw in more
buyers I would of added a free gift/ token on the front
cover because public love free gifts and if a magazine
has an extra it stands out drawing in more people.

9. Q6. WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT ABOUT TECHNOLOGIES FROM THE PROCESS OF
CONSTRUCTING THIS PRODUCT?
The technology I used to create my blog and magazine are a camera, voice
recorder, tumblr, Photoshop and survey monkey.
Camera- I used the camera to take the pictures for my front cover, content page
and double page spread. I used a good camera for this (canon 550D) to make
the pictures stand out and vibrant unlike a bad camera that would create the
pictures dull and fuzzy.
Voice recorder- I used the voice recorder to interview a person and find out
there views on magazine for example what type of magazine do they like, what
stands out to them when buying a magazine etc.
Tumblr- I used this blogging site to present all my work because it presents it in
a nice and organised way so it is easy to find everything and see what is what.
And it also gives you different options to present your work it to make it look
neat.
Photoshop- Photoshop is the most important technology I used for my
magazine. I used it to create every page of my magazine to present the pages
in an interesting and factual way. Photoshop has many ways in which it let me
create my magazine for example when I created the models to be on top of the
main header I used layering for this.
Survey monkey- Survey monkey was a great help to develop my magazine it
allowed me to see the opinions of the public on magazines so I knew how to
create mine there where question such as what is your favrioute genre of
music?, how old are you?.

10. Q7. LOOKING BACK AT YOUR PRELIMINARY TASK WHAT DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE LEARNT
IN THE PROGRESSION FROM IT TO THE FULL PRODUCT?
By creating this magazine it has let me see what makes a good magazine.
The fact I did some research and looked at different magazines helped a
lot I could see what fonts and images they used that matched the genre of
music. I noticed from all different magazines all the models are dressed in
modern high street clothing to attract the audience so I took this in mind
and choice my models to be attractive and wear nice clothing I also found
out from my interview that people get attention from magazine covers from
the models. Which helped me a lot to develop my magazine.

11. I learnt a lot about layout while developing my magazine. Using an image for the
overall background of a page is a lot more successful then just a plain boring
background. It adds more interest for the readers. For my double page spread I used
transparent boxes for the text so it was easy to read for the buyers but also have an
attractive page. The font is
A very important factor of a
magazine because it creates the
headings to stand out if a naff font
was used not many readers would
see the main title of the page but
using a bright bold one creates it
more interesting. I used the font
“urban jungle” because it suited
my genre of song choice and the
models on the background. You
can see that I used the same
colour for the font as the male
models hat is. This adds the
colour theme to the page. A lot of
research helped me massively for
developing the layout by looking
at different magazine double page
spreads.