2. In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media?
RIOT! Is a unique magazine which I feel challenges the male
dominated music magazine audience. It does this by having a
female out take on punk/rock music , and celebrating female artists
which do not get enough credit or recognition in the media. My
front cover does this mainly by my centre image, a girl being
supported by boys but being held high – this shows girl power, but
being un bias with the support of boys. My contents supports this
motion of femininity and fun with the laid back easy to read format
and comical photos of the band (showing not everything about rock
is dead serious.) And finally the interview on my double page
spread reveals how laid back a band with a female singer is! I
wanted a female magazine which was modern, edgy and
humourous.
3. How does your media product represent particular social
groups?
My magazine represents many different social groups, from people
who are unsure about there identity to those who express
themselves in unique ways, its a magazine that doesn’t judge anyone
and helps girls discover there identity through music. A girl with
music interests such as pop would not read this magazine, purely
because I didn’t want a mainstream conservative audience reading
my magazine. My serif fonts through out represent the edgy and
exciting content my magazine has. Beth has pink hair in my
images, i think this helps distinguish the punk genre of my
magazine.
4. What kind of media institution might distribute your media
product and why?
I would get the distributor BAUER to manage my magazine, because
my magazine closely resembles KERRANG, I believe this distributor
has all the knowledge on how to make my magazine a global thing.
BAUER reaches out to over 9 million of the world. In my media pack
I carefully chose brands that related to my magazine and its
genre, e.g. Shockwaves, BAUER media uses Shockwaves to
synergise with its brands. I believe my magazine would benefit
BAUER, because it would give them a female audience to a NEW
type of magazine
5. Who would be the audience for your media products?
My ideal audience for my magazine would be
• Women aging from 17-28
• In education, working at a radio station e.g. JackFM or studying
drama at UNI
• Working class
• Outgoing
• Politically a Liberal Democrat – believing in equality
• Unique style
• Confident loves rock gigs and CD signings
6. How did you attract/address your audience?
I attracted my audience by my bright bold colour scheme and my
interesting fonts used on my front cover. The pink hair on my model
increased interest from readers as it is a statement and also very eye
catching. I also included recognised bands on the front cover which
would enable my audience to read and relate to. This should of
triggered an interest straight away. My advertisement of free festival
tickets to be won also should have encouraged my audience to
consume my magazine. The ideology for my magazine is for it to
represent culture and young people in the 21stcentury, in a positive
way which focuses on the things which will inspire young girls to
ultimately offer girls role models , people who they can look up too.
Lady Gaga – Pink hair
7. What have you learnt about technologies from the process
of constructing this product?
I have learnt so much by using photo shop to create my magazine.
I learnt how to put text onto a background using the eraser tool
How too change the look of photos
And how to merge images together
8. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you
have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
From my preliminary task to my full product I feel have improved and achieved so
much. When I first used photo shop my skills were very limited, from then I
have learned how to create a magazine cover, contents and double page spread!
I’ve learnt research is key, without the research I did, my knowledge of the
music magazine market wouldn’t have been so precise. Through my emulation
process this allowed me to make my magazine to look as professional as
possible. Also my images were better quality and were much more interesting
compared to my preliminary photographs. A slide I didn't include is the skills I
learnt from the start of the year and how they improved up until now, at the
beginning of the year I had never used photo shop, so from the preliminary task
compared to my full product I hope to have demonstrated my improved skills
use of photo shop. Technically I learnt how to make a photo look better quality
using the image adapting tool, I also learnt how to sharpen blur and burn
images and adapt text so the images and text would submerge got to know my
target audience through research and my media pack which enabled me to know
what to write about and what style to adapt. Due to my choices of font, colours
and photos I was able to create a punk rock genre magazine with all the right
skills.
