The document discusses the conventions and techniques used in creating a music magazine. It describes following conventions such as including artist quotes on the front cover, using color schemes like red, white and black, and placing the artist name in bold. However, it also challenges some conventions by using grey for the masthead instead of black and writing artist names in red. The document reflects on learning skills like Photoshop and how to improve photos using a cannon camera. Overall it examines the balance of following and challenging conventions to create an appealing music magazine.

3. My final production of
my front cover, follows a
number of conventions
of other magazines
within the music genre
for example, the main
image is a mid close up,
another convention is the
colour scheme used, red
white and black which
are colours used
regularly on magazines.
Another convention i
have followed is that i
have included a quote
from the artist on the
front cover, we usually
see this on Q magazines
covers and is a good
method of drawing the
audience in and making
them want to read on
more. Having the name
of the artist on the front
cover in bold is also
another convention i
have followed.

4. The conventions that my
contents page follows are that i
have an index of artists of names
and page numbers also i have
used one main image of the
artist who has the main story
inside. Also my main image is in
black and white a convention
seen used on NME magazine.
Another convention is that i have
put an advertisement at the
bottom of the page to sign up to
receive a weekly copy of the
magazine, i wrote this in yellow
as i thought it contrasted the
black background well and made
it stand out more on the page .
However the ways that my
contents page challenged the
conventions is that i chose to use
a dark grey instead of black for
my masthead and cell lines. I
chose to write the artist names in
red to make them more eye
catching and appealing to the
audience.

5. My double paged spread
follows conventions of
other music magazines
as i have the story
written on the right hand
side of the page in three
columns. However i have
chosen to challenge the
convention of the colour
of writing as i have
written mine in white
instead of black, as i
think white stands out
more against the picture
background. Another
convention that i
followed was that i
included an image of the
artist that the story is
about.

6. I have followed the codes and conventions of
other magazines as it has helped me to identify
what appeals to my target audience of teenagers
and young adults between the age of 16-27 both
men and women. My unisex target audience was
shown by my colour scheme using colours such as
white, red, black and yellow which appeal to both
sexes.
I have used theorists to help me represent my
models for example Kilbournes theory of models
having perfect hair and make-up.

8. My magazine represents both males and females, i
have managed to represent males by using a female
on the front cover however the women haven’t been
made to look like a sex object as the model was
covered up going against wolfs theory so it also
appeals to women also i have included a range of
artist within my magazine for example Ben Howard
and Birdy which means it appeals to a larger target
audience. I have also managed to represent different
social groups through my colour scheme by using
colours that appeal to both sexes for example the
black, white and red. The range of artist featured
inside my magazine also means that my magazine
will appeal to a larger age group.

10.  In my opinion i think the best institution to distribute my
media product would be ‘BAUER media’ as it distributes indie
and alternative products similar to my magazine. BAUER has
distribute other magazines such as Kerrang and Empire.
 The reason i think the institution would be interested in my
magazine is that it has a similar target audience to the other
magazines distributed by the institution and my magazine
has a similar indie theme to the other magazines distributed
by BAUER.
 Research has shown me that ‘BAUER media’ has distributed
over 300 magazines world wide, making it a very successful
institution making it a good distributer for my magazine.
 I did look at other institutions such as ‘IPC media’ the
institution that distributes NME magazine however i thought
that most magazines distributed were aimed at a female
audience, where as my magazine is aimed at a unisex
audience.

12.  The target audience for my magazine is both females
and males between the ages of 16-27.
 The way that i aimed to attract my audience was that
i featured a range of artist inside appealing to both
sexes and different ages, for example acts like Ben
Howard might appeal to a slightly older audience to
an act like Aluna George.
 By including both male and female models on my
contents page and double page showed that my
magazine was aimed at a unisex audience.
 The colours that i used were unisex not favouriting a
particular set, using colours such as black, white and
red.
 The fonts used in my magazine also appeal to both
sexes, this was shown by using a range of fonts.

14.  The process of creating my own magazine
has meant that i have had to learn to use a
number of different pieces of technology, for
example i had to learn how to use Photoshop.
 I have also learnt how to use slide share to
help me upload PowerPoint's to my plog.
 Whilst taking my images for my magazine i
have learnt how to use the cannon camera
and which settings to use to improve the
quality of my image.

16.  Since my preliminary i
have learnt to use
Photoshop in more detail,
helping me to edited my
images. I have also learnt
how to use a cannon
camera and the different
aspects involved whilst
conducting a photo shoot
for example lighting and
costume. I have also
learnt that attention to
detail is extremely
important in making your
media product appeal to
your target audience.