4. I noticed during some magazine research that the font
size of lead headlines is often large and bold, this is to
grab the audiences eyes to the main aspect of the
magazine. I used this idea in my magazine as it then
easily indicates which topic my magazine will be based
around.
5. This is the lead headline on the
front cover of my music
magazine. I used a bold font,
all in capitals and the colour
Purple to fit in with my house
style.
Real media
product lead
headline.
6. During my research I noticed typically pop magazines tend
to have flash boxes, just as the one below, I decided to use
this idea just as shown on the bottom left of my magazine.
Flash boxes are used to advertise something that could be
included in the magazine, for example, free gifts or big
lines. I chose to advertise a free poster of a well known
pop magazine.
7. Real media product flash box.
This is my flash box, I
decided to advertise a
free poster inside as
‘freebies’ always attract
more buyers.
8. Bar codes are common in every single type of
magazine, this is a main convention as it includes
the price of the magazine. I used this important
convention in the bottom right of my pop magazine.
9. A typical pop magazine will have a bold, bright masthead
to it stands out to the audience, the colours usually used
are Pink, baby Blue and Yellow. I decided to stick by this
as it's a bit 'cheesy' which is what you would expect from
pop magazines.. It gives the impression the magazine is
fun. At the bottom is a few examples of real media
products.
10. Music magazines tend to have a lead image, this is
usually mid shot. This is a form I have used in my music
magazine. Below is an example of a real media product.
Poptasty front cover.
12. For my double page spread I didn’t know where to
start, so I done a lot of research for this before
drawing out my flat plan and going to make it on
Photoshop. I looked at a few different layouts, but
one I often came across with pop magazines was a
main image on one side of the magazine and the
interview on the second page. This works really
well and effectively as it separates the pages, but it
also brings the over all double page together nicely.
There isn’t too much text that it looks off putting as
the image breaks it up a bit.
14. The majority of double page spreads in any type of
music magazine tends to have a drop cap, this is a
really good idea which I used on my double page
spread, as it brings the audiences eyes to the story
instantly.
16. Another thing from real media double page spreads
I noticed and developed my for music magazine
was the use of pull quotes, this is an introductory
line at the start of the interview. I have developed
mine from the examples on the next slide by
changing the topic to suit my interview and the
interviewer.
17. Real media product double
page spreads pull quote.
My media product
double page spreads pull
quote.
18. A form I have chosen to develop was to change the
colour of the text between the interviewer and the
interviewee, this is so the audience can precisely
see who is asking the question, and who is
answering. If not the magazine wouldn’t be
organised at all and the readers would be confused
so the idea of this is to make the magazine much
easier to read and so it ‘flows’ more.
20. CHALLENGED CONVENTION
A convention I have challenged on my double page
spread would be the use of images I attactched at
the bottom right of my magazine. This isn’t a typical
convention you would expect to see in a magazine,
usually it would just be to attach another image in
the centre of an interview.
21. Real media typical use of
images on double page
spreads.
My use of images
on a double page
spread.
23. A convention I chose to develop in my music
magazine was a subscription, I think this is a huge
part of the magazine and is very important; most
magazines have a subscription somewhere within
the magazine, it is usually on the front cover or
towards the end, however I decided to include it on
my contents page as readers will always be on this
page at some point.
26. A convention I decided to challenge was to title my
features and regulars, although magazines will
have regulars and features within the contents page
I noticed during my research it is unlikely that they
will be subtitled.
28. How does your media product represent
particular social groups?
29. WHAT SOCIAL GROUP WAS I LOOKING TO
TARGET?
From the survey I done before making my
magazine I learnt that the majority of my audience
listened to R&B, Dance and Pop, therefore I
decided to target the R&B, Dance and Pop market.
I also thought this would be a good idea, and my
magazine would have a greater outcome as I
myself read these types of magazines, therefore I
can relate to them and know what they are about
and typically look like.
30. Above is a screenshot of my survey to back my previous point , I have
highlighted the key parts.
31. HOW HAVE I CHOSEN TO PRESENT THIS SOCIAL
GROUP ON MY FRONT COVER, DOUBLE PAGE
SPREAD AND CONTENTS PAGE?
The social group I was aiming to represent my
magazine was a stereotypical young, girly, crazy
teenage girl. My magazine represents teenage girls
as fun, young and carefree. You can see this from
my front cover as the model I have used isn’t
pulling a serious face, she looks crazy and like she
is having fun, also, the colours my model is wearing
portrays female and girly as it is a very bright Pink
which stands out.
32.
33. My contents page also represents the social group
of teenage girls as I used very girly colours, such as
Pinks and Purples. These are traditional colours
associated with young teenage girls, so seeing
these all over the page will automatically portray to
the audience that it is a girly, fun magazine. Also,
the other image of the male model reflects this as it
is a young, good looking teenage boy who females
would be attracted too.
34.
35. My double page spread finishes the magazine off, it
is hard to represent a social group here as the page
is always going to be based around one interview
and one story, however my double page spread still
continues to represent my social group through
again, the girly colours I have used and the general
pose of the model as its very playful and girly and
this presents the nature that the readers would like
to look up too.
36.
37. Who would be the audience for your media
product?
38. The audience for my media product would be
teenage girls, aged between 11-16. You can tell this
from the over all design from my magazine and the
colours and images I have used. The house style of
my magazine is typically Pink font and a girly, fun
style. This is linked to young teenage girls as it’s the
colours they wear. 71% of people from my survey
believed my magazine was a pop one before
knowing, this is good as that was the initial aim I
was hoping for.
41. FRONT COVER
A front cover is one of the most important features when
constructing a magazine, so it is important to make this
stylish and attractive as if this works, it will be more likely
that the product will bring in more buyers. Keeping this in
mind, when it came to constructing my own front cover I
chose to have a mid shot image of my model for the lead
image, keeping eye contact with the readers as this
would attract the audience as it makes the image much
more personal. The masthead of my magazine is also an
important aspect as it will be continuous on each issue.
42. Another convention I decided to use was a flash
box, I put this towards the bottom of my magazine.
This will attract readers instantly as it is giving away
a ‘free poster’ and persuade them to purchase my
magazine.
I used the effect of glow on various texts on my
front cover, this makes it much more noticeable and
interesting.
43. CONTENTS PAGE
I have addressed my audience in my contents page
by the glittery subscription box, glitter is a typical
girly thing therefore this is why I decided to add this
when constructing my magazines contents page.
I also attached a new kind of image, a model which
hasn’t yet been seen within my magazine. I chose a
male teenage model, this is because young
teenage girls are always looking up to new ‘lads’
that come in, for example, Justin Bieber and JLS.
44. DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD
The pull quote I used on my double page spread
are in a girly, italic font and larger than the rest of
the fonts on the page. This makes it stand out and
therefore draws attention to the readers.
46. What type of media institution would distribute your
product and why?
47. WHY?
We love pop may distribute my media product as the product is similar to
mine, however not exactly the same, they relate in the way that the
headlines have elements of fashion and gossip, however my media
magazine shows different aspects as they also have elements that will
attract more than just pop fans therefore this could create more
purchases.
48. What have you learnt about technologies from the
process of constructing this product?
49. Uploading my work while constructing my
work has been useful as it has helped me
be a lot more organised, also, I learnt
blogger is a professional way to present
work.
I used survey monkey to send
questionnaires to people about my
music magazine, this helped me learn
what sort of things I was doing right and
what I should change on my magazine.
I had no experience in using Survey
Monkey but I have now learnt to present
a professional looking survey.
50. Photoshop was the programme I used the most throughout
the task. I had never used or had any experience with this
software before so I didn’t know anything, however I learnt
so many new skills, some basic ones to start with for
example, how to insert an image and new frames then my
skills slowly developed to things such as learning how to
rasterize layers, colour range and add effects on to fonts
and images.
I also learnt some skills which helped my magazine double page spread
have a better outcome, I used the grid method so I could clearly see
where my double page spread would fold over.
51. I learnt that social networking sites such as Face book hold
a lot of power, without Face book I wouldn’t have been able
to collect any audience research and collect answers from
my surveys.
I hadn’t ever heard or been introduced to slideshare
before starting this project. I learnt it is a professional
way to present powerpoints and that it is also easy to
access online.
52. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you
learnt in the progression from it to the full project?
53. My front cover for my music magazine is much more professional looking
compared to my college magazine, for example my college magazine has
a lot of White space which makes it seem boring and not very appealing to
the audience, whereas the background of my music magazine has lots of
colours going in it but no White which brightens this up. I inserted more
advertisement to my music magazine such as the banner which increases
its style and makes it more appealing. This is an superb example to show
my skills have developed during this task.
My contents page too shows that my skills have increased rapidly, I didn’t
fill the whole of the page within my college magazines contents which
makes it look very plain, my contents page on my music magazine is much
more filled which seems as though there is more interesting things going
on.
