2. Question 1:
In what ways does your media
product use, develop or
challenge forms and
conventions of real media
products?
3. Front cover
Use:
• Colour-block font for title
• Small sections of text
• Bright colours-contrasting grey
background
• Close-up, lively photograph
Develop:
• Arrows next to text
• Barcode
• Title down one side
Challenge:
• Added strap line
• Features only down one side
4. Contents Page
Use:
• Separate sections
• Large page numbers
• Bold titles
Develop:
• Images of other artists
• Large block title
• Logo of magazine
along the top
Challenge:
• Music chart
5. Double page spread
Use:
• Full left hand page text
• Full right hand page
image
• 3 columns, with large
quote in middle
Develop:
• Glamorous/eye contact
image
• Drop capital at the
beginning of the article
Challenge:
• Colour of text
• Added title
7. Age: Young people
In society today, young people in the age
range of my target market (15-25) are seen as
out of control and rebellious.
Many music stars in that age group are huge
inspirations to many young people, they look
up to them like hero’s.
So as the rich and famous get more out of
control, so does our youth of today.
I have tried to represent this in my magazine,
as my photos are very wild and energetic. And
my article includes controversy and portrays
Hanna, my cover star, as out of control.
8. Gender: Females
As my magazine is a pop/R&B genre, my target
audience is mainly girls, as they tend to be more
interested in that type of music.
Most female music artists at the moment are
well known for wearing very little clothing in
music videos, the press, and magazines!
What they are wearing and how they are styled
seems to be more important than their actual
music.
And this is rubbing off onto young girls today, as
they look up to these artists, they feel that they
too have to wear revealing clothes and heavy
makeup to get noticed.
I have represented this in my magazine, as I have
styled Hanna’s hair and makeup over the top, as
well as putting her in crop-tops and shorts. I also
included in my article that she felt she had to
prioritise her looks over her music in order to get
attention.
9. Question 3:
What kind of media institution
might distribute your media
product and why?
10. Distributor: Frontline
I would choose Frontline to
distribute my magazine.
• UK’s leading magazine
sales&distribution company
• Distributes similar magazines
• Large audience
13. These are 3 examples of who my magazine is aimed at. My target
market is 15-25 year olds, mainly females, who like pop/R&B
current music. By targeting this audience, I know that they will
enjoy my magazine as they are interested in the genre.
15. Questionnaire
Before creating my magazine, I conducted a questionnaire and asked
20 people in my target audience. I asked questions that I thought
would help me while designing my magazine, so that I know what my
readers would prefer.
These are the some of the results I found:
16. Language
As my target audience are young people, I
needed to use appropriate language that
would appeal to the age group.
So I used quite informal and casual
language, as if they were listening to one
of their mates talking about their favourite
music. This will make my readers more
interested and engaged.
17. Images
To attract my young target
market I needed to make
my magazine eye-catching
and lively. So to help me
achieve that, I aimed to
take energetic and bright
photographs of Hanna to
include in my magazine.
By doing this, I can draw in
my readers as the age of my
target market are
interested in anything
controversial that will grab
their attention.
18. Rough cut feedback
To help understand how my audience view my magazine, I asked 3
members of my target market (females aged 15-25) what they thought of
my rough cut. This helped me to find out what my readers thought of my
magazine, so that I could take their advice and make the appropriate
changes for my final cut.
19. Question 6:
What have you learnt about
technologies from the process of
constructing this product?
21. Photography
While taking my
photographs, I learned a
lot about photography
and how to take an
appealing image for my
magazine.
From simple things like
lighting and focus, to
more advanced
components like focus
and shutter speed.
