3. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions
of real media product?
I created a conventional front
cover, because it’s the first thing I have made my magazine
they see on a magazine and conventional by enhancing the
depending on the front cover if it picture of the main artist. This tells
looks bad the audience wont go the audience especially girls that
near it. I used dark black colour to are 16+ who the hot artist of the
indicate to its genre which is rap. week is. This is one of the
techniques of luring audience.
I have created a large mast-head
that dominates the upper part of
the front cover so that its easier
to recognise, it is standing out
more. I have used many different
magazine covers and articles to
help me write my main story.
I have also included a barcode which is
very important and to make it look
realistic on a front cover magazine, and
the exact place I put it is similar to most
magazines especially rap.
4. i have made my content page I have included an image
conventional by using similar colour of an artist to make the
scheme and font to that front cover. content page not so
This is usual because nearly all boring. Also it is to give
magazine link the front cover to the the reader an insight of
content page, I did it to draw attention. what’s happening on a
particular page.
In my content page I created sub-
heading on what’s happening on this
weeks mag. I used a simple colour and
font to not make it stand out much but be
read easier.
5. I created a large font to show the
This time my double page spread uses reader that the main big thing is
similar colours as in the content page. being done on this page. Also
And also that this double page spread that it stands for Rapstarr hat is
is to indicate and match all colours with on my front page.
what the main artist is wearing.
I made that banner to give
a message to the reader
that there is no hidden lies
in this page.
I also created a banner to show the reader
that will be in a particular studio. It is linked
because the question has been answered the
next page
6. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
My magazine represents all people from different classes who are in
to rap. My magazine mainly and strongly represents young males
because all my images I used are boys older than 17. The reason
why I chose males for my rap magazine was because over 85%
males are into rap which I’m saying that there are more males than
females that do rap.
My magazine portrays young male rappers doing their thing such as
writing lyrics, in the studio rapping and showing off their swag. All
colours schemes that I used really match rap genre because of the
dark red and black I chose for my double page spread.
I did not produce my rap magazines for only rappers, but also for
newcomers that don’t know anything of rap so its to let them know
more about rap and maybe eventually they end up being lyrical artists.
7. What kind of media institution might distribute you and why?
When it comes to my type of magazine, there aren’t many that could possible distribute it. I’m mainly
focusing on music magazine since mine is related to music. The one that could possible distribute
that I found is Vibe. Vibe specialises in many music genres and also my type. There are many of
different artist getting interviewed and produced by vibe.
Vibe is a company with over millions of magazines that are similar
to mine, that means that when my magazine is getting sold it
would be sold with a lot of profit with it since there are many of
the same.
However, sometimes your at an disadvantage. If your magazine is
similar but has few readers the company might tell you to re-define
or even genre.
8. Who would be the audience for your media product?
The audience for my magazine products would mainly be males 14+ that are interested in writing
lyrics and rapping. Although there are few things that are for people who don’t really understand what
rap is about which is for all ages male or female.
Also that the artists on my magazine are 16-17 which links to my target audience.
Due to my colour scheme I used and the music genre, I think that my magazine would attract
more male readers but I could also attract young females because they might be interested in my
main artist who is on my front page.
Surprisingly, my main head-line is called “rapperr” so that it may attract readers.
9. How did you attract/address your audience?
• I created a larger head-line in my front page that says “rapperr” so that it can attract readers who
are interested.
I thought that my
magazine needed
something big to attract
readers so I used some
magazines to help me
create a similar magazine
to make mine look more
realistic.
10. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing these
products?
These are the things I’ve used to make my products look
professional. They all help you create and change things
you need and don’t need. The one that I’ve used the most
is the text tool which it let me write my words.
This the software application I
have used to produce my music +
school magazine. Photoshop is
used by all magazine companies.
With this I made my cover page, content page
and double page spread conventional by
using similar colour for fonts and text style
11. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the
progression to the full product?
At first I thought this was abit complicated to me but now after my products I am able to create and
justify my magazine and using all kind of techniques and various things.
I feel that my work now is more realistic than my preliminary. My preliminary looks very simple and
unprofessional.
