3. What would be the audience for your
Media product?
People who
go to gigs
People who like
Band
Gender
People who
love Indie
Fashion
INDIE
I
Influences
People who
love
People who
love Films
4. What would be the main audience for your
Media product?
My magazine would be aimed at
teens and young adults with an
interest in certain elements of the
genre for example bands relevant to
the particular genre. Artic Monkeys,
Two door cinema, Miles Kane and the
strokes as well as many others.
There will be no fixed genre so there
will be a range of articles posters. My
cover feature band The Criminals will
appeal to the
5. What would be the main audience for
your Media product?
• I think the main audience for my magazine would also be fans of such
magazines as NME and enjoy the bands that they include. I would
take influences from NME magazine as well as more mainstream
fashion magazines for ideas on a different perspective when including
things to do with fashion, I would also look at the latest celebrities
popular in the genre who have good eye for the fashion and the
lifestyle, celebrities such as Sky Ferara. I would include things to do
with fashion to give a fresh perspective on the genre and what goes
on in the genre. I would want both genders to read my magazine so I
would cover all elements relating to specific interests of each gender.
6. How does your media product represent
particular social groups?
Ideal ReaderMy magazines links
to the ideals of a typical indie
reader, with a laid back style I
am able to appeal to the
younger demographic. The way I
use key indie themes throughout
will ensure that my magazine is
relatable
My cover stars the band The
Criminals are placed in the the centre
of the page with direct address, the
laid back pose of the band with them
leaning on each other illustrates the
ideals of the indie genre and how the
band embodies that.
7. How does your media product represent
In groups?
to appeal to
particular socialordermake the band my particular audience I
had to
something that the
reader would want to aspire to. The stars
would show traits that the reader would be
able to relate to and feel like they could be
what the band are. As well as being distinct in
the indie genre the cover stars must show that
they are accessible for a mainstream audience
also in order to appeal to as many consumers
as possible.
My Magazine followed the
convention typical of the Indie
genre. My magazine appeals to
teens and young adults who have
an interest In things specific to the
genre bands, films and clothes.
Therefor in my magazine I
included articles and features with
existing bands like Two Door
Cinema Club and Jake Bugg.
Fever Magazine will
be the latest outlet
for indie teens and
young adults so it will
need to be
appropriate for the
age group and gender
specifics I will include
things for both
gender for example
bands that can be
enjoyed by both male
and female readers.
8. How does your media product represent
particular social groups?
Secondary Cover story for
readers interested in the
solo artist Jake Bugg ‘How
he feels the industry has
changed’ this giving an
insight into Jake Bugg and
his opinions for readers
and fans of the singer.
The Jack White cover story offers
another fan group a chance to
gain a new perspective on this
particular band.
The Kings of Leon cover story
offers fans of the band a
chance to get their take on
there time away from music.
9. Looking back at your preliminary task what do
you feel you have learnt in the progression to
The transition from my
the full product?
For my improved version I
Aquinas magazine to my
indie music magazine is a
big transition, I have
drafted and redrafted my
front cover for my music
magazine to ensure that I
met the right criteria for
my specific genre. My
final draft included a
change of colour and
styling shown here
chose to get rid of the banner
at the top of the screen and
have my picture set on plain
whit background, I also
changed my colour scheme to
Red, White Yellow and Black, I
think my chosen colours are
much more edgy and
appropriate for my magazine.
The colours now stand out
and catch the readers eye. I
also chose to change the text
of my Strapline the new and
improved text is genre
appropriate and links in with
the themes and ideas of my
magazine.
10. Looking back at your preliminary task what do
you feel you have learnt in the progression to
the full product?
For My Aquinas College I used:
Digital Camera
Publisher
Altering and manipulating photographes
11. Looking back at your preliminary task what do
you feel you have learnt in the progression to
the full product?
Bold Masthead
Free gift inside- reader
is encouraged to look
in the magazine to get
more details.
Overlapping of the text
onto the picture to show
anchorage.
A chance to win in
Competition inside aswell
as the free gift will appeal
to the reader the most.
Bold Cover lines to
entice reader
Direct gaze shows the magazine
is addressing the audience
because it would be all things
relatable to an Aquinas student.
12. Looking back at your preliminary task what do
you feel you have learnt in the progression to
the full product?
The use of Black for the
promo links to the
competition inside also
with the red Writing the
idea of the chance of
winning in the red or black
challenge. This helps show
anchorage from the cover
to what's inside the
magazine.
The Pull quote used as the
Cover line on the front cover is
showing the kind of magazine
people will be reading an
upbeat and this will make
people want to read more.
The Picture shows
Emma looking
straight into the face
of the reader
showing confidence
and ease. Also the
direct gaze of Emma
is addressing the
reader and making
them want to hear
Emma’s story.
13. Looking back at your preliminary task what do
you feel you have learnt in the progression to
the full product?
In order to decide which picture I was
going to use for my front cover I took
four images and two centred and 3 off
at an angle I found that the image of in
the centre of the page was much more
appropriate for my Aquinas magazine.
I found that this imae was much more
direct and would be able to readers.
14. Looking back at your preliminary task what do
you feel you have learnt in the progression to
the full product?
For My Aquinas College I used:
Digital Camera
Publisher
Altering and manipulating
photographes
15. Looking back at your preliminary task what do
you feel you have learnt in the progression to
the full product?
Contents highlight
Editor’s letter
letting you
know what
new things
are included
weekly.
Main feature image
Emma posing with her
hand on hip facing
sideways this is
portraying Emma to
be girly and relaxed.
where we are at in the
magazine. And date
showing a weekly
publication
Headings to show
the differences in
the weeks topics and
what is regularly in
the Aquinas
magazine and what
is weekly included.
Pages Number to
show where
everything is in
the magazine.
16. Looking back at your preliminary task what do
you feel you have learnt in the progression to
the full product?
For My Music Magazine I used:
Digital Camera
Publisher
Adobe Photoshop
Altering and manipulating photographes
17. Looking back at your preliminary task what do
you feel you have learnt in the progression to
the full product?
For My Music Magazine I used:
Digital Camera
Publisher
Adobe Photoshop
Altering and manipulating photographes
18. Looking back at your preliminary task what do
you feel you have learnt in the progression to
the full product?
To begin the course my analysis
of the NME front cover helped
me to identify all the
conventions of a magazine front
cover so that I had the
understanding for when I made
my front covers for both the
Aquinas Magazine and my
Music magazine.
The transition between my to
attempts at the front cover for
my music magazine I feel is big
my second attempt is more
professional and looks much
more like an appropriate choice
for a magazine to represent the
genre than the first.
19. Looking back at your preliminary task what do
you feel you have learnt in the progression to
the full product?
Date and
Masthead
Main
Image –
direct gaze
issue
Number
Promo
Cover line
Colour
scheme –
red yellow
black and
white
Quote
Barcode
Strapline
20. Looking back at your preliminary task what do
you feel you have learnt in the progression to
the full product?
My DPS for my Music Magazine consists of my main image of my two cover stars the band The Criminals.
The analysis of the my chosen Double page spreads featuring the lead singer of the pretty wreckless Taylor
Momsen is showing how the layout, style and colour scheme all link to the personality of the star. The
Headline ‘Wild Child’ links to the public image of the cover star Taylor Momsen her rocky style and her Wild
image. The colour scheme of Black, red and white links well to this also as the red connotes danger and the
black connotes darkness and fear. The stand first gives a deeper insight into the personality of Taylor
Momsen something which the readers will use to work out weather they want to read the article or not.
21. Looking back at your preliminary task what do
you feel you have learnt in the progression to
the full product?
Grey Box
Standfirst
Pull Quote
Main Image
Page
Number
Headline
Dropped Cap
22. Looking back at your preliminary task what do
you feel you have learnt in the progression to
the full product?
Overall I think I have progressed well throughout
the two projects and I have allowed for my work
to progress. I have done this buy learning new
skills for example using the DSLR Camera and
using photo shop. For instance also using Photo
shop to edit pictures using the magic eraser tool.
23. Looking back at your preliminary task what do
you feel you have learnt in the progression to
the full product?
24. In what way Does your media product use,
develope or the challenge the conventions of
real media products?
25. In what way Does your media product use,
develope or the challenge the conventions of
real media products?
• The three examples on the previous slide offer typical examples of an
indie magazine both stylistically and with content. The three chosen
magazines NME, Q and Indie are very different in a lot of ways and I
feel that my magazine Fever is most like NME magazine. I think that
my magazine and NME magazine show similarities in layout, colour
scheme and in their themes. For example the cover stars on NME
Arctic Monkeys are shown to be very cool and laid back thus meaning
the image reflects accurately the personality and the style of the band
and its music, which is what my magazine is also trying to do.
26. In what way Does your media product use,
develope or the challenge the conventions of
real media products?
27. In what way Does your media product use,
develope or the challenge the conventions of
real media products?
My magazine uses a unique font to catch the eye
of the reader the magazine’s masthead ‘Fever’ I
used font style Birth of a hero which
complimented my genre well. The red colour I
chose is bold and will stand out to readers and
fans of Indie. Like Magazines NME and Q I used
the colour scheme of Red, Black and White. Using
a plane background all the key conventions
standout for example the Pull quote fro the Article
inside ‘We’re Back’,the ‘Promo’ and the ‘Secondary
cover stories.’
28. In what way Does your media product use,
develope or the challenge the conventions of
real media products?
Main Image
The Main Image shows to the reader
that it will be the main story in the
magazine that week and the biggest
image entices the reader to go
straight for that particular article.
Like NME Magazine I included
a band index in my contents
page this show all the other
bands that have been
included in that particular
issue.
The
Masthead is
included
again in the
top left
corner of the
page included
on every page
it is a crucial
part of the
magazine.
The heading
included in the
contents
‘NEWS’
‘ARTIST’ and
‘COVER’ all
make it easy to
find what you
are most
interested in
reading.
29. In what way Does your media product use,
develope or the challenge the conventions of
real media products?
I also included a chance to visit the
online website to listen to a live
acoustic set at Fever.com a form of
Branding my magazine.
I chose to put the page
numbers in a red so that it
would stand out to the
reader so they can choose
easily what they want to
read.
The date is, like in other
well known music
magazines included as a
key convention.
The editors letter is also a key
feature in a magazine
contents page and I chose to
put it in the centre of my page
under the image of m two
cover stars.
30. In what way Does your media product use,
develope or the challenge the conventions of
real media products? of using a quote for
Instead
I included the
greybox as a
one of the key
conventions.
The pull quote from
the interview is used
to break up the article
‘We talk about the
good time,s its like
therapy.’ This quote is
used to catch the
readers eye and make
them want to read
on.
headline of my article I chose
to use the name of the band
to allow for a link to the front
cover and the contents page.
The Standfirst gives
information to the reader
about what is to come in
the article this has given
an insight into the bands
history talking about the
break up and the
reformation of half of the
band.
The page numbers
are use as
anchorage and link
to the contents
page. Also The use
of the magazine
name is a branding
across the magazine
31. How did you attract/ address your
audience?
ATTRACT
◌ Direct gaze / Eye contact with the audience
◌ Straight faced a relaxed but serious look on their faces
◌ Unique selling point – the weekly stars the Criminals
◌ Birth of a hero font used throughout giving the magazine an individual identification
◌ Magazine name FEVER the biggest font on the page to show what is the most important thing on the page
32. How did you attract/ address your
audience?
I used bold colours red, black and white to ensure that my magazine
was eye catching also I used colours appropriate to my chosen genre.
The blocked colours give off a certain theme to my magazine from the
connotations of colour the red symbolising the boldness of my
magazine enticing people who embody those qualities.
From my main image my cover stars give of a laid back relaxed vibe
which shows how my magazine would be different each week with
each different cover star. However the cover stars are portraying this
image to show people what their music is like and Fever magazine is
promoting that image.
33. How did you attract/ address your
audience?
• I used the font Birth of a Hero this as my main font throughout. I felt
that this particular font embodied the style I wanted for my magazine
edgy but not to over the top I want it to be simple and easy for the
reader to associate with my chosen genre.
I also chose the name fever because
I thought this would again be edgy
and something different for the
reader and would help to make my
magazine stand out.
34. How did you attract/ address your
audience?
• I used colloquial language that the reader would understand. This
then made the magazine much more relatable for its target audience
and much more interesting to the reader, so that they wouldn’t get
bored reading it and go and look for something else. The language
used also is a lot more in keeping with the tone of the magazine this
way, it doesn’t sound like it isn’t well suited. It suits the genre the
style and each weekly story.
35. How did you attract/ address your
audience?
Would you buy this magazine?
After completing a survey I
collected my information and
learnt that overall as a result of
content and style more people
would choose to purchase and
read my magazine.
YES
NO
36. What kind of institution Might distribute
your product?
I feel that my magazine would benefit for being a weekly publication. I
think that by using this avenue to get magazine out to the masses I
would create a larger fan base than something which is Monthly I feel
that more people would here about my magazine because more people
would be reading it and would be able to spread the word.
37. What kind of institution Might distribute
your product?
For the distribution of my magazine
I would use a sister company I
would start of with something like
mix mag then with a little more time
and recognition would want to
branch out to something more
relevant to the theme like NME.
38. What kind of institution Might distribute your
product?
. I would price my magazine at around £2.50 with an ideal of gaining I
large fan base straight away. Therefore keeping it cheap will ensure
this.
I would also put
advertising in the
magazine for things
like concerts new
film releases and
upcoming sumer
festivals.
39. What kind of institution Might distribute
your product?
40. What kind of institution Might distribute
your product?
I would sell
Merchandise with
Magazine logos
on them. Things
like wrist bands
headphones and
hoodies. This
would help to
inform people
who may not
already know
about fever
magazine.
