1. 1) In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge, forms and
conventions of real media products?
.
This is my music magazine (Right), this magazine uses typical forms and conventions of
real media products.
For example, my magazine (right) has the same placing of the masthead as NME's
magazine (left).
The placing is on the left third at the top, this is to identify the magazine to the audience,
and is clearly presented to do so, as is NME's.

2. Another convention is that the articles, are also on the left third, as is NME's articles. These
articles consist of interviews with other artists/celebrities, as it states on NME's magazine,
as well as mine. These are placed on the left, not for identifying, but out of choice, but are
similar to where NME have also placed theirs. The articles are directly underneath the
masthead, on both magazines.
The main conventions that I have used in my product, compared to a real life media
product, are the masthead, articles, and main image.
The only conventions that are not similar are the 'FREE' sign, on my magazine, and the
header, on NME's.

3. 2) How does your Media product
represent particular social groups?
My media product represents particular social groups, through genre. Genre will
determine who's going to purchase and read this magazine.
The genre of this music magazine, is a very mainstream style of music, mainstream
music could range between hip hop, rap, drum and bass, and dubstep, so my
magazine would cover 4 genre's in one, therefore, it may have a very large
audience.
The audience that like this genre of music, would commonly be a younger audience,
so these people could be aged ranged between 16-21.
It is a unisex magazine, so males and females could purchase this magazine.
The magazine features a lot of young/middle aged artists, and their music would
appeal to this audience. As it is young/middle aged artist, audience's could
identify with these artists and their music which would be a key factor to the
audience when buying and reading this magazine.
Another factor that may encourage audiences to read this magazine, is their
interests.
The audience of this genre of music would matter a lot when they are reading
this magazine, if they are do not share the same interests as the artists featured
in this magazine, then they would not read it.

4. 3) What kind of media Institution
might distribute your product and
why?
Media institutions are organisations founded for a specific purpose, in this case, a social
purpose for a magazine. Some common media institutions are Warner Bros, 20th Century
Fox, BBC etc. These are examples of institutions, however these do not fit into the
magazine institutions category. Some the most well know media institutions for magazine
are IPC Media, BBC, and Bauer.
I think my magazine would fit into the IPC Media and Bauer magazine institutions, as
these magazine are well known world wide, and also feature some of the artists that I
have in my magazine, typically mainstream artists.
This is IPC Media’s logo. This is Baur’s institutions
This institutions such as logo, and has such
Look and NME signed to magazines as FHM, Closer
the label. and Empire signed to
them.

5. 4) What would be in the audience of
your media product?
In the audience of my media product, would typically be a more younger audience. 16-
20 is an appropriate age for the audience of this magazine.
This audience would have to have the same interests in common, to create a good
market. For example, the audience would have to like the genre’s of the music featured
in the magazine, so Hip Hop, Rap, Dubstep and Drum and Bass. They would also have to
have the same interests as each other, share things in common.
The social groups would be a youth social class, the music is mainstream, so people that
may enjoy rap or hip hop could purchase this magazine.
I think the majority of people that would purchase this magazine would be males, as the
genre of music mostly appeals to them, even though it is a unisex magazine.
More males would enjoy this type of music, as females would be more into Girl bands
maybe, and the genre may not appeal to them.
I think that this type of audience would purchase this magazine, as the genre of music
would appeal to them, as well as the artists and the magazine itself. This would create a
good audience relationship between them.

6. 5) How did you attract/address your
audience?
The way I attracted/ Another way, was by the main
Addressed my image of an upcoming artist.
audience, was by the The audience may have heard
articles about the of this artist, and liked
artists. her/him, and want to find out
These are commonly more.
well known artists in If the artist is well known, I
youth music, as the made it clear to the audience
audience seeing their that the magazine features
favourite artist/band, this artist, the main image is
would attract them to large, to grab the readers
this particular attention, and maybe make
magazine, and want to them buy this magazine, to
purchase it. find out more.
Another way that I What I like about my music
addressed my magazine, is just the
customers was by general house style, I think
the free poster the colour collaborate well,
inside, the audience and not too bright and
could acquire a bold. I also feel the same
poster of their about the way the font
favourite artist collaborates with these
colours as well.

7. 6) What have you learned about new
technologies from the process of
constructing your product?
Some of the new technologies that I have learnt from this project in
particular, is colour splashing.

9. Another skill that I have learnt to do from this project, is to
fade out a background, which I did for my main front cover
of the magazine.
As you can see on the front cover image,
there is a light blue background, with a white
fade out, in the middle of it.
This is how I learnt to create the background
fade out.

11. This is why my background looked
like, before I added to main image,
and masthead etc. to it.
This is how my front cover
looks, using the background
fade out, just a darker colour
blue.

12. 7) Look back at your preliminary
product (college magazine) task, what
do you feel you have learnt in the
progression from it to the full product?
My college magazine is
on the left, and my
Music magazine, on the
right.

13. The only thing that has not changed is the placing
of the masthead on both magazines. However, I
think the quality of masthead has changed a lot in On this magazine, there is
my music magazine, I think it more creative, and not much writing around
stands out more, also it is more of an identifier the main images face,
compared to the image on
the other magazine
The articles
On my music
Magazine have
changed, I like
the layout of
them,
compared to
my college
magazine, I
think they are
more bunched
together,
whereas on my
college
magazine, they
are dotted
around. The quality of my
main image has
changed as well,
this one is more
The image on this magazine is on the There are more
large, and stands
centre, which compared to my music conventions on this
out, and does not
magazine, wasn’t a great idea, as the magazine, for example,
have writing across
audience may not be able to identify this the ‘Free’ sticker.
it anywhere
magazine

14. • I think I have progressed a lot from my college
magazine, to my music magazine.
• I think I have used more techniques and
conventions of my music magazine, and
improved the general layout of the magazine,
there is a bigger variation of colour and image,
and fonts collaborate well together