As level media studies portfolio
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This document provides an overview of a proposed pop culture magazine called "POP WORLD" or alternatively "POP SENSATION". The target audience would be girls aged 5-15 interested in boy bands, fashion, and makeup. The magazine would have colorful pink and purple branding. Key articles would include an exclusive interview with a new artist, embarrassing celebrity photos, and fashion tips. Images would make up 60% of the layout. Audience input was gathered via questionnaires to help design the ideal magazine.
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Question 4&5
This document discusses the target audience and methods for attracting and addressing the audience for a music magazine. The target audience is males and females aged 16-25 interested in indie, pop, and rock music and technology. Focus groups were used to get feedback from the target audience.
The front cover uses a neutral image of an artist making eye contact to appeal to both genders. The masthead and anchor text create intrigue. The contents page uses social media links and sections for easy navigation to engage younger readers. Competitions and calls to action like "free" and "win" entice readers.
Pull quotes and bold artist names catch attention in articles. Large spanning images create a personal relationship with the artist
Final Major Project Proposal
Ellie Ryan is proposing to create a magazine as her final major project. The magazine will target teenage girls and young adult women. It will belong to the popular culture and fashion genre, featuring a celebrity on the cover and a two-page article about their life and style. Photography and graphic design will be used to make the magazine visually appealing. The content will meet the target audience's needs by including information on fashion, celebrities, and career inspiration. Production techniques like online research, layout design, and photo editing software will be employed.
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The document summarizes how the magazine was designed to attract its target audience of young alt-rock fans. The magazine features a dark color scheme of red and black, a jumbled layout, and "messy" distorted fonts to appeal to the target audience. The writing uses "hook" words to create interest, a casual lexis to connect with young readers, and direct address to have a conversational tone. The content focuses on the genres of music the audience prefers but also expands to related areas like fashion and celebrities that would interest them. The overall goal was to design a magazine that matches the "feel" of the target audience and emphasizes a sense of community through its visuals, writing, and design.
Evaluation 5
The document discusses how the author addressed their target audience when designing their magazine. They aimed to make the magazine aesthetically pleasing with quirky designs by focusing on a high-quality photograph of the featured artist on the cover. They also conducted a survey that found readers preferred interviews to other content. Therefore, the author chose to do an interview on the topic of mental health disorders to engage readers given its relevance to the target demographic. When designing other elements like the contents page, the author took inspiration from other magazines and aimed to include attractive writing and layouts while maintaining a simplistic style.
Final major project proposal
Liam Belch proposes a surrealist and fashion photography slideshow that will confront viewers and challenge their perceptions of what is right and wrong in society today. The slideshow will feature provocative images exploring topics like vanity, sex, power and control, religion, and corruption. It will be accompanied by music and quotes to further convey challenging ideas. The target audience is older teenagers and young adults who Liam hopes to "assault" by "breaking down the walls of perception." He intends to confront expectations of perfection in fashion photography by presenting "some real/surrealist views." The production technique will focus on the composition and layout of raw, unedited photographs arranged like digital paintings.
Evaluation question 5
- The document discusses how the author addressed their target audience for their magazine. Their market research showed the target audience should be 16 years and older to attract a wide range of readers.
- The magazine targets fans of rock music through its dark color scheme of red, black, and grey, which represents the genre. This color scheme resembles that of the rock music magazine Q.
- The main article is written in an informal interview style about a young artist to appeal to and relate to their young audience. High-key lighting and young models in the photos also enable audience identification.
- The magazine's layout is mature like Q's to attract an older audience of 16 years and over. It follows design principles to place important
Final major project_proposal_form_
1) Ashleigh Darlington proposes creating a fashion and celebrity gossip magazine as her final major project.
2) The 4-page magazine will include celebrity interviews, fashion content, and a weekly celebrity column.
3) The target audience is older teenage and young adult females, as they are most interested in the gossip genre.
4) To appeal to this audience, the magazine will be affordable at £2 and feature an attractive celebrity around the audience's age on the cover alongside enticing text.
Final major project_proposal_form_
Ashleigh will create a fashion and celebrity gossip magazine targeting older teenage and young adult females. The 4-page magazine will include celebrity interviews, fashion content, and a regular column covering various topics. To appeal to her target audience, Ashleigh will feature a popular celebrity around their age on the cover along with enticing text. She aims to make the £2 magazine affordable while still providing value through its content. Ashleigh will take various photos for the magazine and design the layout and logo using Adobe software.
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Question 4&5
This document discusses the target audience and methods for attracting and addressing the audience for a music magazine. The target audience is males and females aged 16-25 interested in indie, pop, and rock music and technology. Focus groups were used to get feedback from the target audience.
The front cover uses a neutral image of an artist making eye contact to appeal to both genders. The masthead and anchor text create intrigue. The contents page uses social media links and sections for easy navigation to engage younger readers. Competitions and calls to action like "free" and "win" entice readers.
Pull quotes and bold artist names catch attention in articles. Large spanning images create a personal relationship with the artist
Final Major Project Proposal
Ellie Ryan is proposing to create a magazine as her final major project. The magazine will target teenage girls and young adult women. It will belong to the popular culture and fashion genre, featuring a celebrity on the cover and a two-page article about their life and style. Photography and graphic design will be used to make the magazine visually appealing. The content will meet the target audience's needs by including information on fashion, celebrities, and career inspiration. Production techniques like online research, layout design, and photo editing software will be employed.
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The document summarizes how the magazine was designed to attract its target audience of young alt-rock fans. The magazine features a dark color scheme of red and black, a jumbled layout, and "messy" distorted fonts to appeal to the target audience. The writing uses "hook" words to create interest, a casual lexis to connect with young readers, and direct address to have a conversational tone. The content focuses on the genres of music the audience prefers but also expands to related areas like fashion and celebrities that would interest them. The overall goal was to design a magazine that matches the "feel" of the target audience and emphasizes a sense of community through its visuals, writing, and design.
Evaluation 5
The document discusses how the author addressed their target audience when designing their magazine. They aimed to make the magazine aesthetically pleasing with quirky designs by focusing on a high-quality photograph of the featured artist on the cover. They also conducted a survey that found readers preferred interviews to other content. Therefore, the author chose to do an interview on the topic of mental health disorders to engage readers given its relevance to the target demographic. When designing other elements like the contents page, the author took inspiration from other magazines and aimed to include attractive writing and layouts while maintaining a simplistic style.
Final major project proposal
Liam Belch proposes a surrealist and fashion photography slideshow that will confront viewers and challenge their perceptions of what is right and wrong in society today. The slideshow will feature provocative images exploring topics like vanity, sex, power and control, religion, and corruption. It will be accompanied by music and quotes to further convey challenging ideas. The target audience is older teenagers and young adults who Liam hopes to "assault" by "breaking down the walls of perception." He intends to confront expectations of perfection in fashion photography by presenting "some real/surrealist views." The production technique will focus on the composition and layout of raw, unedited photographs arranged like digital paintings.
Evaluation question 5
- The document discusses how the author addressed their target audience for their magazine. Their market research showed the target audience should be 16 years and older to attract a wide range of readers.
- The magazine targets fans of rock music through its dark color scheme of red, black, and grey, which represents the genre. This color scheme resembles that of the rock music magazine Q.
- The main article is written in an informal interview style about a young artist to appeal to and relate to their young audience. High-key lighting and young models in the photos also enable audience identification.
- The magazine's layout is mature like Q's to attract an older audience of 16 years and over. It follows design principles to place important
Final major project_proposal_form_
1) Ashleigh Darlington proposes creating a fashion and celebrity gossip magazine as her final major project.
2) The 4-page magazine will include celebrity interviews, fashion content, and a weekly celebrity column.
3) The target audience is older teenage and young adult females, as they are most interested in the gossip genre.
4) To appeal to this audience, the magazine will be affordable at £2 and feature an attractive celebrity around the audience's age on the cover alongside enticing text.
Final major project_proposal_form_
Ashleigh will create a fashion and celebrity gossip magazine targeting older teenage and young adult females. The 4-page magazine will include celebrity interviews, fashion content, and a regular column covering various topics. To appeal to her target audience, Ashleigh will feature a popular celebrity around their age on the cover along with enticing text. She aims to make the £2 magazine affordable while still providing value through its content. Ashleigh will take various photos for the magazine and design the layout and logo using Adobe software.
Mind map
Joe Dolan is creating an ancillary TV magazine product for his media studies course. He researched the history and circulation of Inside Soap magazine to inform his ideas. Some of his headline ideas were "WHERE WAS HE?", "I SHOULD HAVE KILLED HIM!", and "I'M PREGNANT". He considered using character names and photos in mid-shots on the cover. Joe plans to price his magazine at 99p like existing soap magazines. He will use social media to promote reader interaction.
Final Pitch
Kristy Lai is pitching a new music magazine called "MUSE" targeting audience B-C2. The magazine will have a dark blue and black color scheme. The cover photo will use a medium long shot of a mixed group with split lighting to look dramatic and mysterious. The double page spread will include photos and an interview of an up-and-coming YouTube artist. Inside, the magazine will include music charts, reviews, release dates and other articles to keep readers engaged and informed on music and artists.
Contents Page and DPS Analysis
This document provides a textual analysis of the contents page and double page spread (DPS) of a music magazine. It summarizes the key elements of the magazine layout including the subline, main image, magazine credits, sub-headings, pull quote, stand first, drop capital, and reasons for including these elements. The analysis explains how each element engages the reader and represents the celebrity featured, following conventions like Richard Dyer's Star Image Theory. It also notes design considerations for the elements like font, sizing, coloring and positioning.
Final major project_proposal_form_
The document is a project proposal form for a student named Ashleigh Darlington creating a fashion and celebrity gossip magazine as part of a BTEC Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production course. The proposal outlines the magazine format, a synopsis of the idea, the target audience as older teenage and young adult females, how the project will meet the target audience's needs by being affordable and featuring a celebrity on the cover, and the production techniques to be used including photo shoots, layout in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, and research and pre-production using PowerPoint, Word, Publisher, and questionnaires.
As level media studies
The document provides details for a magazine pitch and proposal for a magazine called "POP IT!" focused on cheesy pop music and targeted towards 13-16 year olds. It includes initial ideas for the front cover featuring a photo of a model and fonts in pink, purple, and black. The contents page would have one page split 60% text and 40% images with section headers like "This week's a-listers!" and articles like "The Spice Girls Bounce Back!" A double page spread would feature an interview with the Spice Girls about their latest single and upcoming plans.
Contents page and dps analysis
1) The document analyzes the contents page and double page spread (DPS) of Rolling Stone magazine. It identifies various design elements like the masthead, pull quotes, and color scheme that establish the magazine's brand identity and inform and engage readers.
2) Key elements discussed include the use of the cover star Richard Dyer's image to attract audiences, column layout for easy navigation of stories, and sublines that briefly summarize each page's content.
3) The analysis concludes that Rolling Stone effectively uses these features to inform readers about the magazine and guide them through the issues. It notes how the document will apply lessons from Rolling Stone in its own magazine design.
Dragon's Den pitch - media
The document discusses plans for a new music magazine called "Hum". It will include reviews of a wide variety of music genres and highlight lesser-known artists. The target audience is music lovers of all ages and genres. Competition includes magazine Q, but Hum will distinguish itself by focusing on new artists rather than famous ones. Visual plans include close-up shots of bands on the cover, medium shots of cover bands on the contents page, and wide shots or a single central image on double page spreads.
My Target Audience
Dan Biddle's target audience for his magazine is radical teenagers aged 13-18, primarily males from low-income backgrounds who identify as "emo." While this group is often stereotyped as depressed and gloomy, Biddle aims to challenge these stereotypes by representing them as happy and fun-loving in the magazine. To attract this audience, the magazine features interviews with bands using casual, youthful language. Images in the magazine also feature models the same age as the target audience smiling and not dressed entirely in black in order to change perceptions.
Media A2 Magazine hand drawn drafts
This document contains hand-drawn draft notes for the cover of a soap opera magazine. The notes suggest including the magazine's name and tagline at the top in red to attract readers, as well as promoting the issue number, date, and social media sites. The cover would also feature a promotional image showing audience reaction, a main story image and teaser, and additional cover lines advertising other soap operas discussed within.
Updated Version of Final Pitch
Kristy Lai is pitching a new music magazine called "MUSE" targeting audience B-C2. The magazine will have a dark blue and black color scheme. The cover photo will use a medium long shot of a mixed group with split lighting to look dramatic and mysterious. Inside, a double page spread will feature behind-the-scenes photos and an interview of an up-and-coming YouTube artist. Additional articles will include music reviews, charts, recommendations, and polls to engage readers.
Final Pitch
Kristy Lai is pitching a new music magazine called "MUSE" targeting audience B-C2. The magazine will have a dark blue and black color scheme. The cover photo will use a medium long shot of a mixed group with split lighting. Inside, a double page spread will feature behind-the-scenes photos and an interview of an up-and-coming R&B/pop artist. The magazine will include articles on music charts, reviews, and recommendations to keep readers engaged and inspired.
Question 1
In What ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Existing Music Magazine Analysis
The document analyzes three elements of the Kerrang! music magazine: the front cover, a double-page article spread, and the contents page. For each element, observations are made about layout, design, visuals, and how they appeal to the magazine's target demographic. While some aspects would not directly translate to the author's new magazine, inspiration is taken from the unique font, branding identity, and balanced simplicity of the contents page. The analysis provides insights into magazine conventions that can be followed or adapted for the author's alternative music publication.
Headlines & coverlines
The document discusses headlines, coverlines, and subheadings used in magazines. It describes the features of the headline and subheading for a magazine about artist Adele. The headline identifies the artist and the subheading "HEARTBREAK SUPERSTAR" promotes her. The coverlines use different font sizes and short, snappy insights to attract readers. As an example, the line "The Most Hated Girl On The Internet" uses gossip to interest people. The document then prompts creating a magazine with the artist Freya Stratford as the headline and a catchy subheading like "The Bad Girl Of Pop". Suggested coverlines include listing artists in the issue and using gossip-filled lines to attract teenage female readers.
Final major project_proposal_form_updated
The document provides a proposal for a final major project comprising a fashion magazine with a front cover, contents page, and one double-page spread. The front cover will include the selling line, cover line, main heading, main image, and model credit. The contents page will list what is included in the magazine. The double-page spread will discuss fashion trends, styles, gossip, and celebrity endorsements. The target audience are students and men interested in fashion under 50. Production techniques will involve location and portrait photography using HDR, effects, and black and white or vintage tones edited in Photoshop and Illustrator.
Ev question 2
This document discusses the design choices made for a magazine targeting white British teenagers and young adults aged 16-18. On the front cover, a male model aged 18 is featured in a style of dress stereotypical of indie singer-songwriters to appeal to that audience. A double page spread features a female model in a way that goes against conventions of sexualization, aiming to appeal to both male and female readers. Shot types and layouts were selected to build relationships between readers and models while maintaining a minimalist, calming style.
Magazine planning
The document discusses planning for a magazine genre convention and website. For the magazine, it will use typical conventions like a consistent masthead, direct address on the cover, and bright colors. The coverlines will focus on topics like fashion and beauty. The website will include subcategories of content, a popup to subscribe, and a Q&A video segment sourced from social media to demonstrate cross-platform interaction. Both the magazine and website will maintain consistent branding elements like the masthead font and slogan.
Evaluation 2
The document discusses representation of social groups in a music magazine. It summarizes that the magazine uses middle/working class models around the same age as the target audience to allow easy association. Both male and female models are used, with a male on the front cover and females inside. The magazine aims to portray male and female artists as equal. Using a male model on the cover is intended to attract female readers, who are the typical audience for magazines targeting females.
Evaluation 2
The document discusses representation of social groups in a music magazine. It summarizes that the magazine uses middle/working class models around the same age as the target audience to allow easy association. Both male and female models are used, with a male on the front cover and females inside. The magazine aims to portray male and female artists as equal. Using a male model on the cover is intended to attract a female audience, as females typically buy more music magazines. Shot types like eye-level shots create a relationship with the audience, while mid-long shots on a double page spread allow effects. The contents page uses many pictures rather than text to avoid overwhelming readers.
Evalutaion mag
This document describes a music magazine called LA magazine that was created to target teenagers aged 16-18. The magazine uses conventions from Q magazine such as the minimalist masthead logo, skyline, pull quotes, and positioning and sizing of main images. Other design elements like the barcode, cover lines, and subheadings were chosen to give the magazine a professional look and highlight interesting content. Photoshop brushes and images were selected to suit the magazine's style and fill space. Feedback from surveys showed that the target audience and genre were identified correctly but that the background design could be improved.
Magazine pitch
The document provides an overview and initial ideas for a rock magazine called "Volume" targeted towards teenagers and adults aged 15 and older with interests in rock music. It outlines ideas for the front cover including dominant images, fonts, and color scheme. The contents page will have three sections and include teasers for articles. A double page spread will feature a fabricated interview with the band Foo Fighters discussing their experiences and rise to fame. Representation of the rock genre will be consistent throughout the magazine.
Proposal A
Zoe Toulson is proposing a 32-page monthly pop-rock magazine titled "A" to be created in Photoshop and InDesign. The magazine would target 16-23 year olds and feature popular artists like Pink, Justin Bieber, and Ed Sheeran to attract readers. The front cover design would use a white masthead in a blush-colored box placed in the top left corner against a photo background to convey a sense of youth, happiness, and love. The content would include pictures, articles, interviews and reviews to keep readers informed on trends in the pop-rock world.
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Mind map
Joe Dolan is creating an ancillary TV magazine product for his media studies course. He researched the history and circulation of Inside Soap magazine to inform his ideas. Some of his headline ideas were "WHERE WAS HE?", "I SHOULD HAVE KILLED HIM!", and "I'M PREGNANT". He considered using character names and photos in mid-shots on the cover. Joe plans to price his magazine at 99p like existing soap magazines. He will use social media to promote reader interaction.
Final Pitch
Kristy Lai is pitching a new music magazine called "MUSE" targeting audience B-C2. The magazine will have a dark blue and black color scheme. The cover photo will use a medium long shot of a mixed group with split lighting to look dramatic and mysterious. The double page spread will include photos and an interview of an up-and-coming YouTube artist. Inside, the magazine will include music charts, reviews, release dates and other articles to keep readers engaged and informed on music and artists.
Contents Page and DPS Analysis
This document provides a textual analysis of the contents page and double page spread (DPS) of a music magazine. It summarizes the key elements of the magazine layout including the subline, main image, magazine credits, sub-headings, pull quote, stand first, drop capital, and reasons for including these elements. The analysis explains how each element engages the reader and represents the celebrity featured, following conventions like Richard Dyer's Star Image Theory. It also notes design considerations for the elements like font, sizing, coloring and positioning.
Final major project_proposal_form_
The document is a project proposal form for a student named Ashleigh Darlington creating a fashion and celebrity gossip magazine as part of a BTEC Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production course. The proposal outlines the magazine format, a synopsis of the idea, the target audience as older teenage and young adult females, how the project will meet the target audience's needs by being affordable and featuring a celebrity on the cover, and the production techniques to be used including photo shoots, layout in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, and research and pre-production using PowerPoint, Word, Publisher, and questionnaires.
As level media studies
The document provides details for a magazine pitch and proposal for a magazine called "POP IT!" focused on cheesy pop music and targeted towards 13-16 year olds. It includes initial ideas for the front cover featuring a photo of a model and fonts in pink, purple, and black. The contents page would have one page split 60% text and 40% images with section headers like "This week's a-listers!" and articles like "The Spice Girls Bounce Back!" A double page spread would feature an interview with the Spice Girls about their latest single and upcoming plans.
Contents page and dps analysis
1) The document analyzes the contents page and double page spread (DPS) of Rolling Stone magazine. It identifies various design elements like the masthead, pull quotes, and color scheme that establish the magazine's brand identity and inform and engage readers.
2) Key elements discussed include the use of the cover star Richard Dyer's image to attract audiences, column layout for easy navigation of stories, and sublines that briefly summarize each page's content.
3) The analysis concludes that Rolling Stone effectively uses these features to inform readers about the magazine and guide them through the issues. It notes how the document will apply lessons from Rolling Stone in its own magazine design.
Dragon's Den pitch - media
The document discusses plans for a new music magazine called "Hum". It will include reviews of a wide variety of music genres and highlight lesser-known artists. The target audience is music lovers of all ages and genres. Competition includes magazine Q, but Hum will distinguish itself by focusing on new artists rather than famous ones. Visual plans include close-up shots of bands on the cover, medium shots of cover bands on the contents page, and wide shots or a single central image on double page spreads.
My Target Audience
Dan Biddle's target audience for his magazine is radical teenagers aged 13-18, primarily males from low-income backgrounds who identify as "emo." While this group is often stereotyped as depressed and gloomy, Biddle aims to challenge these stereotypes by representing them as happy and fun-loving in the magazine. To attract this audience, the magazine features interviews with bands using casual, youthful language. Images in the magazine also feature models the same age as the target audience smiling and not dressed entirely in black in order to change perceptions.
Media A2 Magazine hand drawn drafts
This document contains hand-drawn draft notes for the cover of a soap opera magazine. The notes suggest including the magazine's name and tagline at the top in red to attract readers, as well as promoting the issue number, date, and social media sites. The cover would also feature a promotional image showing audience reaction, a main story image and teaser, and additional cover lines advertising other soap operas discussed within.
Updated Version of Final Pitch
Kristy Lai is pitching a new music magazine called "MUSE" targeting audience B-C2. The magazine will have a dark blue and black color scheme. The cover photo will use a medium long shot of a mixed group with split lighting to look dramatic and mysterious. Inside, a double page spread will feature behind-the-scenes photos and an interview of an up-and-coming YouTube artist. Additional articles will include music reviews, charts, recommendations, and polls to engage readers.
Final Pitch
Kristy Lai is pitching a new music magazine called "MUSE" targeting audience B-C2. The magazine will have a dark blue and black color scheme. The cover photo will use a medium long shot of a mixed group with split lighting. Inside, a double page spread will feature behind-the-scenes photos and an interview of an up-and-coming R&B/pop artist. The magazine will include articles on music charts, reviews, and recommendations to keep readers engaged and inspired.
Question 1
In What ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Existing Music Magazine Analysis
The document analyzes three elements of the Kerrang! music magazine: the front cover, a double-page article spread, and the contents page. For each element, observations are made about layout, design, visuals, and how they appeal to the magazine's target demographic. While some aspects would not directly translate to the author's new magazine, inspiration is taken from the unique font, branding identity, and balanced simplicity of the contents page. The analysis provides insights into magazine conventions that can be followed or adapted for the author's alternative music publication.
Headlines & coverlines
The document discusses headlines, coverlines, and subheadings used in magazines. It describes the features of the headline and subheading for a magazine about artist Adele. The headline identifies the artist and the subheading "HEARTBREAK SUPERSTAR" promotes her. The coverlines use different font sizes and short, snappy insights to attract readers. As an example, the line "The Most Hated Girl On The Internet" uses gossip to interest people. The document then prompts creating a magazine with the artist Freya Stratford as the headline and a catchy subheading like "The Bad Girl Of Pop". Suggested coverlines include listing artists in the issue and using gossip-filled lines to attract teenage female readers.
Final major project_proposal_form_updated
The document provides a proposal for a final major project comprising a fashion magazine with a front cover, contents page, and one double-page spread. The front cover will include the selling line, cover line, main heading, main image, and model credit. The contents page will list what is included in the magazine. The double-page spread will discuss fashion trends, styles, gossip, and celebrity endorsements. The target audience are students and men interested in fashion under 50. Production techniques will involve location and portrait photography using HDR, effects, and black and white or vintage tones edited in Photoshop and Illustrator.
Ev question 2
This document discusses the design choices made for a magazine targeting white British teenagers and young adults aged 16-18. On the front cover, a male model aged 18 is featured in a style of dress stereotypical of indie singer-songwriters to appeal to that audience. A double page spread features a female model in a way that goes against conventions of sexualization, aiming to appeal to both male and female readers. Shot types and layouts were selected to build relationships between readers and models while maintaining a minimalist, calming style.
Magazine planning
The document discusses planning for a magazine genre convention and website. For the magazine, it will use typical conventions like a consistent masthead, direct address on the cover, and bright colors. The coverlines will focus on topics like fashion and beauty. The website will include subcategories of content, a popup to subscribe, and a Q&A video segment sourced from social media to demonstrate cross-platform interaction. Both the magazine and website will maintain consistent branding elements like the masthead font and slogan.
Evaluation 2
The document discusses representation of social groups in a music magazine. It summarizes that the magazine uses middle/working class models around the same age as the target audience to allow easy association. Both male and female models are used, with a male on the front cover and females inside. The magazine aims to portray male and female artists as equal. Using a male model on the cover is intended to attract female readers, who are the typical audience for magazines targeting females.
Evaluation 2
The document discusses representation of social groups in a music magazine. It summarizes that the magazine uses middle/working class models around the same age as the target audience to allow easy association. Both male and female models are used, with a male on the front cover and females inside. The magazine aims to portray male and female artists as equal. Using a male model on the cover is intended to attract a female audience, as females typically buy more music magazines. Shot types like eye-level shots create a relationship with the audience, while mid-long shots on a double page spread allow effects. The contents page uses many pictures rather than text to avoid overwhelming readers.
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Magazine pitch
The document provides an overview and initial ideas for a rock magazine called "Volume" targeted towards teenagers and adults aged 15 and older with interests in rock music. It outlines ideas for the front cover including dominant images, fonts, and color scheme. The contents page will have three sections and include teasers for articles. A double page spread will feature a fabricated interview with the band Foo Fighters discussing their experiences and rise to fame. Representation of the rock genre will be consistent throughout the magazine.
Proposal A
Zoe Toulson is proposing a 32-page monthly pop-rock magazine titled "A" to be created in Photoshop and InDesign. The magazine would target 16-23 year olds and feature popular artists like Pink, Justin Bieber, and Ed Sheeran to attract readers. The front cover design would use a white masthead in a blush-colored box placed in the top left corner against a photo background to convey a sense of youth, happiness, and love. The content would include pictures, articles, interviews and reviews to keep readers informed on trends in the pop-rock world.
Proposal: RockStars
1) The document proposes a print-based magazine called "RockStars" focused on upbeat hip hop and rock music. It would have around 32 pages and be released fortnightly.
2) The magazine's target audience is primarily males interested in celebrity updates and music reviews. It aims to compete with similar magazines like Kerrang and NME using bright colors and engaging content.
3) The proposal discusses the magazine's design elements like colorful covers and double page spreads with photos and pull quotes. It also outlines developing an online presence through a website, social media, and potential app to further engage the target audience.
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Magazine and online
- Hearst Magazines publishes 21 magazine brands in the UK that reach over 1 in 3 UK women and 1 in 4 UK men each month. They sell over 4 million magazines a month.
- Hearst targets demographics of 25+ and 18-25 years old to reach a wide audience. Content includes celebrity gossip, fashion, and entertainment to attract fun-loving 16-24 year olds.
- Primary research showed that magazine purchases are more popular with those aged 20+, while those aged 16-20 prefer reading magazines online. Younger audiences favor entertainment and fashion content while older audiences prefer news and information.
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The document discusses the ways in which the author's media product, a magazine called "Beat", uses and adheres to conventions of real music magazines. It covers the magazine's cover, contents page, double-page spread, representation of social groups, target audience, and use of technology. The author analyzed existing magazines to inform the design and ensure it followed industry standards. Overall, the document provides details on how the author designed the magazine to fit conventions while appealing to its target 16-25 year old audience interested in pop music.
The Main Task Introduction
The document outlines the requirements for a course assignment to create a four-page magazine on a chosen music genre. The student has chosen the rap genre as the topic and aims the magazine at males aged 17-25. To engage this target audience, the magazine will use informal language, minimal text, and advertisements. Research to be conducted includes analyzing conventions in professional magazines, creating a mood board and questionnaire, making layout plans, and studying rap magazines to understand production and distribution.
Log book and evaluation
The document provides a log book and evaluation for a student's preliminary task creating a music magazine. It includes step-by-step progressions and evidence of creating the front cover and contents page, with explanations of design choices and techniques used at each step. Research is also presented on established music magazines, their target audiences and conventions, as well as on the publisher of one of the researched magazines.
AS Media Studies Music Magazine Evaluation
Hop-Hip magazine is a proposed monthly magazine targeting teenagers and young adults interested in hip hop music. The creator analyzed existing hip hop magazines like XXL to inform their design choices. Key elements include a rebellious male cover star representing the target reader, repetitive colors of red, black, and grey, and features on popular hip hop artists. Distribution would be through TownSquare Media to reach the intended audience. The creator learned photography, image editing, and layout skills using software like Photoshop and InDesign to construct professional-looking pages for the mock magazine.
AS MEDIA COURSEWORK: The Evaluation
The document provides instructions for a media studies evaluation assignment involving the planning and production of a music magazine. It outlines seven questions to be addressed in the evaluation and expectations for formatting the response in PowerPoint. Some key points:
- There are seven questions relating to planning, production, audience, representation, distribution, technologies used, and lessons learned.
- A minimum of five slides per question is recommended, using images, color coding, and other visual elements.
- The evaluation is worth 20 marks and each question must be addressed separately with details.
- Good communication skills should be demonstrated in submitting and presenting the evaluation.
Evaluation
The document discusses the evaluation of a media product created by the author. It examines how the product used, developed or challenged conventions of real magazines. Specifically:
1) It used conventions like mastheads and section titles from magazines like XXL and iDJ.
2) It challenged conventions by placing photos in a film strip rather than a block, and combining contents pages from NME and Kerrang.
3) The target audience was 14-18 year olds interested in hip hop and R&B. Features and visuals were included to attract this group like a provocatively dressed female model.
Evaluation
The document discusses the evaluation of a media product created by the author. It examines how the product used, developed or challenged conventions of real magazines. Specifically:
1) It used conventions like mastheads and section titles from magazines like XXL and iDJ.
2) It challenged conventions by placing photos in a film strip rather than a block, and combining contents pages from NME and Kerrang.
3) The target audience was 14-18 year olds interested in hip hop and R&B. Features and visuals were included to attract this group like a provocatively dressed female model.
Music magazine evaluation presentation
Lucy is a candidate for AS Media Studies submitting a foundation portfolio to OCR. Her media product is a magazine targeting young women aged 18-25 interested in indie music and fashion. To appeal to her target audience, Lucy's magazine cover features a band representing how readers aspire to look, with a natural female musician contrasting typical cover models. The magazine will be published weekly by NME publisher Mike William and distributed through its website and social media to encourage brand loyalty. While using conventions from other magazines, Lucy develops the format with a purple color scheme tailored to her female readership.
Evaluation 12
The student took several photos for the front cover and contents page of their magazine. For the front cover, they took photos in different poses and outfits to test which would work best. They selected a mid-shot photo on a plain white background for ease of editing. For the contents page, they wanted a photo that fit the theme and background. They tested multiple photos on Photoshop before selecting the final images. Through this process, the student learned photography skills like different angles, poses, and outfits to capture the best shots for their magazine pages.
Evaluation real
The student took several photos for the front cover and contents page of their magazine. For the front cover, they took photos in different poses and outfits to test which would work best. They selected a mid-shot photo on a plain white background for ease of editing. For the contents page, they wanted a photo that fit the theme and background. They tested multiple photos on Photoshop before selecting the final images. Through this process, the student learned photography skills like different angles, poses, and outfits to select photos suitable for their magazine pages.
Evaluation
The student took several photos for the front cover and contents page of their magazine. For the front cover, they took photos in different poses and outfits to test which would work best. They selected a mid-shot photo on a plain white background for ease of editing. For the contents page, they wanted an image that fit the theme and background. They tested multiple photos on Photoshop before selecting the final images. Through this process, the student gained experience with photography planning and testing images in Photoshop before finalizing their magazine layouts.
Media AS Coursework Evaluation
The student learned several things from creating their media magazine project. They learned how to use publishing software like Microsoft Publisher to lay out magazine pages professionally. They also gained experience taking photos, editing images, and designing an eye-catching logo. In comparing their preliminary and final magazines, the student improved the front page design, made the contents page more engaging, and created a more cohesive layout that feels like a real magazine. Through the process, the student felt they better understood technologies like blogs, presentations, and how to transport files between devices.
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As level media studies portfolio
- 1. AS Level Media Studies – Foundation Portfolio Magazine Pitch and Proposal Overview Proposed Genre of Magazine: Pop Proposed Name: POP WORLD Alternative/Back up Name: POP SENSATION Ideas for Front Cover: I would like the dominant image to be eye catching and fun. I want the font to be big and bold also recognisable. My articles will suite the readers needs and contain information that will hook the reader. The colour scheme will be a mixture of pinks and purples due to the results of my questionnaire. Target Audience Age range: 5-15 Gender: girls Interests: boy bands, fashion, make up Initial Ideas for Contents Page(s): 1 page Percentage Split between Images and Text: 60:40 in pictures favour. Section Headers for Contents List: I will section my contents page into separate headers. For example a main story header, fashion tips header, celeb gossip header and a competition header. An Overview of Some of the Articles/Features Included on your Contents Page: the articles my magazine will feature are: Front cover story- Interview of new artist A double spread of embarrassing photos of celebrities
- 2. An article on celebrity gossip- including photos A page of fashion tips and step by step hair styles Will You Include an Editor’s Letter? No Article Double Page Spread: What will your Double Page Spread be about: My double page spread will be about an new artist featuring stories of her life, background and success so far. Back Up Idea: My back up idea will be an article of the new boy band straight out the x factor. Percentage Split between Images and Text: 60:40 in photos favour. Possible Title or Headline: Exclusive Interview! Nathalie “Secrets, tears and success” What kind of a ‘story’ are you going to create? I’m going to create a story were Nathalie reveals all about her secrets, tears and celebrity best friend Additional Ideas worth mentioning: I have created many questionnaires so that my audience are able to choose what they would like in the magazine. With the big decisions made by the audience this should create the ideal magazine.