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- 1. Evaluation Task By keiran froom
- 2. In what waysdoes your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? • My front cover is designed around the MOD NME originals front cover. It represents a similar layout and also similar colour referencing. This allowed me to get a better feel for the music scene and the types of magazines that were already on the market. I wanted to keep the original MOD target symbol and include it within the front cover of my magazine. The main image on my Magazine is an image of an artist, this would be a typical convention of music magazines, He is the most dominant image in the magazine, this draws in the audiences attention and allows them to relate to something they may like.
- 3. This is mymast head and strap line, these are also used to draw the reader in, I chose a style of writing that would relate to my genre of music. The ‘rain man’ title was decided because of the idea of it raining down upon you, its always there, the only thing you can do is try and hide from it. The mast head is typically at the top of the magazine cover or slightly to the left third. This is a cover line and is usually used to give the reader a sneak preview of what is within the magazine, this again is a generic magazine convention. This is the top and bottom strips to my I placed a music magazine, they are used to barcode on the advertise various subjects either within magazine the magazine or companies sponsoring cover to make the magazine. Both these strips colour the magazine are in contrast to the actual magazine seem more cover, this makes them stand out and genuine and easily readable. realistic.
- 4. My contents pageagain carries on the title of the magazine but as a logo, this takes up less room and allows space for other more meaningful features on this page. I placed a small image of the magazine and a subscription next to it, this could let people subscribe to the magazine and get a weekly issue. I still included the rule of thirds. Section header. This is included to show what will follow. Numbered itemised list Main feature Navigation panel
- 5. FLASH: I haveused this to draw in For the headline, I used the name of the reader, hence the 3D effect, this the artist, this was to introduce the helps grab the readers attention. artist and also allow the reader to It’s directly in your face which associate with them. makes it the first thing you read. Introductory Article column's. text, this is to explain the basics before getting into the actual main feature. By line, shows who wrote the text. Caption/quote: I used one word and repeated it in the pattern of Feature article photo, I three, this was to emphasise the used a mid-shot for this, word and again relate it to the it brings the artists to a name of the artist. personal view.
- 6. How does yourmedia product represent particular social groups? The social group I chose to base my magazine around was the ‘Grime scene’ however this slowly expanded into the ‘mod culture’ I did this to broaden my audience and try to not make the magazine so negative. The images on the front cover represent the MOD industry but the quotes on there represent the Grime ‘prepare for the NWO’. The term ‘MOD’ was taken from the word ‘Modernist’ this scene originated in London in the late 1950’s and peaked in the mid 1960’s. The mod culture is still going strong today, it is represented mainly by the ‘rebellious’ youths and the fashion which is expensive and quite individual. The rebellious factor helps relate this scene to the Grime one. It does this by bringing ideas that go against government issues and stand up for peoples wrights. The music related to the ‘mod scene’ is still being released by such bands as ‘beady eye’ and ‘high flying birds’ some websites that represent this scene are such ones as http://www.modculture.co.uk/ this site covers a whole variety of different aspects of the scene, such as: clothing ranges, different news, music and scooting, plus much more. http://www.chrishunt.biz/features08.html this is a full description and look into the mod culture.
- 7. What kind ofmedia institution might distribute your media product and why? IPC Media produces over 60 iconic media brands Owned by ‘time warner’ one of the big 6, which suggests they are very influential and have a lot of power within the magazine industry. MAGAZINES: OVER 70 MAGAZINES INCLUDING SALES: £95 MILLION PER YEAR OWNERSHIP: INDIPENDENT SPECIALISM: WIDE VARIATION AWARDS: WON NUMEROUSE PPA AWARDS, AWARD FOR EMPLOYEES GENEROSITY CONCLUSION: WOULD NOT BE SUITABLE AS IT ONLY PUBLISHS ITS OWN MAGAZINES, IT IS AN INDIPENDEDNT COMPANY MAGAZINES: 100 MAGAZINES OWNERSHIP: INDIPENDENT SPECIALISM: VARIATION CONCLUSION: WOULD BE SUITABLE AS THEY PUBLISH A WIDE VARIATION OF MAGAZINES.
- 8. How did youattract/address your audience? TO ATTRACT MY AUDIENCE I USED THINGS THAT WOULD INTEREST THE GENRE IT WAS BASED AROUND, SUCH AS UPCOMING NEWS OF ARTISTS BASED AROUND THAT CULTURE. I ALSO ATRACTED MY AUDIENCE BY THE USE OF IMAGES, THESE IMAGES ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THIS MUSIC SCENE E.G. THE MOD LOGO OR TARGET. I HAVE CONSTANTLY KEPT THE SAME CLOUR SCHEME AND REPEATED A LOT OF WORDS, THIS WILL HELP THE READER/AUDIENCE TAKE IT ALL IN AND CARRY ON READING IT. I HAVE RELATED A LOT OF MY ARTICLES TO THINGS THAT MIGHT INTEREST THIS AUDIENCE AND HELP THEM ABSORB THE INFORMATION, THIS WILL EXCITE THE AUDIENCE AND MAKE THEM FEEL A PART OF THE CULTURE AND GROUP. FOR MY PHOTOGRAPHY I LOOKED AT EXISTING MAGAZINES AND HOW THEIR PHOTO’S WERE TAKEN, MOST OF WHICH HAD THE CAMERA POINTING DOWN ON THE ARTISTS, I THEN DID A SIMILAR THING FOR MY PHOTO’S AND MADE THE ARTIST SEEM AS THOUGH THEY ARE LOOKING UP AT THE AUDIENCE.