2. In what ways does your media product
use, develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media products?
Sound- mine kerrang
The mast head- used to
show ownership and
title of the magazine.
Buzz word- exclusive
makes it sound unique
to the magazine and a
engaging word.
Prizes makes the reader
want to buy it to gain a
prize or a freebie.
3. Pull quote
Pull quote- I looked at Q magazine, it presented a pull quote to be bold and
had a colourful highlighting to make it stand out and to engage the audience
to read the magazine in order to see the whole article. I presented this pull
quote to have a simple white highlighting so I could get it as close to the artist
as possible so the reader could link text to face. Their pull quote is engaging it
makes you want to buy the magazine in order to read what music has
changed their life. My pull quote goes against this slightly by saying it feels
like a dream so the audience will want to read on to see about this new artist
dream however it is not as engaging as the q magazine.
4. Colour scheme
Q magazine colour scheme is black red and
white.
Kerrang colour scheme is yellow black and
white traditionally
Nme is usually red black and white
The colour scheme I choose to use was neon
blue, pink, white and black, I choose this as
the other magazine’s feature bright bold
colours. Therefore I choose this colour
scheme in order to attract the audience
attention as bright colours are stereotypically
associated with young adults. Also as it’s a hip
hop themed magazine I needed to use bright
colours to fit in with the genre.
I also used the blue and pink to show a unisex
colour to show my magazine is aimed at both
genders.
mine
Other magazines with a similar genre
buzzword
5. barcode
I found that the barcode on
magazines are small as it is
the least important aspect of
the magazine. The Barcode is
a common convention
therefore in magazines they
are seen to be in corners of
the magazine to use less
space and also so the
consumer can see how much
the magazine is. Hence in my
magazine I put my barcode in
the corner small to take up
less space but big enough to
see the price.
6. Features/ regulars of contents page
In music magazines I found there are features
which is the main articles and those featured
on the front cover and also regulars which are
in the magazine for every issue.
< in my magazine I used features and also
regulars I adapted the regulars and created
my own monthly items such as a monthly
albumn review. I also used subscribe and a
review section that I have previously seen
being used in my research.
< I updated my features to a more up date
article such as Leeds fest line up which will
engage the target audience and fit in with the
genre as it is a hip hop music festival.
I also matched the photos to the article in the
text using the same number in the list.
7. How does your media product
represent particular social groups?
My social group is (hip-hop)- young adults/teenagers
who have an interest in hip-hop music. I represented
this genre by including similar themes that are
included in hip-hop magazines. I have done this to
attract my target audience and engage them to read
the magazine.
Gender- my magazine mainly features female
characters, the models used were female and the list
of articles is also mainly female. Therefore it is aimed
at women but also men on a lustful level. I used a
young girl on my front cover with pink hair which is a
gender stereotype that pink is linked with female
such as they like pink things and want to wear pink
things etc. I also used featured the girl holding a
guitar which would normally be featured in a male
hand due to stereotype
8. As my magazine is aimed at young adults and teenagers my magazine
features people of a similar age in order to fit in with the style of the
magazine and engage the audience. The stereotypes around ages is that
teenagers are seen as troublesome youths and therefore they get critised a
lot. Therefore I went against these stereotypes and made the front cover look
like a nice presentable girl that fit in with the genre but went against
stereotypes that the older generation have. My magazine was made with the
middle class and working class in mind therefore if had a relatively cheap
price for the magazine that is affordable amongst both classes. The working
class get judged a lot for not having the most current clothes etc. therefore
they can get stigmatised that they are thief's or discriminated against
therefore I have featured in my contents page how to get a celebrity look
therefore they can wear similar clothes for a cheap affordable price.
I featured a male black artist to not make it look like a racist magazine and so
it is multi cultural, there is no racism or prejudice in my magazine. The male
artist is in his stage clothes therefore it does support the stereotypes that
male blacks are ‘ gangsta’s’ or rappers.
9. Media Institution: any of the organisations responsible for the
production, marketing, distribution or regulation of media
texts. Some of the key magazine publishing institutions in the
uk are BAUER, IPC and future.
I believe that my magazine could be featured on the I books
on apple therefore it is being extended into other media areas
and gaining more public attention. The front cover could also
be featured on billboards or buses to gain more public
attention.
Bauer also know how to publicise similar magazines therefore
would know how to publicise mine. KERRANG has a reader
ship of 396,000 and q is 339,000 therefore my readership
would be similar and worthwhile.
What kind of media institution might
distribute your media product and why?
10. What kind of media institution might
distribute your media product and why?
I think the media institution that would distribute my magazine would be BAUER,
because they distribute Q which I think is similar to my magazine however mine is more
informal style/layout and a cheaper price so if they distributed mine it would be read my
more of a lower class compared to Q. Therefore by running both magazines they are
making sales from a much wider audience. However they could not want to distribute
mine due to already having Q and kerrang therefore they may not want to distribute
another music magazine the same genre to Q. BAUER is a large European-based media
company it has a portfolio of more than 600 magazines, over 400 digital products and 50
radio and TV stations around the world. My magazine I think would blend in with their
popular magazines due to the title for example: they both are the same and yet not at
the same time therefore I believe this would be a great new addition
11. Who would be the audience for your
media product?
My final production shows that my target audience is more pop than hip-hop due to the fact
the main person is dressed and looks more respectable and has more clothes on than girls
pictured in hip=hop magazines she is more modernised in my magazine. Therefore she may not
relate to all the audience I aimed for in the first place but may relate to more middle class
people especially to women as she doesn’t really have the lustful poses men would need in
order to take interest in this magazine.
12. How did you attract/address your
audience?
I used a crackled featured masthead to engage the audience as it fits in with the hip-hop
genre and draws attention. I then matched the colour of the title with the artist hair to
draw attention to the singer as well and to show that she also relates to the genre this
will engage the target audience.
I choose bold cover lines and I underlined and used italic on exclusive to attract the
audience attention, I also underlined and made bold certain words that I thought would
engage and attract the reader.
13. I also including a chance to win tickets to a concert I did this
because everybody likes free things and the audience will be
attracted to this magazine in order to win the free stuff.
The colour scheme I choose to do I choose bright colours to
attract the orders I also choose blue and pink as the clash and
therefore draw the readers eye to look at the whole page. And
due to my research I found that other magazine used similar
colours and this engaged the same audience I am hoping to
engage. I also believe it shows unisex. I addressed my
audience in an informal way as research shows the audience
wont be engaged if you speak to them in a formal way and will
lose attention. My photos are eye level therefore they make
the audience feel connected and involved and want to buy the
magazine.
14. What have you learnt about
technologies from the process of
constructing this product?
The technology I used was: my iPhone to record the interview and
pictures of the male artist. I used premier pro and photo shop to
create the preliminary task and final production, I also used word and
PowerPoint to create the pitch etc. I learnt how to use Photoshop to
create and edit images as I had never used this software before, I
learnt that it can be difficult to use all the tools and there still aspects
of Photoshop I have no idea what it is. Without it I wouldn’t have a
final product though, I already knew how to use PowerPoint so I just
developed my skills more. I learned that it takes a lot of time to perfect
the magazine as it took my 3 weeks maybe more to finish the
production. I also learnt how to use and create a blog that I never
knew I could do before. I could of done without the use of premier pro
and word to create the magazine. I couldn’t of done without
PowerPoint the blog and Photoshop. The negatives was learning how
to use all the new software it took a lot of time time that I needed.
15. Looking back at your preliminary task,
what do you feel you have learnt in the
progression from it to the full product?
Doing the task helped me when creating my final front
cover , therefore it helped me learn the basics of photo
shop.
I am better at using Photoshop and PowerPoint now I also
know how to research and analyse things better. I can
now create a flat plan and what I enjoyed the most was
creating the style sheet just making loads of fonts and
titles was enjoyable. I didn’t like writing the copy or
planning photographs but now I know what to details to
pick out when I see magazine in shops and I hope it will
help me in my exams.
