7. Links to main imageMain Image -Composition -Action Shot
8. Masthead -Simple -Bold Image -simple -Close up Contents -List -Page Numbers Pull Quotes Main Image -Action Shot -Full Cast
9. Masthead -At an angle -Grease font Bold Quotes -Dramatic language. Main image -Extreme long shot -Most of the cast visible Lots Of Images -Yearbook effect
10. Q2. How does your media product represent particular social groups? Similar age group Use of Angles Quirky, dramatic masthead.
11. LANGUAGE Quotes are down-to-earth, sense of normality, just like the audience. ‘I never thought I'd make it’. Use of vocative language; ‘we’, ‘us’, audience feel more involved. Use of powerful, dramatic adjectives and hyperbole- ‘perfection’, ‘magnitude’ and ‘best of their ability’. Humour, about early mornings and food, general perception of teenagers as lazy. Set the article out like a diary- ‘Monday 6th December, 6AM’, mirroring shows such as ‘Big Brother’ which is generally popular with teenagers.
12. LANGUAGE CONTINUED... Very over the top, descriptive. Buzz words- ‘exclusive’ Pronouns- ‘we’, more relatable. Descriptive language, ‘perfection’, ‘magnitude’. Cheesy slogan Typical Alliteration
13. Q3. What kind of media institution might distribute your product and why?
14. Q4. Who would be the audience for your media product? Which Genre of music do you most prefer? Performing Arts Students in general. Aged 16-30. Where would you prefer to perform?
15. Q5. How did you attract/address your audience? Action shots Other articles – Not all about Broadway. Gradient
16. Q6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product? Text editing from Dafont Blogger Adobe Photoshop
17. Q7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Editor's Notes
Masthead – top of the page, convention. -Font is quirky, unusual. Not like existing products, genre. - Conventional for the masthead to relate to genre. -Broadway, Spotlight.Text- Left third -Mainly red and white, stands out against black background. -Positioned with the line of the image. -Bold fonts, stand out. -Use of language; rhetorical question, power of three. -Font sizes, specific words stand out.Slogan, conventional -Positioned above masthead, unusual, not in primary optical area.Main image-Right and middle third, off centre -No eye contact, action shot, relates to genre. -Links with main coverline, feature obvious.Main Coverline -Power of three beneath in white, contrast. -Buzz words; ‘And more!’ entices to read.BROADWAY -Text is more simplistic -Colour theme -Action Shot -Lots of empty space- more sophisticated
Layout- simplistic -Lots of empty space; unconventional. -Box around text; convention. -Text in right third, not conventional. -Text beneath the pages, conventional, extra brief information about articles.Images-Simple -Main image at the bottom, large- conventional. -Action shot.
Images – Yearbook effect unconventional -Full page -Different sizes -Variety of images; sums up the show.Title- Simple -Canted angle, unconventional.Layout- Simplistic -typical columned articlePull quotes- eye catchingMain image- full cast, action shot.
I targeted drama students. -Dramatic language, exaggeration, over the top.-Articles and cover lines are about shows and acting.-Action shots to give a real feel of how the show was.-Young language, but no slang, more sophisticated view as the audience are quite serious about it.-All the images were of young people, identification.-model’s are people who the audience look up to and aspire to be; successful performers.
The most similar magazine to my product is ‘Broadway’ Magazine, which is distributed by a digital distribution company named Magcloud. Magcloud is a website that prints magazines on demand, meaning that consumers can order as many or as few copies as they want.The magazine is available by order, as it is a very specialist product and most newsagents would not stock it, which is why I think thatit would be a good distributor to use as smaller, specialist companies can order copies, but so can individuals as they deliver amounts to order.There is no cost to the producer, the customers pay the distributor and they take a percentage of the profits.
More...-Quite quirky, unusual, dramatic characters, from focus group.-Confident, usually have aspirations of working on stage, television or in film.-Enjoy stage shows and film adaptations of them.-Generally listen to a variety of other music as well as Broadway music - Questionnaire
Main article – About a musical - Use action shots of a performance.Other articles – not just on theatre music, other things as they have other likes and hobbies outside of Broadway music.Layout- unique, quirky, artistic; double page, yearbook look.House style- Colours; red, white and black in general, suitable for males and females. -Red has connotations of fame, the red carpet, red curtain, appeals to men and women. -Black and white together have connotations of sophistication and classical. -Fonts are quite bold, stand out, like the target audience.Language- very dramatic adjectives -article is very over the top and enthusiastic. -use of pronouns, so they identify with the magazine. -Front cover - Gradient due to light and dark in image, outline, stands out.Font very similar to Grease
Photo ManipulationAdobe Photoshop in generalEditting ImagesHow to utilise different aspects; fonts, layout.
The preliminary project gave us a chance to experiment and adjust to Photoshop. To learn how to lay out a magazine according to conventions.How much research goes into making a product.How simple details can affect the whole product.That everything from the colours to the images to the language used, give a certain message to the reader.
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