The document describes how the author's media product represents and targets a particular social group. Specifically, the front cover, contents page, and double page spread aim to represent and attract UK South Asians aged 15-21. Various design elements were chosen to appeal to this audience, such as fonts, images of individuals in South Asian attire, and topics of interest like music artists and awards shows. Terminology in Punjabi is also used to connect to the target demographic.
The document is a student's analysis and evaluation of their first draft of a magazine cover for a music magazine focused on the Bhangra genre. The student made changes between the first and final drafts, including changing the magazine title to relate more to the target audience, moving elements around on the cover for improved layout, and altering font colors and sizes. They provided comparisons between the first and final drafts and analyzed design elements and color choices on the cover and contents page to ensure consistency across the magazine.
The document is a reflection on the process of creating a magazine focused on the Bhangra music genre. The student made several revisions to improve the magazine, including changing the title to better relate to the target audience, adjusting font colors and layouts to make the magazine more appealing, and moving elements like the main storyline to ensure the audience understands the focus. Through creating the magazine, the student learned about magazine conventions, the importance of audience preferences, and skills using Photoshop and other technologies.
The document summarizes the design choices made for a mock music magazine front cover, contents page, and double page spread. Key conventions from real music magazines like Top of the Pops and We Love Pop were used, including images, headings, fonts, and colors. The front cover features a band image and puffs to promote articles. The contents page previews stories through images and page numbers. The double page spread focuses on an interview with the fictional band, with their photo in the center and questions and answers in different colors. Conventions were adapted from example magazine pages to create a professional-looking mock publication.
The document describes a music magazine the author created that targets South Asian youth. It uses specific codes and conventions to represent three genres of music - Bhangra, Bollywood, and Urban Desi. The front cover features orange prominently to highlight a special edition focused on Bhangra. Throughout the magazine, the author blends the three signature colors and keeps the house style consistent. Research informed design choices like the price point and special features to match the target audience's preferences.
This document describes a music magazine project created by the author using Photoshop and InDesign. It includes details on the magazine's masthead "Spotlight", target audience of teens and young adults interested in pop and R&B music, and contents like an interview with an up-and-coming young artist. The author discusses design elements like fonts, colors, and images used to make the magazine appealing. They also reflect on what they learned from preliminary tasks and audience research to help construct their music magazine.
The document discusses the author's magazine project on the genre of Bhangra music. It evaluates how the magazine challenges and follows conventions of real magazines. Key points include using few strap lines on the cover to show simplicity while still including them, including balanced images and text on the double page spread to follow conventions, and representing the Bhangra music audience and culture through the colors, images, and topics chosen. The author also reflects on learning Photoshop skills like using the sponge tool and the importance of following conventions to make the magazine look professional.
This document contains information about a student's process of designing a school magazine as practice for designing their music magazine. It describes the research and drafting process, including looking at other magazines for inspiration on layout, cover design, and contents page design. The student summarizes what they have learned about using software and understanding magazine design through creating the school magazine. They then discuss plans and research for their music magazine cover and contents page design.
The document provides details about the process of creating a music magazine. It describes designing elements like the front cover, contents page, and articles. Conventions from other music magazines were researched and applied, like layout, fonts, and inclusion of photos, quotes, and page numbers. Feedback was gathered through surveys to help decisions. Skills with Photoshop and digital photography improved over iterations. The target audience was identified as teenage boys interested in genres like rap and R&B. Distribution through an existing media company was considered.
The document is a student's analysis and evaluation of their first draft of a magazine cover for a music magazine focused on the Bhangra genre. The student made changes between the first and final drafts, including changing the magazine title to relate more to the target audience, moving elements around on the cover for improved layout, and altering font colors and sizes. They provided comparisons between the first and final drafts and analyzed design elements and color choices on the cover and contents page to ensure consistency across the magazine.
The document is a reflection on the process of creating a magazine focused on the Bhangra music genre. The student made several revisions to improve the magazine, including changing the title to better relate to the target audience, adjusting font colors and layouts to make the magazine more appealing, and moving elements like the main storyline to ensure the audience understands the focus. Through creating the magazine, the student learned about magazine conventions, the importance of audience preferences, and skills using Photoshop and other technologies.
The document summarizes the design choices made for a mock music magazine front cover, contents page, and double page spread. Key conventions from real music magazines like Top of the Pops and We Love Pop were used, including images, headings, fonts, and colors. The front cover features a band image and puffs to promote articles. The contents page previews stories through images and page numbers. The double page spread focuses on an interview with the fictional band, with their photo in the center and questions and answers in different colors. Conventions were adapted from example magazine pages to create a professional-looking mock publication.
The document describes a music magazine the author created that targets South Asian youth. It uses specific codes and conventions to represent three genres of music - Bhangra, Bollywood, and Urban Desi. The front cover features orange prominently to highlight a special edition focused on Bhangra. Throughout the magazine, the author blends the three signature colors and keeps the house style consistent. Research informed design choices like the price point and special features to match the target audience's preferences.
This document describes a music magazine project created by the author using Photoshop and InDesign. It includes details on the magazine's masthead "Spotlight", target audience of teens and young adults interested in pop and R&B music, and contents like an interview with an up-and-coming young artist. The author discusses design elements like fonts, colors, and images used to make the magazine appealing. They also reflect on what they learned from preliminary tasks and audience research to help construct their music magazine.
The document discusses the author's magazine project on the genre of Bhangra music. It evaluates how the magazine challenges and follows conventions of real magazines. Key points include using few strap lines on the cover to show simplicity while still including them, including balanced images and text on the double page spread to follow conventions, and representing the Bhangra music audience and culture through the colors, images, and topics chosen. The author also reflects on learning Photoshop skills like using the sponge tool and the importance of following conventions to make the magazine look professional.
This document contains information about a student's process of designing a school magazine as practice for designing their music magazine. It describes the research and drafting process, including looking at other magazines for inspiration on layout, cover design, and contents page design. The student summarizes what they have learned about using software and understanding magazine design through creating the school magazine. They then discuss plans and research for their music magazine cover and contents page design.
The document provides details about the process of creating a music magazine. It describes designing elements like the front cover, contents page, and articles. Conventions from other music magazines were researched and applied, like layout, fonts, and inclusion of photos, quotes, and page numbers. Feedback was gathered through surveys to help decisions. Skills with Photoshop and digital photography improved over iterations. The target audience was identified as teenage boys interested in genres like rap and R&B. Distribution through an existing media company was considered.
This document provides an evaluation of a music magazine created by Kiranjit Jandu. The summary discusses several key elements of the magazine's design and how it represents certain conventions or challenges them:
- The bold masthead on the front cover challenges conventions by its placement and bold style. It is influenced by Vibe magazine.
- The main image of singer Bella challenges conventions by using a female figure rather than typical male figures.
- Other elements like the barcode placement, spread title, and single cover image challenge conventions while keeping the overall style cohesive.
- The magazine represents younger generations interested in R&B music and portrays the group OVOXO as strong and rebellious
The document summarizes the process of creating a magazine from start to finish. It discusses researching conventions of music magazines, designing elements like the front cover, contents page, and articles. Photos were taken and edited in Photoshop. Feedback was gathered through surveys. The target audience is identified as teenage boys interested in genres like rap and R&B. Publishing bi-monthly was decided based on reader preferences. Skills in photography, design, and gathering feedback were improved throughout the process.
This magazine cover uses bright colors and many images to represent a hybrid "Japop" genre that blends jazz and pop music. The target audience is clearly young females, as seen from the colors, artists featured, and busy layout. Distribution partners like RCA Records would be interested since the magazine prominently features pop artists. While colorful and eye-catching like pop magazines, elements like the sophisticated masthead and fonts also represent jazz through simplicity and elegance. Overall the cover successfully blends representations of both jazz and pop to profile its new music genre for its intended female youth audience.
The document discusses magazines in the UK music industry. It provides examples of some major music magazine publishers in the UK like Bauer Media Group which publishes Q Magazine and Kerrang, Immediate Media Company which publishes Top of the Pops, and DMC Publishing which publishes Mixmag. It also gives details about the type of music each magazine covers, their prices, circulations, and frequencies.
The document discusses the forms and conventions used in creating a music magazine cover and contents page.
The magazine cover follows conventions of Rolling Stone magazine, including the masthead, cover line, main image, selling line, headline, price and barcode. Eye contact and modern clothing were used to represent the R&B genre. Consistent colors of red, black and white were used throughout.
The contents page uses two columns, house style fonts and colors, images, and lists articles with page numbers to follow typical magazine conventions. Article pages also use consistent colors and positioning of a single image to the right of text.
The document is an evaluation of a student's media magazine project. It provides extensive details on how the student followed conventions of real rock magazines in developing the form and layout of the magazine. This includes using typical masthead styles, images of musicians posing with guitars and doing rock signs, pull quotes from interviews, and grouping content into common sections like features. The document discusses the design choices made for the cover, contents page, and a double-page artist interview spread, explaining how research into other rock magazines informed the design to match reader expectations of the genre.
The document summarizes the layout and design choices for a music magazine called Melodi. It describes taking inspiration from established magazines like Billboard and Vibe for the front cover layout, using familiar column styles and advertisements for the contents page, and applying typical interview layouts with images and pull quotes for the double page spread. Key design elements like fonts, colors, and photos are selected to suit the target genre and audience of pop/chart music fans. The magazine draws from conventions of real music publications while adding some original touches to achieve its goal of attracting readers.
This document summarizes a student's evaluation of their music magazine project. The student discusses how their magazine uses conventions from real music magazines in its style, layout, and content. They analyze the front cover, contents page, and a double-page spread interview feature based on conventions from magazines like NME. The student also considers their target audience of 16-24 year olds interested in indie music, and how they addressed this audience through visuals, language, and topics. Finally, the student reflects on the technologies and skills learned through creating the magazine project, such as photo editing and working with layers in Adobe Photoshop.
The document describes the development of a music magazine called "Spotlight" targeted towards teens and young adult women aged 16-25. Key details include:
- The magazine's masthead name "Spotlight" was chosen to match the genres of pop and R&B featured in stories and music downloads.
- The front cover features an interview with a rising 23-year old artist named Jayde Allison to appeal to the target audience.
- Color, fonts, images and topics were carefully selected throughout the magazine to attract and engage readers.
- The tagline "out with the old and in with the new" was chosen to convey the magazine's focus on the newest music trends each issue.
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conv...charlotte_abbott
The document discusses conventions for magazine covers and contents pages based on an analysis of existing music magazines. For a magazine cover, conventions include using a central image of a recognizable artist, placing contact information prominently, and incorporating the magazine's branding colors. Contents pages typically feature a masthead, subheadings to categorize articles, brief descriptions and page numbers for each item, and relevant images. The author applies these conventions in the design of their own magazine cover and contents pages for a young female audience, with adaptations like additional text or layered visual elements.
The document summarizes how the media product uses, develops, and challenges conventions of real media products. It discusses design elements like the masthead, layout, images, and content included. Specific conventions that were followed include placing the artist as the main focus, using floating quotes in interviews, and including advertisements. Conventions that were challenged include the placement of the masthead and not writing the magazine name on the contents page. Consistency in branding was maintained across the cover, contents, and double page spread.
The document provides instructions for producing the front cover and contents page of a school/college magazine. It discusses including a medium close-up photograph of a student plus appropriately laid-out text and masthead on the front cover. It also mentions producing a mock-up of the contents page layout. The target audience for the magazine is discussed as mainly being 16-18 year olds concerned with school, social life, and work. Several topic ideas are outlined for features in the magazine, such as driving lessons, university information, general news, and fashion tips.
The document discusses how the author addressed and attracted their target audience for a rock music magazine. They used intriguing band names, terms like "punk rock" and "merchandise" on the cover. Inside, they discussed download arenas, album reviews and used terms that rock fans would understand. They chose edgy fonts like "kill em all" to give a rock feel. Photos included a gothic woman on the cover and nondescript band members to generate mystery. The color scheme of black, red, white and a splash of yellow was intentionally simple. Page layouts were complex with many images and text styles to engage younger readers interested in creativity.
The document describes the process of creating a music magazine focused on the rap genre. It discusses following conventions of real music magazines, such as using a large main image on the cover featuring the artist of a double page spread. It also challenges some conventions, like blending text and images on double page spreads. The target audience is described as mainly males aged 16-25 who enjoy rap music. Feedback from surveys of other rap fans provided suggestions to improve the layout, entertainment features, and quality of the main cover image.
This document provides details about a student's media evaluation assignment for a magazine called "BEAT". It includes descriptions of the front cover, contents page, and a double page spread. The student explains design choices and how their magazine both challenges and confirms conventions of real music magazines. The cover features a black hip-hop artist to represent the target audience. Fonts, colors, and layout are chosen to be consistent throughout. The double page spread includes an interview with the cover artist, following conventions like a large image and C-shape layout. The magazine is meant to represent the hip-hop social group through aspects like language, fashion, and confidence portrayed. Bauer Media would be a suitable distributor as it has experience with music magazines
Question 1: In what ways does your media product develop or challenge forms o...vpasmedia
This document analyzes the conventions used in the media product's design and layout. It finds that several conventions of real music magazines are used, such as a masthead at the top, coverlines on the side, consistent color schemes, and column-based text layouts. However, some aspects are less conventional like the positioning of the main coverline. Overall, the media product demonstrates an understanding of typical music magazine conventions but also includes some unique design choices.
The document describes how the author's magazine cover, contents page, and double page spread use and develop conventions of real magazines. Key points:
1) The magazine was modeled after Billboard magazine in terms of design elements like font, colors, and inclusion of features such as straplines, issue numbers, and barcodes.
2) The contents page and double page spread continue the color scheme and layout established on the cover to tie the elements together.
3) Conventions like quotes and photos are used prominently and strategically to draw readers in, mirroring techniques seen in researched magazines.
The document describes how the student's media magazine product uses and develops conventions of real magazines. The magazine cover, contents page, and double page spread follow conventions found in researching the Billboard magazine specifically and other magazines more generally. Key conventions included are color schemes, layouts, inclusion of details like issue numbers and websites. The magazine is aimed at representing teenagers and younger adults as a demographic interested in new artists as role models. A music-focused media institution would be suited to distribute the magazine.
Evaluation 1 in what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge ...FrancoisAli
The document summarizes how the media product challenges and develops conventions of real music magazines. Some conventions that are challenged include using a square shape for the magazine instead of the typical rectangular shape, and including bedroom backgrounds for photos instead of typical on-stage shots. Some conventions that are developed include using similar colors, fonts, and styles as real magazines. The layout of different sections like the cover, contents page, and double page spread both challenge conventions by having unconventional designs, while also following conventions through using grids, featured content, and column-based text layouts seen in other music magazines.
The document summarizes how the media product, a magazine, represents and targets particular social groups through its design and content choices. Specifically, it discusses how the cover, contents page, and double-page spread use images, fonts, colors, and conventions found in real hip-hop magazines to represent and appeal to its target audience of 16-24 year old hip-hop fans. The magazine aims to portray the stereotypes associated with hip-hop artists and fans, such as being rebellious, moody, and wearing "bling," to connect with its target readership. Across the different elements, consistency is maintained through repeated use of the magazine title, color scheme, and fonts.
The document provides details about the design and content of a hip-hop magazine called "BEAT" created by the author for a media evaluation assignment. It summarizes the ways in which the magazine's design and conventions follow or challenge those of real hip-hop magazines. Key aspects discussed include the magazine cover, contents page, double-page spread layout and the representation of the target hip-hop audience aged 16-19. Distribution and potential publisher Bauer Media are also discussed.
The document provides details about the design and content of a hip-hop magazine called "BEAT" created by the author for a media evaluation assignment. It summarizes the ways in which the magazine's design and conventions follow or challenge those of real hip-hop magazines. Key aspects discussed include the magazine cover, contents page, double-page spread layout and representation of the target hip-hop audience aged 16-19. The author aims to attract this audience through the use of appropriate models, themes, language and pricing.
This document provides an evaluation of a music magazine created by Kiranjit Jandu. The summary discusses several key elements of the magazine's design and how it represents certain conventions or challenges them:
- The bold masthead on the front cover challenges conventions by its placement and bold style. It is influenced by Vibe magazine.
- The main image of singer Bella challenges conventions by using a female figure rather than typical male figures.
- Other elements like the barcode placement, spread title, and single cover image challenge conventions while keeping the overall style cohesive.
- The magazine represents younger generations interested in R&B music and portrays the group OVOXO as strong and rebellious
The document summarizes the process of creating a magazine from start to finish. It discusses researching conventions of music magazines, designing elements like the front cover, contents page, and articles. Photos were taken and edited in Photoshop. Feedback was gathered through surveys. The target audience is identified as teenage boys interested in genres like rap and R&B. Publishing bi-monthly was decided based on reader preferences. Skills in photography, design, and gathering feedback were improved throughout the process.
This magazine cover uses bright colors and many images to represent a hybrid "Japop" genre that blends jazz and pop music. The target audience is clearly young females, as seen from the colors, artists featured, and busy layout. Distribution partners like RCA Records would be interested since the magazine prominently features pop artists. While colorful and eye-catching like pop magazines, elements like the sophisticated masthead and fonts also represent jazz through simplicity and elegance. Overall the cover successfully blends representations of both jazz and pop to profile its new music genre for its intended female youth audience.
The document discusses magazines in the UK music industry. It provides examples of some major music magazine publishers in the UK like Bauer Media Group which publishes Q Magazine and Kerrang, Immediate Media Company which publishes Top of the Pops, and DMC Publishing which publishes Mixmag. It also gives details about the type of music each magazine covers, their prices, circulations, and frequencies.
The document discusses the forms and conventions used in creating a music magazine cover and contents page.
The magazine cover follows conventions of Rolling Stone magazine, including the masthead, cover line, main image, selling line, headline, price and barcode. Eye contact and modern clothing were used to represent the R&B genre. Consistent colors of red, black and white were used throughout.
The contents page uses two columns, house style fonts and colors, images, and lists articles with page numbers to follow typical magazine conventions. Article pages also use consistent colors and positioning of a single image to the right of text.
The document is an evaluation of a student's media magazine project. It provides extensive details on how the student followed conventions of real rock magazines in developing the form and layout of the magazine. This includes using typical masthead styles, images of musicians posing with guitars and doing rock signs, pull quotes from interviews, and grouping content into common sections like features. The document discusses the design choices made for the cover, contents page, and a double-page artist interview spread, explaining how research into other rock magazines informed the design to match reader expectations of the genre.
The document summarizes the layout and design choices for a music magazine called Melodi. It describes taking inspiration from established magazines like Billboard and Vibe for the front cover layout, using familiar column styles and advertisements for the contents page, and applying typical interview layouts with images and pull quotes for the double page spread. Key design elements like fonts, colors, and photos are selected to suit the target genre and audience of pop/chart music fans. The magazine draws from conventions of real music publications while adding some original touches to achieve its goal of attracting readers.
This document summarizes a student's evaluation of their music magazine project. The student discusses how their magazine uses conventions from real music magazines in its style, layout, and content. They analyze the front cover, contents page, and a double-page spread interview feature based on conventions from magazines like NME. The student also considers their target audience of 16-24 year olds interested in indie music, and how they addressed this audience through visuals, language, and topics. Finally, the student reflects on the technologies and skills learned through creating the magazine project, such as photo editing and working with layers in Adobe Photoshop.
The document describes the development of a music magazine called "Spotlight" targeted towards teens and young adult women aged 16-25. Key details include:
- The magazine's masthead name "Spotlight" was chosen to match the genres of pop and R&B featured in stories and music downloads.
- The front cover features an interview with a rising 23-year old artist named Jayde Allison to appeal to the target audience.
- Color, fonts, images and topics were carefully selected throughout the magazine to attract and engage readers.
- The tagline "out with the old and in with the new" was chosen to convey the magazine's focus on the newest music trends each issue.
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conv...charlotte_abbott
The document discusses conventions for magazine covers and contents pages based on an analysis of existing music magazines. For a magazine cover, conventions include using a central image of a recognizable artist, placing contact information prominently, and incorporating the magazine's branding colors. Contents pages typically feature a masthead, subheadings to categorize articles, brief descriptions and page numbers for each item, and relevant images. The author applies these conventions in the design of their own magazine cover and contents pages for a young female audience, with adaptations like additional text or layered visual elements.
The document summarizes how the media product uses, develops, and challenges conventions of real media products. It discusses design elements like the masthead, layout, images, and content included. Specific conventions that were followed include placing the artist as the main focus, using floating quotes in interviews, and including advertisements. Conventions that were challenged include the placement of the masthead and not writing the magazine name on the contents page. Consistency in branding was maintained across the cover, contents, and double page spread.
The document provides instructions for producing the front cover and contents page of a school/college magazine. It discusses including a medium close-up photograph of a student plus appropriately laid-out text and masthead on the front cover. It also mentions producing a mock-up of the contents page layout. The target audience for the magazine is discussed as mainly being 16-18 year olds concerned with school, social life, and work. Several topic ideas are outlined for features in the magazine, such as driving lessons, university information, general news, and fashion tips.
The document discusses how the author addressed and attracted their target audience for a rock music magazine. They used intriguing band names, terms like "punk rock" and "merchandise" on the cover. Inside, they discussed download arenas, album reviews and used terms that rock fans would understand. They chose edgy fonts like "kill em all" to give a rock feel. Photos included a gothic woman on the cover and nondescript band members to generate mystery. The color scheme of black, red, white and a splash of yellow was intentionally simple. Page layouts were complex with many images and text styles to engage younger readers interested in creativity.
The document describes the process of creating a music magazine focused on the rap genre. It discusses following conventions of real music magazines, such as using a large main image on the cover featuring the artist of a double page spread. It also challenges some conventions, like blending text and images on double page spreads. The target audience is described as mainly males aged 16-25 who enjoy rap music. Feedback from surveys of other rap fans provided suggestions to improve the layout, entertainment features, and quality of the main cover image.
This document provides details about a student's media evaluation assignment for a magazine called "BEAT". It includes descriptions of the front cover, contents page, and a double page spread. The student explains design choices and how their magazine both challenges and confirms conventions of real music magazines. The cover features a black hip-hop artist to represent the target audience. Fonts, colors, and layout are chosen to be consistent throughout. The double page spread includes an interview with the cover artist, following conventions like a large image and C-shape layout. The magazine is meant to represent the hip-hop social group through aspects like language, fashion, and confidence portrayed. Bauer Media would be a suitable distributor as it has experience with music magazines
Question 1: In what ways does your media product develop or challenge forms o...vpasmedia
This document analyzes the conventions used in the media product's design and layout. It finds that several conventions of real music magazines are used, such as a masthead at the top, coverlines on the side, consistent color schemes, and column-based text layouts. However, some aspects are less conventional like the positioning of the main coverline. Overall, the media product demonstrates an understanding of typical music magazine conventions but also includes some unique design choices.
The document describes how the author's magazine cover, contents page, and double page spread use and develop conventions of real magazines. Key points:
1) The magazine was modeled after Billboard magazine in terms of design elements like font, colors, and inclusion of features such as straplines, issue numbers, and barcodes.
2) The contents page and double page spread continue the color scheme and layout established on the cover to tie the elements together.
3) Conventions like quotes and photos are used prominently and strategically to draw readers in, mirroring techniques seen in researched magazines.
The document describes how the student's media magazine product uses and develops conventions of real magazines. The magazine cover, contents page, and double page spread follow conventions found in researching the Billboard magazine specifically and other magazines more generally. Key conventions included are color schemes, layouts, inclusion of details like issue numbers and websites. The magazine is aimed at representing teenagers and younger adults as a demographic interested in new artists as role models. A music-focused media institution would be suited to distribute the magazine.
Evaluation 1 in what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge ...FrancoisAli
The document summarizes how the media product challenges and develops conventions of real music magazines. Some conventions that are challenged include using a square shape for the magazine instead of the typical rectangular shape, and including bedroom backgrounds for photos instead of typical on-stage shots. Some conventions that are developed include using similar colors, fonts, and styles as real magazines. The layout of different sections like the cover, contents page, and double page spread both challenge conventions by having unconventional designs, while also following conventions through using grids, featured content, and column-based text layouts seen in other music magazines.
The document summarizes how the media product, a magazine, represents and targets particular social groups through its design and content choices. Specifically, it discusses how the cover, contents page, and double-page spread use images, fonts, colors, and conventions found in real hip-hop magazines to represent and appeal to its target audience of 16-24 year old hip-hop fans. The magazine aims to portray the stereotypes associated with hip-hop artists and fans, such as being rebellious, moody, and wearing "bling," to connect with its target readership. Across the different elements, consistency is maintained through repeated use of the magazine title, color scheme, and fonts.
The document provides details about the design and content of a hip-hop magazine called "BEAT" created by the author for a media evaluation assignment. It summarizes the ways in which the magazine's design and conventions follow or challenge those of real hip-hop magazines. Key aspects discussed include the magazine cover, contents page, double-page spread layout and the representation of the target hip-hop audience aged 16-19. Distribution and potential publisher Bauer Media are also discussed.
The document provides details about the design and content of a hip-hop magazine called "BEAT" created by the author for a media evaluation assignment. It summarizes the ways in which the magazine's design and conventions follow or challenge those of real hip-hop magazines. Key aspects discussed include the magazine cover, contents page, double-page spread layout and representation of the target hip-hop audience aged 16-19. The author aims to attract this audience through the use of appropriate models, themes, language and pricing.
The document provides details about the design and content of a media product - a hip hop music magazine called "BEAT". It summarizes the ways in which the magazine's design and conventions follow or challenge those of real music magazines. Key points include using a title design similar to other hip hop magazines, including interviews and reviews that readers indicated they prefer, and featuring artists and models representing the target 16-19 year old audience through style of dress, poses, and imagery. The target audience and distribution methods are also discussed.
Q1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and...tabithasmithchs
My music magazine uses and develops conventions of real music magazines in several ways:
1. It includes elements like mastheads, layouts, images and text found in magazines like Vibe and Q.
2. The cover uses a masthead, cover lines and main story similar to Vibe.
3. Inside, the contents page and double-page interview follow conventions for formatting and layout seen in Q and NME.
However, it also challenges some conventions by using a black-and-white cover image and multiple smaller images on the contents page rather than one large image. Overall, the magazine draws heavily on researched conventions but puts its own spin in a few key areas of design and visual
The document describes a music magazine the author created that targets South Asian youth. It uses specific codes and conventions to represent three genres of music - Bhangra, Bollywood, and Urban Desi. The front cover features orange prominently to highlight a special edition focused on Bhangra. Throughout the magazine, the author blends the three signature colors and keeps the house style consistent. Research informed design choices like the price point and special features to match the target audience's preferences.
Through their media products, the author develops continuity and conventions of a real country music magazine. They use consistent colors, fonts, and stylistic elements across the front cover, contents page, and double page spread. This includes using the same model, props, and layouts that readers would expect from an authentic country music magazine. The author's research of real magazines informed their design choices to develop a professional and sophisticated publication that effectively presents information about an up-and-coming country artist.
This document discusses the evaluation of a student's media coursework where they created a music magazine including a front cover, contents page, and double page spread. The student analyzes each component in terms of how it uses conventions of real music magazines, challenges conventions, or develops conventions. For the front cover, the student feels the layout, color scheme, and use of an attractive female model showing "the female gaze" follow conventions. However, the handwritten font is said to challenge conventions. The contents page is argued to follow conventions in its layout and bold clear text. Images of attractive models in natural settings on both the front cover and contents page also align with conventions. The double page spread continues these conventions while representing the genre of
The document summarizes how the author's music magazine challenges conventions of real music magazines by incorporating elements from Vibe magazine but adapting them to target a younger urban/grime audience. Key elements copied from Vibe include using a black background, central artist images, and quotes on the cover. The author also discusses codes and conventions used on the front cover, contents page, and double-page articles to attract the target audience such as large bold text, featured article listings, and column formatting for interviews.
The document summarizes the layout and design choices for a student-created hip hop magazine. Consistency of style across pages was a key goal, using colors like red, black, white and gold inspired by existing magazines. Font choices, image placement and sections like features and editor's notes follow conventions of the genre. The front cover masthead, headline and banner are designed to stand out and attract readers, while interior pages group content clearly and include relevant photos matching the theme. Overall the magazine layout aims to engage the target youth audience while developing conventions of established publications.
The document discusses how the author's media product uses and challenges conventions of real music magazines. The front cover features a medium close-up image of the target audience and uses colors and fonts typical of the genre. Layout follows conventions like the rule of thirds and placement of the masthead. The contents page includes coverlines, images, and sections like features and news. While mostly following conventions, the editorial uses an unconventional three-column structure.
This document summarizes how the author's media product uses conventions from real music magazines. The author chose a font and title similar to existing magazines to grab readers' attention. Images and text are arranged on the front cover and contents page like magazines such as Loud&Quiet and Clash to emphasize artists and guide readers. Model costumes and a city background on the cover aim to attract the target audience of "New Casuals." The double page spread adopts a typical magazine format with one page for a photo and another for text in columns, interviewing a band member.
This document discusses the process of designing and constructing a music magazine focused on jazz. Key details include choosing images and layouts to represent the chilled and relaxed themes of jazz, using colors like brown and faded textures throughout, and targeting an audience of jazz fans ranging from teenagers to older adults. Background research on jazz music tribes informed choices about the magazine's design, language, and how to attract different audiences. Technologies like Photoshop and InDesign were used to edit images and assemble the magazine. Lessons were learned about lighting, magazine conventions, and how to better target a specific audience.
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conv...lapennington
The document describes the design choices made for a magazine cover and contents page. Key details include:
- The magazine title, Insight!, was chosen to convey latest knowledge and gossip about rock music.
- Design conventions from popular music magazine Kerrang! were replicated, such as font, colors, and model positioning.
- Photos of concerts and musicians were used to establish the rock music genre and make the magazine seem credible.
- Interviews and articles focused on new and upcoming artists not usually featured in other magazines.
The document describes how the media product, a magazine called "MIXER", uses conventions of real magazines. Some conventions included are:
1) Including a masthead, barcode, price, date, and footer to identify the magazine and allow it to be published.
2) Using images, pull quotes, and cover lines to attract readers and promote stories and artists.
3) Organizing content using techniques like the rule of thirds to keep the layout neat and easy to read.
4) Including features like contents pages, interviews, and lists of popular artists that are common in music magazines.
The document describes the process of designing and constructing a music magazine focused on jazz. Key details include choosing images and layouts to represent the chilled and relaxed themes of jazz. Text colors, placement of images and articles, and the overall design aim to target jazz audiences ranging from teenagers to older adults. Research was conducted on jazz music tribes and their interests to help attract the intended audience. Technologies like Photoshop and InDesign were used to edit images and produce the magazine layout. Lessons were learned around lighting, representation of music genres, and how professional magazines advertise artists. The overall goal was to challenge conventions of real music magazines while effectively marketing jazz music.
The document discusses Mariya Ahmed's music magazine project for class. It describes in detail how she designed various elements like the front cover, contents page, and double page spreads to follow conventions of real music magazines while also experimenting with some new designs. She explains design choices for images, fonts, and layouts. The document also reflects on how her skills with software like Photoshop improved from her preliminary task to the final magazine, allowing her to better emulate industry standards.
This document summarizes a student's music magazine project. The student analyzed conventions used in Billboard magazine such as minimal text on the cover, large headline font, and pull quotes. The student incorporated these conventions into their own magazine cover featuring a model representing an indie rock artist. Key elements of the student's magazine included the masthead "MISBHV" representing "misbehave", headlines, selling lines, pull quotes, two column layout, and barcode/date. The magazine was designed to represent 16-25 year old indie rock listeners through the clothing of models showcasing two female indie rock artists.
2. How does your media product use, develop, or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? My media product develops the conventions of a real music magazine front cover because it follows the layout of a real music magazine front cover. I have added a banner at the top of the page, to make it look like a professional music magazine cover. On the banner I have added a cover story, which would attract my audience. This also follows the conventions of a real music magazine. I have one main image, which takes up the majority of the page. It is he main attraction of the page; this is similar to other music magazine front covers. I have made the main cover story a different colour and text size to the rest of the cover stories. This shows that it is the main story. I have made the words “Kurri” and “Dhol” to emphasise the title, as I have seen that many magazine have one or more word bigger than the other. So this shows that I have followed the conventions of a real music magazine. I empathises the word “Kurri” because it is mainly men in the Bhangra industry, so I have challenged the conventions of Bhangra music. On my front cover I have also added a strip at the bottom, which contains the barcode, price, issue number and issue date. By added these it automatically looks like a magazine rather than a poster. This follows the conventions of a real magazine. The price I decided was £2.50, because when I did my research I found out that not many people would pay more than £3.00. I have added a selling line above the title, that relates to the genre of my magazine. This also follows the conventions of a real music magazine. I have placed the title of magazine behind the image. I have done this to shows that the image is more important the actual title. The title is also quite large and fits the whole width of the page. This follows the conventions of other music magazines. I have also added some cover stories around the sides of the page, these are smaller than the main cover story. This is like other music magazines. The colour scheme I have used is red, gold/yellow and dusty purple for the background colour.
3. My contents pages develops the conventions of real music magazine contents page, because it follows the layout of a contents page in a real music magazine. On many music magazine contents that I analysed, there were many image on the page. So I decided to follow the layout and more than one image along with the page number in the corner of the image. I have also added an arrow at the bottom of the page, which shows pointing at the next page. The arrow show that there is an editors letter on the next page; the editors letter gives personal link between the audience and the editor. I added a little image of the font cover to show the connection of the front cover and the contents page. It also shows that the editors letter is relating to this issue. This follows the conventions of a real music magazine. I have use the same colour scheme as the front cover. This creates a link with the pages and they are easily identifiable if they were separated. I have also used the same style font for the heading and the rest of the text. This follows the convention of a real magazine contents page. I have split my contents into five different sections. this makes it easier to read and looks more professional. I made the sub-headings bigger and put it in a box, to make it stand out. By changing the font colour of the sub-headings it splits it up making it easier to read for the audience and I have also kept it with the colour scheme. I have also made the numbers a bit bigger than the text, this make it stand out, which would attract the audiences attention. This follows the conventions of a real music magazine contents.
4. My double page spread develops the conventions of real music magazine double page spread, because it follows the layout of a double page spread in a real music magazine. The title of the article is quite large, but the image covers a part of it. This shows that the image is more important than the title. I positioned the title in the top left hand corner rather than in the top middle. On my double page spread I have added one image, which takes up nearly half of the page. I chose a mid-shot image. This is similar to other music magazine double page spreads. I have added the page numbers on the corner of the pages. The page number is the same as it says in the contents page. This follows the conventions of a real magazine. I have also added a quote and the speech marks bigger than the actual text size. This is so it stand out. A lot of magazines tend to do this. I have made the text colour red, so that it stands out from the article and it matches the models outfit. This follows the conventions of a real double page spread. I presented the article in two columns and started the article with a short summary. I have made the first letter of the text bigger than the rest of the text. The introduction paragraph is in a bigger text than the rest of the article. I have presented my article in a question and answer session, as this is what many magazine do. I concluded the article with a ending paragraph. All of this follows the conventions of a real double page spread. I have added a faint colour to the background. This colour is the same on the front cover and contents page. This shows that I have kept the same colour scheme throughout. I have also used the same font throughout my magazine, this shows that I am keeping the house style throughout and it give the magazine a professional look. I have also added my name at the end of the article, because many magazines that I analysed had the authors name at the end.
5. How does your media product represent particular social groups? A social group is a number of people who tend to share common goals and norms. They normally tend to share the same sort of characteristics including interests, goals and fashion. These turn into stereotypes which are formed through the media. I have targeted my magazine at South Asians in the UK. A typical outfit that would be worn by a South Asians on a special occasion. Typical South Asian male with a Dhol, a music instrument used in Bhangra music. Has a typical South Asian hairstyle and dresses smart. Typical South Asian females, with the typical hairstyle, long hair with side fringe. Always together in groups enjoying.
6. The front cover of my music magazine represents a particular social group of UK South Asian’s aged 15-21 years. It represents them through the image and the mise-en-scene. The text style that I chose for the title “desimag” is called Samarkan. This relates to my target audience because it is a unique Indian style font. I have also added some names of well established Bhangra artists such as H-Dhami, Jaz Dhami, Juggy D, PBN and Imran Khan; which would attract my targeted audience, as they are very iconic artists. I also added these names because from my questionnaire I found out that these names kept on coming up. By using theses names it would attract and persuade my target audience to buy the magazine. Through my research I also found out that my target audience also like to find interviews and competition in a magazine, so I decided to add them in. The image also represents my target audience because of the costume and the jewellery choice, as this is type of jewellery and outfit that a UK South Asian girl would wear on a special occasion. By this model it attracts both male and female, as males would be attracted to her looks and females may like her current music and see her as an iconic role model. I have addressed my audience by advertising events that would appeal to them. I have added a banner at the top of the page which has some information about the UK AMA’s, which is the UK Asian Music Awards held every year. This would appeal to the targeted audience because it is something that they would be interested in. Through my research I found out that my target audience look for posters in a magazine, so I decided to put this on the front cover to attract them. I have also used terms to represent the South Asian social group such as “Kurri” which means girl in Panjabi, which is the language of Bhangra music. I have also used the term “Dhol” which is the main Indian musical instrument used in Bhangra music. I have represented my audience through the title of my magazine. I have chose to call it Desimag, this is because Desi refers to the people, culture and products of South Asia. My audience would feel connected and feel that the magazine represents them.
7. The contents page of my music magazine represents the social group of South Asian’s aged 15-21 years. I have also attracted and addressed them through my choice of images and text. The text style that I chose for the title “Contents” is called Samarkan. This relates to my target audience because it is in an Indian style. The images that I used also represents my target audience because of the costume and the jewellery choice, as these are the types of clothes that typical South Asian’s would wear. I have addressed my targeted audience through the articles in the magazine. I found out through my research that I should put these types of articles in my music magazine, such as interview, competitions and reviews of latest releases.
8. The double page spread of my music magazine represents the social group of South Asian’s aged 15-21 years. I have also attracted and addressed them through my choice of images and text. The costume and the jewellery style represent the social group of South Asian’s. This is because females of South Asia would wear these types of clothes and jewellery. In my article I have also used terminology in the Panjabi language such as “paaji” which means “brother” and “Tera pyaar”, which means “Your love”. This would represent the South Asian social group, as this is the language used by many South Asians and it is the language of Bhangra music. The title of the article also represents my target audience because “The Rajj” means “The rule” in Panjabi. I have also decided to put a crown over part of the title and Rajj is also the artists name. Through my research I found out that many people like to a good balance of images and text, so made the image fit nearly half of the page and fit the other half with text. This would make it easier to read. By having this layout it would attract my target audience because there would not be too much for them to read so they will not get bored or put off.
9. From my first draft to my final product I made many changes. I was able to make these changes through the comment I got from my target audience. For my first draft, as an overall score I gained a 4, but for my final I gained an overall score of 8. The text did not shows up very well on the background, so I decided to replace the background with a faint colour instead. I also change the colour of the font from purple to gold. This is because I wanted it to match with the image. I have also made the title of the magazine bigger, so that it will stand out more. I have taken out the second image in the top right and just used one image. This is because many of the magazine I analysed only had one image and it was quite large. I made my image take up nearly all of the page. I also made the main cover line much bigger so that it is eye-catching and stands out. I also added “Free Posters” because through my research I found that my target audience would like to find posters in a magazine; I felt that in this way I would attract and representing my target audience. I added it in a red circle so that I would stand out and become eye-catching. On my final cover I added a banner at the top of the page to make it look like a real music magazine front cover. Progression
10. From my first draft to my final product I made many changes to my contents page. I was able to make these changes through the comment I got from my target audience. For my first draft, as an overall score I gained a 4, but for my final I gained an overall score of 9. The text on my first draft did was not very easy to read, so I decided to change the text to a simpler font that would match the house style as well. I also split my contents into sections to make it easy to read and look like a professional magazine. I added a few a more images along with their page numbers. I did this because through my analysis I found that this was the conventions of a music magazine contents page. I also added a banner across the bottom pointing at the next page where the editors letters is. I reflected on the comments I received and made these changes. I think these changes make my magazine look more professional than my first draft .
11. From my first draft to my final product I made many changes to my contents page. I was able to make these changes through the comment I got from my target audience. For my first draft, as an overall score I gained a 4, but for my final I gained an overall score of 8. I took out the image in the top right corner and changed the main image, because it did not reflect with the article. I also added in a quote and made the speech marks a bigger size than the rest of text. I did this because I followed the conventions of a real double page spread. The font colour of the quote is red, because it matches her costume and I have stuck with my colour theme of red. The article in my first draft does not stand out and does not look appealing to the readers. So I decided to make it longer by writing some more. I also made the introduction paragraph a bigger text size, so that it will stand out and make the audience want to read on. I also made the first letter of the introduction paragraph bigger than the rest of the text. On my final page I have added the page numbers in the bottom corners; this makes it look like a real magazine. I have also fixed the grammatical errors that I found when I read through it. I reflected on the comments I received and made these changes. I think these changes make my magazine look more professional than my first draft.
12. From the process of constructing this my magazine I have learnt a lot about technology. At the beginning I did not know how I was going to construct my magazine to make it look professional. By playing around with technology like Photoshop and my digital camera I learnt many of the functions and how they would help my final product. I have learnt how to use Photoshop, to edit images and construct my magazine to make it look professional and form the conventions of a real magazine. My digital camera had a large memory capacity which allowed me to take a lot of pictures. It also had a high a megapixel which meant that my picture quality would be good and would not need much editing. My digital camera helped me through the process of creating my magazine because it had a digital red-eye correction which meant that I would not have edit any red-eyes, when creating the pages. It also had face detection on it which meant that it would focus on face rather than the background. What have you learnt about technologies from constructing this product?
13. Edited images I used this image on my contents page and I edited it on Photoshop. I adjusted the colour, to make it look brighter. I also took out the background. I thought that this image was appropriate because it represents the article because she is listening to music and the article title is “The top 50 tracks of 2010”. I used this image on the front cover and also edited it on Photoshop. For this image I adjusted the colour and got rid of any marks, so that it looks more brighter and professional. I also cropped the image from the sides and made it bigger. This image was appropriate for the front cover because she is looking directly at the camera. It also represents the cover line because part of her face is covered and the cover line is about a new artist. The image is connoting that she is unknown; no-one knows who she is yet.
14. Edited images I have used this image on the contents page and edited it on Photoshop. I cropped the image to make it look bigger and to focus it more on the hidden face. I also took out the background and adjusted the colour, to make it look brighter. This image was appropriate, because it went with the article that it was placed with. This is because her face is covered and the article is about a new artist coming out. This image has been used on the contents page and I have edited it on Photoshop. I have taken out the background and adjusted the colour. I thought that this image was appropriate, because it is a natural pose which represents the editor.
15. Edited images This image is used on the contents page and it has been edited on Photoshop. For this image I took out the background, cropped it and made the actual image red, so that you cannot see who it is. This image is appropriate because it links in with the article it is placed with. I used this image on my double page spread and edited it in Photoshop. I took out the background and cropped the image. I have also adjusted the contrast and brightness to make it look better. I thought that this image would be appropriate for my double page because it represents the artist with the simple pose. Many magazines that I analysed the models look into the camera, so I thought that this image was the most appropriate as she is looking straight into the camera.
16. A media institution that might distribute my music magazine could be the Bhangra Media Group, who are a leading Bhangra group in the UK. This is because my magazine genre is Bhangra and they are a Bhangra group; so they could distribute my product. Another institution that may help me distribute my magazine, would be a music channels such as Brit-Asia. This is because this is channel also aimed at my target audience. I would also use social networking sites, such as Facebook and Twitter to advertise to my target audience. This is because my target audience would be using these sites, so it would be a good way to attract and represent them. I would distribute my magazine in newsagents, and in popular retail shops such as Wh Smiths and Sainsbury’s. This is because a lot people prefer to go straight to the shops to purchase their magazines along with the rest of their shopping; it is also a good way of reaching the majority of my target audience. As the internet is growing I would also have a website where there would be an online copy of the magazine as well. This would also be good for my target audience as well as they spend a lot of time on the internet. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
17. The audience for my music magazine would be young South Asian’s 75% female and 25% male who are aged 15-21 years and are keen and interested in Bhangra music. They usually download their music and are the first in the western/urban fashion alongside the latest in Indian clothing. They tend to spend most of their time listening to music whilst on the internet on social networking sites. They would have an average amount of expendable income. They would also be quite academic and hard working. As most of the Bhangra artists are Indian, I decided to use Indian models in my magazine. This represent the target audience. The costume that I have chosen for my main model is red, with red and gold jewellery. This is because red and gold represents a sense of being rich and bold; along side love. I have used the same font style throughout my magazine. I used this font because it is a simple font, which is clear and easy to read. Who would be the target audience for your media product?
18. Looking back at my preliminary task, I feel that I have learnt how to make my magazine look professional. At first I did not know the conventions of magazines, so I did not know how to position my images and text. For my preliminary task I did not use a colour scheme, so I ended up using many different colours, unlike my final task which looks much more professional and would appeal to my target audience. I have also learnt how to address my targeted audience properly with the use of limiting colours, font and images and particularly relating them to my targeted audience. I have learnt how the use of technology can help improve the quality of a product. At first I only knew how to use Publisher, but now I know how to use Photoshop for the creation of this task. Overall I feel that I have now been able to address a specific target audience and been able to use technology to improve the quality of my work. Also through planning and analysis of research it hepls to create a magazine that would sell and appeal to the right target audience. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?