The document summarizes a student's media product which is an indie/rock music magazine. Key aspects included using red and black colors associated with the genre. The logo stands out to attract weekly buyers. Feature articles and typical elements like band information are used to engage the target audience. Innovations like using a hybrid genre were meant to appeal to more readers. Feedback confirmed the genre was identifiable through the design elements.
Rachel Hanson reflects on how her media product has progressed from her preliminary task. She notes several key improvements: her completed magazine uses more color, creative images, and follows magazine conventions better. Specifically, her front cover has clearer cover lines in distinct colors, her contents page is more organized and colorful, and her images show different locations and editing. Overall, her finished product looks more professional and follows magazine conventions for layout, fonts, and styles. She has learned skills like attracting audiences through design elements and showing creativity through adding more content.
1. The document discusses the process of creating a music magazine media product and what was learned. Conventions from real music magazines like layout and pictures were used as inspiration.
2. Unconventional aspects like the black and white color scheme and unique contents page design were incorporated. Techniques like band photos and article layouts matched real magazine conventions.
3. New skills with software like Fireworks and photo editing were developed, along with understanding magazine elements like targeting audiences and distribution channels. The process allowed for improved planning and use of conventions over the preliminary task.
1. The document discusses the evaluation of final media products created by the student for a school project.
2. It describes how the student's magazine front cover, contents page, and double page spread used conventions from real music magazines while also including some original and unconventional design elements.
3. The student learned about technologies like photo editing and magazine design through constructing their media products using programs like Fireworks and gained experience planning for audience and purpose.
The document summarizes a student's project to create a rock music magazine called "Riot" using InDesign. The student aimed to challenge conventions of real music magazines in their design choices. For the front cover, they left more white space to draw the reader's eye. The contents page featured a large central photo and block of text rather than multiple images and text boxes. Audience feedback indicated the magazine appeared professional and effectively conveyed the rock music genre through its visual design and content.
The document discusses the planning and research that went into creating a music magazine targeted at 15-28 year olds interested in rock and alternative music. It covers choosing the target audience and genre, researching similar magazines to determine style and content elements, selecting a color palette to represent the genre, and using flat plans to layout the front cover, contents page, and articles. Key elements like the masthead, images, and features are discussed in relation to attracting the target readership.
The document summarizes the design choices made for a music magazine project. Key aspects included using conventions from real magazines like NME, choosing a color palette of red, white, and black to match the rock genre. The cover image features two musicians dressed in rock styles. Headlines are in bold to stand out against the black background. The target audience is ages 15-23 to appeal to teenagers and young adults interested in rock and indie music.
The document summarizes a music magazine project aimed at females aged 16 and older. Key details include:
- The magazine focuses on the indie music genre and features interviews with a band made up of two males and one female.
- Professional elements include the color scheme, images, and writing style. The lack of a front cover price is noted as unprofessional.
- The front cover and article layout are intended to attract the target audience and make them want to read more.
- Feedback indicates the magazine compares well to real media products in terms of appearance and content.
This document analyzes a magazine cover created by the author for a music magazine called "Dynamic." It discusses design elements like the tagline, kicker, masthead, and color scheme. It also compares the author's magazine cover design to real magazines like "Billboard" and "Q" to show how it follows conventions of the genre but also challenges some conventions. The document discusses how the magazine represents its target audience of teenage and young adult girls who love music and fashion. It aims to distribute through a major publisher to reach a wide global audience.
Rachel Hanson reflects on how her media product has progressed from her preliminary task. She notes several key improvements: her completed magazine uses more color, creative images, and follows magazine conventions better. Specifically, her front cover has clearer cover lines in distinct colors, her contents page is more organized and colorful, and her images show different locations and editing. Overall, her finished product looks more professional and follows magazine conventions for layout, fonts, and styles. She has learned skills like attracting audiences through design elements and showing creativity through adding more content.
1. The document discusses the process of creating a music magazine media product and what was learned. Conventions from real music magazines like layout and pictures were used as inspiration.
2. Unconventional aspects like the black and white color scheme and unique contents page design were incorporated. Techniques like band photos and article layouts matched real magazine conventions.
3. New skills with software like Fireworks and photo editing were developed, along with understanding magazine elements like targeting audiences and distribution channels. The process allowed for improved planning and use of conventions over the preliminary task.
1. The document discusses the evaluation of final media products created by the student for a school project.
2. It describes how the student's magazine front cover, contents page, and double page spread used conventions from real music magazines while also including some original and unconventional design elements.
3. The student learned about technologies like photo editing and magazine design through constructing their media products using programs like Fireworks and gained experience planning for audience and purpose.
The document summarizes a student's project to create a rock music magazine called "Riot" using InDesign. The student aimed to challenge conventions of real music magazines in their design choices. For the front cover, they left more white space to draw the reader's eye. The contents page featured a large central photo and block of text rather than multiple images and text boxes. Audience feedback indicated the magazine appeared professional and effectively conveyed the rock music genre through its visual design and content.
The document discusses the planning and research that went into creating a music magazine targeted at 15-28 year olds interested in rock and alternative music. It covers choosing the target audience and genre, researching similar magazines to determine style and content elements, selecting a color palette to represent the genre, and using flat plans to layout the front cover, contents page, and articles. Key elements like the masthead, images, and features are discussed in relation to attracting the target readership.
The document summarizes the design choices made for a music magazine project. Key aspects included using conventions from real magazines like NME, choosing a color palette of red, white, and black to match the rock genre. The cover image features two musicians dressed in rock styles. Headlines are in bold to stand out against the black background. The target audience is ages 15-23 to appeal to teenagers and young adults interested in rock and indie music.
The document summarizes a music magazine project aimed at females aged 16 and older. Key details include:
- The magazine focuses on the indie music genre and features interviews with a band made up of two males and one female.
- Professional elements include the color scheme, images, and writing style. The lack of a front cover price is noted as unprofessional.
- The front cover and article layout are intended to attract the target audience and make them want to read more.
- Feedback indicates the magazine compares well to real media products in terms of appearance and content.
This document analyzes a magazine cover created by the author for a music magazine called "Dynamic." It discusses design elements like the tagline, kicker, masthead, and color scheme. It also compares the author's magazine cover design to real magazines like "Billboard" and "Q" to show how it follows conventions of the genre but also challenges some conventions. The document discusses how the magazine represents its target audience of teenage and young adult girls who love music and fashion. It aims to distribute through a major publisher to reach a wide global audience.
The document discusses the technologies used to construct a media product. The creator used Microsoft PowerPoint to plan presentations, SlideShare to upload presentations online, and Blogger to present work. Photoshop was used to create the final magazine pages. The creator learned how to use themes, shapes, and transparent images in PowerPoint. Blogger allowed work to be organized and accessible online. SlideShare easily embedded presentations. OneDrive provided online storage. The creator's first time using Photoshop helped them learn how to create magazine pages. Overall, the creator gained experience with online presentation, storage, and design software through constructing this media product.
The document discusses pop music and media representation. It then provides details about how the author constructed their music magazine, including following conventions of real magazines, representing social groups, choosing a media institution for distribution, attracting their target audience of teenage girls and young women, and what they learned about technology from the process.
Katrina Morton presents an evaluation of her media magazine product. She discusses various design elements of her magazine including the title, images, costumes/props, layout, written content, genre, and how it represents social groups. She also addresses how the magazine would be distributed, its target audience, and how the audience is attracted. Katrina reflects on what she has learned about technologies from constructing the magazine and what she has learned from progressing from her preliminary task to the final product.
The document describes the target audience and design choices for a proposed magazine focused on YouTube musicians. The magazine is aimed primarily at teenagers and young adults of both genders in the UK and US who enjoy discovering new independent artists. Key design elements include a simplistic layout with minimal text, a young female musician on the cover who is not making eye contact, and showcasing various artists inside. The goal is to attract readers through compelling content rather than flashy design elements. Technologies used to construct the magazine include Photoshop to edit images and InDesign for page layout.
- The document is a reflection on a music magazine the student created for a class assignment.
- They analyzed real music magazines like Kerrang! and Rock Sound to understand conventions like fonts, layouts, and types of images used on covers.
- The student aimed their magazine at mature teenagers interested in punk, rock, metal and indie music from both established and up-and-coming unsigned artists. They tried to make the magazine appealing to this target audience through the language, images, and content used.
AS Media Studies - Music Magazine Evaluation SundasBostan
The document discusses the author's choice to create a hip-hop music magazine targeted towards 16-24 year olds. A survey found this age group prefers hip-hop music because it relates to their generation and lifestyle. The magazine, called "Amplify", uses conventions from real music magazines such as positioning exclusive interviews in the left third and including a strap line under the masthead. Images on the cover and inside pages feature urban styles and poses to appeal to readers.
The document describes the process of creating a magazine cover, contents page, and double page spread for an indie music magazine. Key conventions and forms from real music magazines like NME were used, such as featuring popular artists, including a subscription advertisement, and using consistent branding across pages. Research into the target audience and existing magazines helped inform design choices to make the fictional magazine as realistic as possible.
The document provides details on the proposed "POP" music magazine, including:
- The name "POP" was chosen as it represents the genre instantly and is short like other popular music magazines.
- The mission is to give readers first-hand information on their favorite artists with no gimmicks, allowing readers to feel connected to pop stars.
- Interviews were found to be the most wanted feature. The magazine will focus on the pop/chart music genre and target older teenagers.
- It will be published monthly at £3.99 generally or £2.99 for students, released on the 1st of each month.
- The magazine aims to have a sophisticated style while still
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 the design elements and conventions used in a music magazine created for a 16-24 year old audience. These include placing the masthead, barcode, and page numbers in conventional locations. Images include a main image representing the theme and side stories, and a small image of someone mentioned inside. The double-page spread features the masthead, an interview article in an unconventional full-page format, and an image matching the magazine's style. The target audience is represented through the images and background showing where 16-22 year olds spend time.
Music Magazine Survey: Analysis of resultstashaay27
- The majority of respondents to the music magazine survey were teenagers aged 13-18, showing this is the target audience.
- Most respondents listened to rock, alternative, and heavy metal music and did not prefer classical or jazz.
- Females responded to the survey more than males, indicating the magazine should focus more on genres and artists appealing to females.
- Respondents listened to music frequently, for 3+ hours per day, showing they are passionate about music and will be interested in a music magazine.
AS Media Studies- Music Magazine EvaluationNickySahota
The document discusses a music magazine created by the author. It follows conventions of real music magazines, such as having the magazine title, date, and issue number. The front cover features a central image of an artist looking at the camera to create a connection with readers. The contents page includes typical sections like pictures, headings, and subheadings. The author aims the magazine at males aged 16-21 interested in indie hip hop music. They chose to feature an artist in this genre and used pricing and design informed by a survey of the target audience. The author has learned new skills in photo editing and layout using software like Photoshop and how to better appeal to audiences through research and planning.
The document discusses a media magazine created by the author for their target audience of young rock music fans aged 15-25. The magazine uses conventions from other music magazines like Kerrang and NME in its layout, but also challenges some conventions. For example, the main cover image looks away from the audience instead of directly at them. The magazine would be distributed by Bauer Media Publications, as they publish similar successful music magazines.
This document provides an evaluation of Lauren Cudworth's media studies magazine project. It summarizes the key aspects of the magazine, including its target audience (originally 14-18 year olds but changed to 17-21), genre (chart music), and unique selling point (covering multiple music genres). It also analyzes elements of the magazine, such as how the cover page conforms to music magazine conventions and how the magazine represents older music stars to appeal to both younger fans and their parents. The document recommends IPC as a potential media institution to distribute the magazine due to their experience with music magazines.
The magazine, called Purple Duncan, aims to attract 16-25 year olds interested in indie rock music. It focuses on this genre because mainstream rock magazines provide little indie rock coverage. The magazine offers exclusive interviews, concert promotions and competitions to engage its target audience. Feedback noted the colorful font and engaging double-page spread but criticized the rushed contents page. The creator learned skills in design software and how to better meet audience and brief expectations.
The magazine, called Purple Duncan, aims to attract 16-25 year olds interested in indie rock music. It focuses on this genre because mainstream rock magazines provide little indie rock coverage. The magazine offers exclusive interviews, concert promotions and competitions to engage its target audience. Feedback noted the colorful font and engaging double-page spread but criticized the rushed contents page as unprofessional. The creator learned skills in design software and how to better meet audience and brief expectations.
The document discusses the evaluation of final media products created by Jack Barlow for a class assignment. It summarizes the key design elements and conventions used in the different parts of the media product, including the front cover, contents page, and double page spread. It also discusses the target audience for the media product and how different design choices were meant to attract and address this audience.
1. The document discusses the media creator's final magazine products and what they have learned throughout the process. Conventions from real music magazines like layout, pictures, and attracting audiences were used.
2. Unconventional aspects like the black and white color scheme and unique contents page design were included to make the magazine stand out.
3. Various software programs were used to construct the magazine, teaching the creator new skills in areas like photo manipulation and design. Researching target audiences and real magazines informed the design choices.
The document discusses the student's media magazine project. It covers various aspects of the magazine's design and construction, including the masthead, layout, target audience, and technologies used. The student aimed to challenge conventions by positioning cover lines on the right side. Photoshop was used to edit images and give them a "reactive metal" effect in line with the magazine's name, Lithium. The target audience is described as primarily females aged 16-25 interested in alternative rock/grunge music. Learning from their preliminary task, the student improved at using Photoshop to edit images and reduce distractions on the front cover.
The document summarizes a music magazine project aimed at females aged 16 and older. Key details include:
- The magazine focuses on the indie music genre and features interviews with a band.
- Effort was put into the magazine design, including the memorable title, eye-catching cover image, and use of color scheme and fonts.
- Feedback indicates the magazine looks professional and genuine, and would attract its target audience.
The document discusses how the author created a music magazine to target a specific audience based on research. Through surveys on Survey Monkey, the author found that most respondents were ages 17-25 and enjoyed a variety of music genres. This informed the content and design of the magazine to attract this demographic. Inspired by Billboard and NME magazines, the author chose a simple title and masthead design without bright colors that would distract from the content. The front cover features an attractive female model to attract both male and female readers through techniques like the male gaze. Overall, the magazine aims to attract its target audience through clean, easy-to-read design and content tailored to music-loving youth.
My media product follows conventions of real music magazines. It has elements like masthead, bar code, and price. The color scheme of red, black, and white is used to clearly identify it as a music magazine. Photos were taken in portrait format for the cover to allow cropping, and landscape for interior shots. The audience is teenagers and young adults who are fans of rock music. Research was done on magazines like Kerrang, Q, and NME to inform the design. Digital distribution through websites and social media was also considered to reach this audience.
The document discusses the technologies used to construct a media product. The creator used Microsoft PowerPoint to plan presentations, SlideShare to upload presentations online, and Blogger to present work. Photoshop was used to create the final magazine pages. The creator learned how to use themes, shapes, and transparent images in PowerPoint. Blogger allowed work to be organized and accessible online. SlideShare easily embedded presentations. OneDrive provided online storage. The creator's first time using Photoshop helped them learn how to create magazine pages. Overall, the creator gained experience with online presentation, storage, and design software through constructing this media product.
The document discusses pop music and media representation. It then provides details about how the author constructed their music magazine, including following conventions of real magazines, representing social groups, choosing a media institution for distribution, attracting their target audience of teenage girls and young women, and what they learned about technology from the process.
Katrina Morton presents an evaluation of her media magazine product. She discusses various design elements of her magazine including the title, images, costumes/props, layout, written content, genre, and how it represents social groups. She also addresses how the magazine would be distributed, its target audience, and how the audience is attracted. Katrina reflects on what she has learned about technologies from constructing the magazine and what she has learned from progressing from her preliminary task to the final product.
The document describes the target audience and design choices for a proposed magazine focused on YouTube musicians. The magazine is aimed primarily at teenagers and young adults of both genders in the UK and US who enjoy discovering new independent artists. Key design elements include a simplistic layout with minimal text, a young female musician on the cover who is not making eye contact, and showcasing various artists inside. The goal is to attract readers through compelling content rather than flashy design elements. Technologies used to construct the magazine include Photoshop to edit images and InDesign for page layout.
- The document is a reflection on a music magazine the student created for a class assignment.
- They analyzed real music magazines like Kerrang! and Rock Sound to understand conventions like fonts, layouts, and types of images used on covers.
- The student aimed their magazine at mature teenagers interested in punk, rock, metal and indie music from both established and up-and-coming unsigned artists. They tried to make the magazine appealing to this target audience through the language, images, and content used.
AS Media Studies - Music Magazine Evaluation SundasBostan
The document discusses the author's choice to create a hip-hop music magazine targeted towards 16-24 year olds. A survey found this age group prefers hip-hop music because it relates to their generation and lifestyle. The magazine, called "Amplify", uses conventions from real music magazines such as positioning exclusive interviews in the left third and including a strap line under the masthead. Images on the cover and inside pages feature urban styles and poses to appeal to readers.
The document describes the process of creating a magazine cover, contents page, and double page spread for an indie music magazine. Key conventions and forms from real music magazines like NME were used, such as featuring popular artists, including a subscription advertisement, and using consistent branding across pages. Research into the target audience and existing magazines helped inform design choices to make the fictional magazine as realistic as possible.
The document provides details on the proposed "POP" music magazine, including:
- The name "POP" was chosen as it represents the genre instantly and is short like other popular music magazines.
- The mission is to give readers first-hand information on their favorite artists with no gimmicks, allowing readers to feel connected to pop stars.
- Interviews were found to be the most wanted feature. The magazine will focus on the pop/chart music genre and target older teenagers.
- It will be published monthly at £3.99 generally or £2.99 for students, released on the 1st of each month.
- The magazine aims to have a sophisticated style while still
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 the design elements and conventions used in a music magazine created for a 16-24 year old audience. These include placing the masthead, barcode, and page numbers in conventional locations. Images include a main image representing the theme and side stories, and a small image of someone mentioned inside. The double-page spread features the masthead, an interview article in an unconventional full-page format, and an image matching the magazine's style. The target audience is represented through the images and background showing where 16-22 year olds spend time.
Music Magazine Survey: Analysis of resultstashaay27
- The majority of respondents to the music magazine survey were teenagers aged 13-18, showing this is the target audience.
- Most respondents listened to rock, alternative, and heavy metal music and did not prefer classical or jazz.
- Females responded to the survey more than males, indicating the magazine should focus more on genres and artists appealing to females.
- Respondents listened to music frequently, for 3+ hours per day, showing they are passionate about music and will be interested in a music magazine.
AS Media Studies- Music Magazine EvaluationNickySahota
The document discusses a music magazine created by the author. It follows conventions of real music magazines, such as having the magazine title, date, and issue number. The front cover features a central image of an artist looking at the camera to create a connection with readers. The contents page includes typical sections like pictures, headings, and subheadings. The author aims the magazine at males aged 16-21 interested in indie hip hop music. They chose to feature an artist in this genre and used pricing and design informed by a survey of the target audience. The author has learned new skills in photo editing and layout using software like Photoshop and how to better appeal to audiences through research and planning.
The document discusses a media magazine created by the author for their target audience of young rock music fans aged 15-25. The magazine uses conventions from other music magazines like Kerrang and NME in its layout, but also challenges some conventions. For example, the main cover image looks away from the audience instead of directly at them. The magazine would be distributed by Bauer Media Publications, as they publish similar successful music magazines.
This document provides an evaluation of Lauren Cudworth's media studies magazine project. It summarizes the key aspects of the magazine, including its target audience (originally 14-18 year olds but changed to 17-21), genre (chart music), and unique selling point (covering multiple music genres). It also analyzes elements of the magazine, such as how the cover page conforms to music magazine conventions and how the magazine represents older music stars to appeal to both younger fans and their parents. The document recommends IPC as a potential media institution to distribute the magazine due to their experience with music magazines.
The magazine, called Purple Duncan, aims to attract 16-25 year olds interested in indie rock music. It focuses on this genre because mainstream rock magazines provide little indie rock coverage. The magazine offers exclusive interviews, concert promotions and competitions to engage its target audience. Feedback noted the colorful font and engaging double-page spread but criticized the rushed contents page. The creator learned skills in design software and how to better meet audience and brief expectations.
The magazine, called Purple Duncan, aims to attract 16-25 year olds interested in indie rock music. It focuses on this genre because mainstream rock magazines provide little indie rock coverage. The magazine offers exclusive interviews, concert promotions and competitions to engage its target audience. Feedback noted the colorful font and engaging double-page spread but criticized the rushed contents page as unprofessional. The creator learned skills in design software and how to better meet audience and brief expectations.
The document discusses the evaluation of final media products created by Jack Barlow for a class assignment. It summarizes the key design elements and conventions used in the different parts of the media product, including the front cover, contents page, and double page spread. It also discusses the target audience for the media product and how different design choices were meant to attract and address this audience.
1. The document discusses the media creator's final magazine products and what they have learned throughout the process. Conventions from real music magazines like layout, pictures, and attracting audiences were used.
2. Unconventional aspects like the black and white color scheme and unique contents page design were included to make the magazine stand out.
3. Various software programs were used to construct the magazine, teaching the creator new skills in areas like photo manipulation and design. Researching target audiences and real magazines informed the design choices.
The document discusses the student's media magazine project. It covers various aspects of the magazine's design and construction, including the masthead, layout, target audience, and technologies used. The student aimed to challenge conventions by positioning cover lines on the right side. Photoshop was used to edit images and give them a "reactive metal" effect in line with the magazine's name, Lithium. The target audience is described as primarily females aged 16-25 interested in alternative rock/grunge music. Learning from their preliminary task, the student improved at using Photoshop to edit images and reduce distractions on the front cover.
The document summarizes a music magazine project aimed at females aged 16 and older. Key details include:
- The magazine focuses on the indie music genre and features interviews with a band.
- Effort was put into the magazine design, including the memorable title, eye-catching cover image, and use of color scheme and fonts.
- Feedback indicates the magazine looks professional and genuine, and would attract its target audience.
The document discusses how the author created a music magazine to target a specific audience based on research. Through surveys on Survey Monkey, the author found that most respondents were ages 17-25 and enjoyed a variety of music genres. This informed the content and design of the magazine to attract this demographic. Inspired by Billboard and NME magazines, the author chose a simple title and masthead design without bright colors that would distract from the content. The front cover features an attractive female model to attract both male and female readers through techniques like the male gaze. Overall, the magazine aims to attract its target audience through clean, easy-to-read design and content tailored to music-loving youth.
My media product follows conventions of real music magazines. It has elements like masthead, bar code, and price. The color scheme of red, black, and white is used to clearly identify it as a music magazine. Photos were taken in portrait format for the cover to allow cropping, and landscape for interior shots. The audience is teenagers and young adults who are fans of rock music. Research was done on magazines like Kerrang, Q, and NME to inform the design. Digital distribution through websites and social media was also considered to reach this audience.
Cameron Tubb evaluated his performance in creating a magazine focused on the genre of dubstep music. He aimed to follow conventions of music magazines in terms of layout, images, and content in order to attract his target audience of 14-25 year olds interested in dubstep. Tubb analyzed magazines like NME and Kerrang to inform design choices for his magazine, called WUB. He believes his magazine successfully represents the dubstep genre and would appeal to potential publishers like Bauer Media or ICP Media.
How i challenged the norms and conventions ofetaylorchs
The document discusses the author's process in creating their own feminine music magazine to challenge conventions of existing magazines. They aimed to design a magazine for young teenage girls focused on pop star gossip and unsigned artists. The author analyzed conventions from magazines like VIBE and incorporated techniques like using bright colors, simple language, and asking rhetorical questions to engage readers. Photography featured casual shots of models in natural poses and clothing to relate to the target audience. Overall, the author adapted industry conventions while developing their own style to fill a gap for feminine music media.
How i challenged the norms and conventions ofetaylorchs
The document discusses challenges in designing a feminine music magazine for young teenage girls. It analyzes conventions from existing music magazines and female magazines to create an original magazine format. Key points addressed include using simple language, natural photography, and gossip content to engage the target audience. Color themes, floral patterns, and questions are used throughout to connect to younger female readers.
How i challenged the norms and conventions ofguest20b40d8
The document discusses how the author challenged conventions of existing music magazines by creating their own feminine music magazine for young teenage girls. They analyzed typical elements of music magazines like colorful covers, catchy titles, gossip articles, and double page spreads featuring artists. For their own magazine, the author incorporated these elements but tailored them to their target audience through feminine colors, simple language, and articles about unsigned bands and celebrities' personal lives to relate to teenage readers. They created a magazine that maintained conventions but developed their own style and voice for young female fans.
- The document discusses the key conventions of music magazines, including an interesting masthead, cover images of bands/artists, and feature articles. Typical contents include interviews, reviews, and advertisements.
- The author created a music magazine focused on club, dubstep, and dance music for their target audience of 15-25 year olds interested in that genre.
- Some conventions like a letter from the editor were omitted based on feedback. Unconventionally, the front cover is dark colored rather than bright to stand out from typical magazines.
- The document discusses the key conventions of music magazines, including an interesting masthead, cover images of bands/artists, and feature articles.
- It describes the contents of a sample music magazine created by the author, targeting those interested in club, dubstep, and dance music aged 15-25.
- The magazine aims to stand out by focusing on an underserved genre and using a dark color scheme, while still including typical elements like interviews and reviews.
The document provides an evaluation of a music magazine media product. It discusses how conventions from real music magazines were used and developed, such as using freebies and prominent images on the cover to attract audiences. Formatting conventions like mastheads, kickers, barcodes and pull quotes are also discussed. The target audience is identified as 16-25 year old rock music fans through research. Technologies learned through the process include Photoshop skills and using photography equipment. Partnering with a large publisher like IPC to distribute the magazine internationally is proposed. Overall, progress from an initial college magazine to a more polished music magazine incorporating industry conventions is reflected on.
AS Media Studies: Evaluation of Music Magazines (Re-Upload)Sarah Green
Sarah Green designed a magazine aimed at teenage girls who enjoy rock music. She followed conventions of magazines like consistent fonts and colors throughout. The main feature is the band "Every Third Thursday." She included their interview and photos of them to provide continuity. However, she could have included more photos of other bands and varied photos of the main band. The magazine represents its target audience of teenage girls who enjoy rock music through its content, colors, and photos of bands and people in the genre.
The document proposes a music magazine called Understatement focused on R&B and hip-hop genres. It will include interviews, charts, and biographies of artists like Jessie J. The target audience is teenagers and young adults. The magazine will have a simple bold masthead, red, black, and white color scheme. Content will include interviews, ads, reviews, posters, event listings, and quizzes. The publisher will be IPC Media due to their experience with music magazines and engaging female audiences.
The document summarizes the development of a student's music magazine project from the preliminary design to the final product. Key changes included adding borders, changing fonts and colors to be more professionally aligned with the genre of music, including more detailed contents information, and rearranging elements like subtitles and photos based on conventions seen in research of other music magazines. The student learned new skills in researching publications, using design software, and developing a more polished final product.
The document summarizes the process of creating an indie music magazine as an individual media project over 10 weeks. Key points include:
- The magazine used conventions of real music magazines such as a masthead, strap lines, photographs, and color scheme to match the indie genre.
- Some conventions were challenged, like placing text in boxes and using two strap lines for variety.
- The contents page photo showed the band from above in a high angle shot rather than a typical medium close up.
- The feature article used a different color scheme to portray the band and had catchy quotes in blue for emphasis.
1. The genre of my music magazine is an indie/rock . Some conventions that I have used are using colours such as red and black. This is usually associated with this genre of music. The Logo for my music magazine stands out well. This is because the music magazine that I am producing is supposed to be well bought and easily recognisable to the audience that buy the magazine weekly. The feature article is advertised well which is also used to attract the audience. Typical elements are vital to use as the audience is expecting certain things from a magazine which should not be changed. Some of these include information of many bands. I have used a bar code and also extra information telling the reader what is inside the magazine. It should have a certain range of genre so it appeals to a certain audience and what they are looking for. I think that the innovations that I have made are likely to prove successful because I have tried to make my magazine appeal to a wider audience by making the magazine a hybrid genre. The images stand out well and text varies so it doesn’t look plain and boring. After reading my feedback about my magazine I found that my innovations did work effectively as they all realised that the genre was indie because of the colours, images and the way to magazine was set out.
2. The colour scheme used in the NME magazine is has a wide range of colours and basically sticks to one genre which is indie. The colours that they have used in this cover seem to be bright to stand out to one audience that like the certain genre. My magazine has used a hybrid genre to appeal to a wider audience. The dark theme attracts not only the fans of indie music but the fans of rock music too. A typical element that music magazines must have is a logo of the magazine which is big and stands out well. This is used so the audience can recognise the magazine easily and as a popular magazine. On my magazine the picture of the band member is smoking a cigarette. You wouldn’t see this on an NME magazine as smoking isn’t something that appeals to a younger audience and NME appeals to teenagers. Because the band member is doing this I want the magazine to become a unique magazine which will be appreciated for taking a risk and being something different for the audience
3. How does your media product represent particular social groups? The social group that my media product represents is male music artists. My feature article is based on an indie rock band which consist of four males. The band are the stereotype for the typical indie male. A real musical artist with these representations is Pete Doherty. He defines the young rock star image which most people stereotype the indie males too. The colours that I used on the clothing for my band where shirts but also dark clothing. The layout throughout the magazine had a dark colour scheme which wouldn’t go well with pop music magazine. The costume for the band members was smart casual which is what you would see a band wearing for the genre of music that they are associated with. Although on my contents page one of the band members has a tie on. This isn’t usually what you would see but I wanted the band to look unique to attract more attention from the audience. The actions and activities from the band represent a young rebellious group of males. On the front cover of the magazine one of the band members is smoking a cigarette which is what makes them different and why a certain social group is represented as they don’t care what people think. On another image one of the band members is drinking an alcoholic drink and the legal age at which you can drink is over eighteen which shows the magazine also appeals to a certain age group as young people would not find this attractive.
4. In the feature article of the band the are seen to be different just like the magazine. The band haven't been around that long but have a lot of confidence about them. They talk about how happy they are too be headlining a festival and let the fans know that there new album is going to be just as good. Although they can seem to be arrogant about what the sales of there new album are going to be. The use of lighting in the images of the magazine are bright and mainly consist of the band acting casual and relaxing. This shows the confidence of the band and how successful they are as it is important to have a well known band as the main article to attract the audiences attention. I think my media product represents the dominant mode of a young adults stereotype which consists of drinking and smoking which is usually based with the indie genre. After looking at my results from my audience feedback I have found that the genre of the band is Indie after the actions that they are doing. I have constructed my band to dress similar and behave in a way to be represented like a real indie/rock star.
5. What kind of institution might distribute your media product and why? The NME magazine has a similar style to mine as my magazine also contains the indie genre. Also I think they would be likely to publish my magazine as it looks like a well known magazine and is popular. IPC is a big company and I think the uniqueness of my magazine could attract the company to want to publish it. Because my magazine has a hybrid genre it also appeals to a wider audience. The genre of my magazine is Indie/rock and the other well known magazine which has the genre of rock is Kerrang. Magazines such as NME and Kerrang only appeal to one audience which like that genre of music whilst mine appeals to both. The kind of institution that might distribute my media product will be a company like IPC title. IPC title was publishing NME for 12 years.
6. Who would be the audience for your media product? My media product would be for both males and females as it is mainly people between the age of the 16-25 group who would buy my magazine. The nationality of the people who would by the magazine would probably be from the UK. My magazine just talks about British bands and up and coming bands which people from different countries will have never heard of and probably won’t be very interested. The interests and lifestyle that the fans will have will probably be going to music concerts as a hobby and listening to a lot of music in general. The band offers a chance to win tickets to festivals and isn’t to expensive to buy. The magazine will probably be for the working class audience. This is a good audience target as people this age are the most likely to buy the magazines as they have the most spare income. After looking at my feedback it was all positive and it was all reviewed by the people who would be the target audience of this magazine.
7. How did you attract/address your audience? The audience expects a type of genre. For example if the magazine looked like a pop magazine with bright colours such as pink on the cover and then it turned out to be a heavy metal genre inside the audience wouldn't be please as this is not why they the bought the magazine because this isn't why they where expecting. A type of genre is expected because of the different conventions that the magazine uses. Some of these maybe the ways the artist dresses, colour schemes and actions and activities of the band/artist. The title of my music magazine is alternative. The name alternative automatically makes the audience think that this magazine is unique from all others. The magazine is called alternative because it has more than one genre of music and therefore is alternative to what the audience is used too. The key image on the front cover of my magazine stands out well and attracts an audience who live a certain lifestyle. The mise en scene works well as it looks different to most magazines and may attract the audience. The lighting is dark which automatically ,makes you think of rock music. The pose of the band member is directly looking into the camera which may intrigue the reader as he is a recognisable face which looks interesting. The storylines on the cover of my magazine are short but inform the reader enough to make them want buy the magazine and read on. The colours that I have used on the text also look well with the colour scheme I have used through my magazine.
8. The choice of articles that I have used are famous bands and stories which seem to be exclusive which no other magazine will have. The language style of the captions is a brief detail of what is going to be inside the magazine. On my double page spread the headline is simple. “Alternative meet Supremacy” I wanted to make the magazine an easy read and not to complicated for the audience to read so it doesn’t bore them easily. The structure is simple and easy to read. The Interview is spaced out into boxes so it doesn’t look plain and the images are separated from the text. The language of the article itself is very formal when the interviewer is talking about when he met the band. The interview itself in unstructured and keeps flowing which keeps the audience interested rather than yes and no answers after every question. The images have been shot in a natural setting to give the audience a real view to how the band act on a day to day basis. On the images the band look relaxed and are looking happy. The ideologies about celebrities that my magazine use are they are always happy and having a good time e.g. partying and drinking. .It is appealing for the audience to read as the double page spread stands out well using bright colours for the boxes of the text which will grab the audiences attention.
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10. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the programme from it to the full product? After looking back at my preliminary task I have found that my final product is significantly better. This is because I now have a better understanding of how to use the software and what looks better than when I first started the project. The use of lighting was a lot better in my final project. In the preliminary task the colours where plain and didn’t look effective. The use of blue and yellow didn’t match and didn’t follow a normal convention of a music magazine. The main image wasn't the right size and didn't stand out well. The text colours where blurry and didn't attract the reader. On my new task the image and the text where the right colours and length. On the logo it didn't look efficient and didn't stand out. The text was plain and there was nothing unique about it.