The document discusses how the media product, an indie music magazine, uses and develops conventions of real music magazines. It aims to attract teenagers aged 13-19 by portraying models and stories that represent indie music culture and are relatable to that age group. Distribution partners like IPC, Music Mags, and Future Publishing could help reach the target audience since they are experienced in the music magazine industry.
- The document analyzes existing fashion and lifestyle magazines and websites to gather ideas for a new magazine concept.
- Key aspects noted include using celebrities on covers to attract readers, balancing images and text on pages, creative photography using different angles, and consistent branding elements like fonts and color schemes.
- Inspiration is drawn from layouts, photo styles, and how brands engage audiences on social media. The analysis will help inform the planning and design of the new magazine.
The researcher analyzed existing fashion and streetwear brands to inform the development of their own products. Common features included being popular brands that use social media, particularly Instagram, to advertise. The researcher will include creative photo editing styles and simple but effective magazine layouts in their work. Audience research found that streetwear shoppers prefer buying in stores but are increasingly using Instagram to shop and find inspiration from celebrities. Affordability and exclusivity are important to the target audience.
- The document analyzes existing fashion and lifestyle magazines and websites to gather ideas for a new magazine concept.
- Key aspects noted include using celebrities on covers to attract readers, balancing images and text on pages, creative photography using different angles, and consistent branding elements like fonts and color schemes.
- Inspiration is drawn from layouts, photo styles, and how brands engage audiences on social media. The analysis will help inform the planning and design of the new magazine.
This document summarizes the student's process of creating a magazine media product for their target audience of teenagers and young adults interested in Bollywood music and fashion. The student learned how to use Photoshop, which allowed them to construct the magazine in a more professional manner and challenge conventions of real magazines. They represented their target social group through images of Bollywood celebrities and fashion on the cover and throughout. The student would distribute the magazine through popular Bollywood music channels to reach their intended audience.
This document summarizes Abbey Moss's media presentation project for a music magazine called FVOX. [1] The magazine uses purple and white colors and fonts like Arial to establish a clean yet edgy design that represents the R&B genre. [2] Imagery of two models on the cover follows conventions of direct address to attract readers. [3] The target audience is people aged 16-25 interested in R&B music. Market research found this demographic prefers the magazine's style. [4] A company like Bauer Media that distributes the magazine Q would be a good fit to also distribute FVOX since they have similar styles and target the same genre.
The student created a music magazine aimed at teenagers aged 15-18 who are interested in indie music. To attract their target audience, the student used a bold masthead in red, catchy strapline, large cover photo, and pull quotes. The main article profiled an indie band as role models who achieved their dreams. Feedback praised the magazine's professional layout, images, and font choices. In creating the magazine, the student learned how to make the design attractive and readable for the audience through techniques like large photos and pull quotes in key locations.
The document discusses how the media product uses conventions of real music magazines in its design. It uses a dominant central image on the cover like many music magazines. In the contents section, it uses a mix of images and text laid out in columns like Q Magazine. It challenges conventions by featuring a female rock band rather than the typical male bands shown. Feedback from a questionnaire suggested making the magazine appeal to a broader audience and incorporating more vibrant colors throughout.
The document discusses various design elements of a magazine front cover and contents page for a pop music magazine, analyzing how they conform to stereotypical conventions of the pop genre. These include using bright colors, catchy titles, airbrushed celebrity images, and columns of easy-to-read text with pull quotes. The target audience is described as young females, so the designs aim to attract this demographic with extravagant fonts, fashionable costumes, and an emphasis on female idols.
- The document analyzes existing fashion and lifestyle magazines and websites to gather ideas for a new magazine concept.
- Key aspects noted include using celebrities on covers to attract readers, balancing images and text on pages, creative photography using different angles, and consistent branding elements like fonts and color schemes.
- Inspiration is drawn from layouts, photo styles, and how brands engage audiences on social media. The analysis will help inform the planning and design of the new magazine.
The researcher analyzed existing fashion and streetwear brands to inform the development of their own products. Common features included being popular brands that use social media, particularly Instagram, to advertise. The researcher will include creative photo editing styles and simple but effective magazine layouts in their work. Audience research found that streetwear shoppers prefer buying in stores but are increasingly using Instagram to shop and find inspiration from celebrities. Affordability and exclusivity are important to the target audience.
- The document analyzes existing fashion and lifestyle magazines and websites to gather ideas for a new magazine concept.
- Key aspects noted include using celebrities on covers to attract readers, balancing images and text on pages, creative photography using different angles, and consistent branding elements like fonts and color schemes.
- Inspiration is drawn from layouts, photo styles, and how brands engage audiences on social media. The analysis will help inform the planning and design of the new magazine.
This document summarizes the student's process of creating a magazine media product for their target audience of teenagers and young adults interested in Bollywood music and fashion. The student learned how to use Photoshop, which allowed them to construct the magazine in a more professional manner and challenge conventions of real magazines. They represented their target social group through images of Bollywood celebrities and fashion on the cover and throughout. The student would distribute the magazine through popular Bollywood music channels to reach their intended audience.
This document summarizes Abbey Moss's media presentation project for a music magazine called FVOX. [1] The magazine uses purple and white colors and fonts like Arial to establish a clean yet edgy design that represents the R&B genre. [2] Imagery of two models on the cover follows conventions of direct address to attract readers. [3] The target audience is people aged 16-25 interested in R&B music. Market research found this demographic prefers the magazine's style. [4] A company like Bauer Media that distributes the magazine Q would be a good fit to also distribute FVOX since they have similar styles and target the same genre.
The student created a music magazine aimed at teenagers aged 15-18 who are interested in indie music. To attract their target audience, the student used a bold masthead in red, catchy strapline, large cover photo, and pull quotes. The main article profiled an indie band as role models who achieved their dreams. Feedback praised the magazine's professional layout, images, and font choices. In creating the magazine, the student learned how to make the design attractive and readable for the audience through techniques like large photos and pull quotes in key locations.
The document discusses how the media product uses conventions of real music magazines in its design. It uses a dominant central image on the cover like many music magazines. In the contents section, it uses a mix of images and text laid out in columns like Q Magazine. It challenges conventions by featuring a female rock band rather than the typical male bands shown. Feedback from a questionnaire suggested making the magazine appeal to a broader audience and incorporating more vibrant colors throughout.
The document discusses various design elements of a magazine front cover and contents page for a pop music magazine, analyzing how they conform to stereotypical conventions of the pop genre. These include using bright colors, catchy titles, airbrushed celebrity images, and columns of easy-to-read text with pull quotes. The target audience is described as young females, so the designs aim to attract this demographic with extravagant fonts, fashionable costumes, and an emphasis on female idols.
The document discusses conventions used in magazine design based on research of other music magazines. It summarizes the key conventions used in the layout and design of magazine covers, contents pages, and double page spreads. These include using a large, bold masthead; dominant central image; sidebar information; consistent layouts and fonts. The document also discusses targeting the audience, distributing the magazine, and using technology like design software to create the magazine pages.
- The preliminary task helped the author learn new technical skills in InDesign and gain confidence in using the software.
- Comparing the preliminary and real magazine covers, the author improved the masthead size, image editing, and inclusion of more cover lines.
- For the content page, the author learned to select colors and include images that better match the genre, and reduce subtitles for a more visually appealing layout.
- Through the preliminary task, the author was able to broaden their InDesign knowledge and apply skills to successfully plan and create the real magazine.
Daniella created a magazine called UK Charts targeting teenage girls aged 13-25. She researched real music magazines to develop an appropriate layout, color scheme, and conventions for her magazine. This included a catchy masthead, cover image, and cover lines to attract her audience. Through trial and error using tools like Publisher, Paint, and Picnik, she learned how to effectively design and edit images for her magazine. She also gained insight into planning and refining her magazine based on feedback from her target audience. Overall, Daniella felt the process helped her create a more polished magazine compared to her preliminary task.
Chloe Porter created a music magazine to represent the rock/indie genre. She took inspiration from existing magazines like Q and Kerrang but aimed to make her masthead original and eye-catching. She portrayed the artist featured on the cover as a rebel through her facial expression and pose. Feedback on the magazine was mostly positive, with some suggestions to improve the font. Through constructing the magazine, Chloe learned new skills with Photoshop and using a blog to present her work.
The document discusses the language and design conventions used in the student's media magazine project on clubbing culture. For the masthead, the student chose the word "Rave" to match the target audience's interests while analyzing conventions from other music magazines. Font choices and layouts were selected to be bold, colorful and eye-catching based on analyzing examples from Mixmag magazine. Photoshoots used props like neon makeup and lighting to represent the club atmosphere. Typography and language for the cover, contents page and double-page spread followed conventions of being short, catchy and informal to engage the young adult audience. Conventions were both adhered to and developed based on in-depth analysis of comparable magazines.
This document provides an analysis of how the student's media product conforms to and develops conventions of real pop genre magazines. It summarizes how various elements like the masthead, naming, images, costumes, people, title/font style, written content, music suggestions, layout, and contents page follow expectations of the genre through techniques like bright colors and styles, airbrushed models, and column formatting while also challenging some conventions through a less organized interview layout and expanded contents page elements. The analysis considers how stereotypes, target audiences, and readability are addressed across the different sections.
- The document summarizes a student's evaluation of their music magazine coursework project.
- They discuss how they used conventions from real music magazines and attracted their target teenage audience.
- Feedback was mostly positive, with some suggestions to make the masthead font choice clearer and pull quotes bigger. The student learned photo editing and layout skills from creating the magazine.
The document discusses how the author's media products use and challenge conventions of real magazine formats. For the magazine front cover, the author followed conventions like using multiple fonts but challenged conventions such as having the dominant image overlap the masthead. For the contents page, conventions like sectioning by page number were followed, but adding a grey column background challenged conventions. For the double page spread, conventions like using multiple fonts and images were followed, but challenging conventions by using alternative content and a textured background.
The student created a fashion magazine as a school project. They conducted research on magazine layouts including front covers, contents pages, and double page spreads. They also created a questionnaire to determine what content would appeal to readers. For their magazine, the student designed a logo, selected photos for the front cover and spreads, and wrote an article for one of the spreads. Their magazine included consistent colors, fonts, and layouts across pages. Overall they were happy with the project but felt they could have done more planning and research on different magazine genres.
In what ways does your media product use mr stevens 2edthompson13
The document summarizes what the student learned from constructing a magazine as a class project.
1) Using Word, the student was able to layout and design magazine pages, but had difficulty inserting images. Other programs like Paint and Paint.net allowed for better image editing.
2) The final magazine cover was a significant improvement over the preliminary version, with a larger masthead and main image that would attract more attention.
3) While the student felt their end product fulfilled the task of creating an authentic-looking magazine, they acknowledged the process helped them better understand what captures an audience's interest.
The document discusses how the media product (a magazine) uses, develops and challenges conventions of real media products. It draws inspiration from magazines like Clash and Wire in its design style, masthead, and photo editing techniques. However, it aims to create something unique rather than directly copying another magazine. Key elements that emulate real magazines include using a consistent house style, bold visual hierarchies, stylistic text treatments, and interview/article formats. The goal is to attract an audience of creatives and DIY enthusiasts with a distinctive but professionally-designed product.
The document discusses the process of creating a magazine. It begins by outlining how the creator used conventions from similar magazines like We Love Pop and Top of the Pops as inspiration, while also trying to challenge some conventions. Details are provided on specific design choices for the magazine cover, layout, and content that both follow and challenge industry conventions. Throughout the document, the creator reflects on targeting their magazine at a slightly older demographic of 12-18 year olds and focusing on female artists. The goal was to create a magazine that would appeal to mainstream audiences while putting a new spin on standard magazine conventions.
The document discusses how the media product, a music magazine, represents and conforms to conventions of real music magazines while also trying to be unique.
The summary discusses using conventions like mastheads, house styles, prices, and layouts similarly to magazines like NME and Kerrang. Photos and articles also conform to expectations but try to challenge stereotypes. Representation of various social groups is discussed through inclusion of male and female interviews and photos from music festivals. Overall, the magazine aims to be familiar yet independent for its target 16-21 year old audience.
The document discusses how the creator of a new magazine used conventions from similar magazines like We Love Pop and Top of the Pops as inspiration, but also challenged some conventions. The creator analyzed what elements the magazines had in common and experimented with things like title design, image placement, backgrounds, and text formatting to make the new magazine stand out while still looking professional. The goal was to attract the target teenage audience and compete with other magazines in the genre.
Question one to my A-level magazine analysis812455
The document discusses how the media product (a magazine) uses, develops and challenges conventions of real media products. It summarizes how the magazine takes inspiration from design styles of magazines like Clash and Wire, but creates something unique. Key elements that are inspired by or adapted from other magazines include the front cover image style, masthead design, special issue promotions, article text styles and photo editing techniques. Throughout the magazine, a consistent house style is developed using these conventions, but presenting content in a way that challenges mainstream magazines and appeals to the target audience.
The document summarizes how the author's magazine product represents and conforms to conventions of real music magazines while also trying to challenge some conventions. The summary uses conventions like mastheads, covers, layouts, and content from magazines like NME and Kerrang as references. It also discusses representing various social groups like gender and ages to appeal to different audiences. Overall, the author aims to create a magazine that feels unique but is still recognizable to their target audience of 16-21 year olds interested in indie music.
This document discusses the development and use of conventions in the creation of a magazine cover and contents page for a clubbing magazine called "Rave".
For the masthead, conventions from both music magazines and clubbing magazines were considered. A one-word, one-syllable masthead was chosen to be short and catchy, following music magazine conventions but not clubbing magazine conventions. Design elements like bold font, outline, and color were selected mindfully based on analyzing existing magazines.
For the cover photo shoot, a medium close-up shot of a female model was used to attract the target male audience. Neon makeup and glasses were used as props to represent the club atmosphere. UV black lighting was utilized
My media product uses conventions of real magazines such as dates, mastheads, images, and prices to provide information to readers and attract their attention. The layout and color scheme are somewhat conventional but the front cover image is less bright than typical music magazines to give the product a more elegant feel. The contents page follows conventions like listing contents and including the front cover image but also includes advertisements and notes to engage readers. The double page spread uses a conventional interview format to interest readers in the featured person.
The document discusses how a student's media product challenges and develops conventions of real media.
The student kept some conventions like bold mastheads and cover photos showing the subject. However, the student challenged conventions by using a montage on the contents page instead of a group photo, and placing the masthead in the top right instead of left. The student also included a bar with the masthead and page number at the bottom of the contents page, which is not a convention in real media products.
On the double page spread, the student conformed to conventions like keeping each page separate around the fold and having an informal photo. But the student included more text than some pop magazines to engage older readers. The student developed
The document discusses a student's media project where they created a movie trailer, poster, and magazine cover for a horror film. For each piece, the student aimed to follow conventions of real media products in the genre while also adding some unique and challenging elements. For the movie trailer, they researched what their target audience of teenagers and young adults liked in horror films. For the poster and magazine cover, the student used bold fonts, prominent imagery, and color schemes typical in horror media to draw in viewers, but placed the imagery in an unconventional way on the cover. They took inspiration from real movie marketing while putting their own creative spin on the elements.
The document discusses the consistency in visual elements across promotional materials for the Scream film franchise, including posters, DVD covers, merchandise, and the official website. Key elements like color scheme, font, layout, and use of the main character's eyes remain largely the same. This continuity in visual design creates intertextual links that reinforce the brand identity and build anticipation for the upcoming fourth installment. Minor changes, like expanding the group shot for Scream 3, are intended to reflect plot elements while still maintaining visual coherence across the series.
The document discusses and analyzes various promotional materials for the horror film Prom Night, including the movie poster, DVD covers, merchandise, and official website. The poster uses a dramatic black-and-white close-up image that conveys the film is a horror and catches the eye. Similarly styled images are used consistently on different DVD covers. Related merchandise like costumes, posters, and t-shirts help generate profits and advertise the film. The official website provides information on DVD versions and additional content to promote the film online.
The document discusses conventions used in magazine design based on research of other music magazines. It summarizes the key conventions used in the layout and design of magazine covers, contents pages, and double page spreads. These include using a large, bold masthead; dominant central image; sidebar information; consistent layouts and fonts. The document also discusses targeting the audience, distributing the magazine, and using technology like design software to create the magazine pages.
- The preliminary task helped the author learn new technical skills in InDesign and gain confidence in using the software.
- Comparing the preliminary and real magazine covers, the author improved the masthead size, image editing, and inclusion of more cover lines.
- For the content page, the author learned to select colors and include images that better match the genre, and reduce subtitles for a more visually appealing layout.
- Through the preliminary task, the author was able to broaden their InDesign knowledge and apply skills to successfully plan and create the real magazine.
Daniella created a magazine called UK Charts targeting teenage girls aged 13-25. She researched real music magazines to develop an appropriate layout, color scheme, and conventions for her magazine. This included a catchy masthead, cover image, and cover lines to attract her audience. Through trial and error using tools like Publisher, Paint, and Picnik, she learned how to effectively design and edit images for her magazine. She also gained insight into planning and refining her magazine based on feedback from her target audience. Overall, Daniella felt the process helped her create a more polished magazine compared to her preliminary task.
Chloe Porter created a music magazine to represent the rock/indie genre. She took inspiration from existing magazines like Q and Kerrang but aimed to make her masthead original and eye-catching. She portrayed the artist featured on the cover as a rebel through her facial expression and pose. Feedback on the magazine was mostly positive, with some suggestions to improve the font. Through constructing the magazine, Chloe learned new skills with Photoshop and using a blog to present her work.
The document discusses the language and design conventions used in the student's media magazine project on clubbing culture. For the masthead, the student chose the word "Rave" to match the target audience's interests while analyzing conventions from other music magazines. Font choices and layouts were selected to be bold, colorful and eye-catching based on analyzing examples from Mixmag magazine. Photoshoots used props like neon makeup and lighting to represent the club atmosphere. Typography and language for the cover, contents page and double-page spread followed conventions of being short, catchy and informal to engage the young adult audience. Conventions were both adhered to and developed based on in-depth analysis of comparable magazines.
This document provides an analysis of how the student's media product conforms to and develops conventions of real pop genre magazines. It summarizes how various elements like the masthead, naming, images, costumes, people, title/font style, written content, music suggestions, layout, and contents page follow expectations of the genre through techniques like bright colors and styles, airbrushed models, and column formatting while also challenging some conventions through a less organized interview layout and expanded contents page elements. The analysis considers how stereotypes, target audiences, and readability are addressed across the different sections.
- The document summarizes a student's evaluation of their music magazine coursework project.
- They discuss how they used conventions from real music magazines and attracted their target teenage audience.
- Feedback was mostly positive, with some suggestions to make the masthead font choice clearer and pull quotes bigger. The student learned photo editing and layout skills from creating the magazine.
The document discusses how the author's media products use and challenge conventions of real magazine formats. For the magazine front cover, the author followed conventions like using multiple fonts but challenged conventions such as having the dominant image overlap the masthead. For the contents page, conventions like sectioning by page number were followed, but adding a grey column background challenged conventions. For the double page spread, conventions like using multiple fonts and images were followed, but challenging conventions by using alternative content and a textured background.
The student created a fashion magazine as a school project. They conducted research on magazine layouts including front covers, contents pages, and double page spreads. They also created a questionnaire to determine what content would appeal to readers. For their magazine, the student designed a logo, selected photos for the front cover and spreads, and wrote an article for one of the spreads. Their magazine included consistent colors, fonts, and layouts across pages. Overall they were happy with the project but felt they could have done more planning and research on different magazine genres.
In what ways does your media product use mr stevens 2edthompson13
The document summarizes what the student learned from constructing a magazine as a class project.
1) Using Word, the student was able to layout and design magazine pages, but had difficulty inserting images. Other programs like Paint and Paint.net allowed for better image editing.
2) The final magazine cover was a significant improvement over the preliminary version, with a larger masthead and main image that would attract more attention.
3) While the student felt their end product fulfilled the task of creating an authentic-looking magazine, they acknowledged the process helped them better understand what captures an audience's interest.
The document discusses how the media product (a magazine) uses, develops and challenges conventions of real media products. It draws inspiration from magazines like Clash and Wire in its design style, masthead, and photo editing techniques. However, it aims to create something unique rather than directly copying another magazine. Key elements that emulate real magazines include using a consistent house style, bold visual hierarchies, stylistic text treatments, and interview/article formats. The goal is to attract an audience of creatives and DIY enthusiasts with a distinctive but professionally-designed product.
The document discusses the process of creating a magazine. It begins by outlining how the creator used conventions from similar magazines like We Love Pop and Top of the Pops as inspiration, while also trying to challenge some conventions. Details are provided on specific design choices for the magazine cover, layout, and content that both follow and challenge industry conventions. Throughout the document, the creator reflects on targeting their magazine at a slightly older demographic of 12-18 year olds and focusing on female artists. The goal was to create a magazine that would appeal to mainstream audiences while putting a new spin on standard magazine conventions.
The document discusses how the media product, a music magazine, represents and conforms to conventions of real music magazines while also trying to be unique.
The summary discusses using conventions like mastheads, house styles, prices, and layouts similarly to magazines like NME and Kerrang. Photos and articles also conform to expectations but try to challenge stereotypes. Representation of various social groups is discussed through inclusion of male and female interviews and photos from music festivals. Overall, the magazine aims to be familiar yet independent for its target 16-21 year old audience.
The document discusses how the creator of a new magazine used conventions from similar magazines like We Love Pop and Top of the Pops as inspiration, but also challenged some conventions. The creator analyzed what elements the magazines had in common and experimented with things like title design, image placement, backgrounds, and text formatting to make the new magazine stand out while still looking professional. The goal was to attract the target teenage audience and compete with other magazines in the genre.
Question one to my A-level magazine analysis812455
The document discusses how the media product (a magazine) uses, develops and challenges conventions of real media products. It summarizes how the magazine takes inspiration from design styles of magazines like Clash and Wire, but creates something unique. Key elements that are inspired by or adapted from other magazines include the front cover image style, masthead design, special issue promotions, article text styles and photo editing techniques. Throughout the magazine, a consistent house style is developed using these conventions, but presenting content in a way that challenges mainstream magazines and appeals to the target audience.
The document summarizes how the author's magazine product represents and conforms to conventions of real music magazines while also trying to challenge some conventions. The summary uses conventions like mastheads, covers, layouts, and content from magazines like NME and Kerrang as references. It also discusses representing various social groups like gender and ages to appeal to different audiences. Overall, the author aims to create a magazine that feels unique but is still recognizable to their target audience of 16-21 year olds interested in indie music.
This document discusses the development and use of conventions in the creation of a magazine cover and contents page for a clubbing magazine called "Rave".
For the masthead, conventions from both music magazines and clubbing magazines were considered. A one-word, one-syllable masthead was chosen to be short and catchy, following music magazine conventions but not clubbing magazine conventions. Design elements like bold font, outline, and color were selected mindfully based on analyzing existing magazines.
For the cover photo shoot, a medium close-up shot of a female model was used to attract the target male audience. Neon makeup and glasses were used as props to represent the club atmosphere. UV black lighting was utilized
My media product uses conventions of real magazines such as dates, mastheads, images, and prices to provide information to readers and attract their attention. The layout and color scheme are somewhat conventional but the front cover image is less bright than typical music magazines to give the product a more elegant feel. The contents page follows conventions like listing contents and including the front cover image but also includes advertisements and notes to engage readers. The double page spread uses a conventional interview format to interest readers in the featured person.
The document discusses how a student's media product challenges and develops conventions of real media.
The student kept some conventions like bold mastheads and cover photos showing the subject. However, the student challenged conventions by using a montage on the contents page instead of a group photo, and placing the masthead in the top right instead of left. The student also included a bar with the masthead and page number at the bottom of the contents page, which is not a convention in real media products.
On the double page spread, the student conformed to conventions like keeping each page separate around the fold and having an informal photo. But the student included more text than some pop magazines to engage older readers. The student developed
The document discusses a student's media project where they created a movie trailer, poster, and magazine cover for a horror film. For each piece, the student aimed to follow conventions of real media products in the genre while also adding some unique and challenging elements. For the movie trailer, they researched what their target audience of teenagers and young adults liked in horror films. For the poster and magazine cover, the student used bold fonts, prominent imagery, and color schemes typical in horror media to draw in viewers, but placed the imagery in an unconventional way on the cover. They took inspiration from real movie marketing while putting their own creative spin on the elements.
The document discusses the consistency in visual elements across promotional materials for the Scream film franchise, including posters, DVD covers, merchandise, and the official website. Key elements like color scheme, font, layout, and use of the main character's eyes remain largely the same. This continuity in visual design creates intertextual links that reinforce the brand identity and build anticipation for the upcoming fourth installment. Minor changes, like expanding the group shot for Scream 3, are intended to reflect plot elements while still maintaining visual coherence across the series.
The document discusses and analyzes various promotional materials for the horror film Prom Night, including the movie poster, DVD covers, merchandise, and official website. The poster uses a dramatic black-and-white close-up image that conveys the film is a horror and catches the eye. Similarly styled images are used consistently on different DVD covers. Related merchandise like costumes, posters, and t-shirts help generate profits and advertise the film. The official website provides information on DVD versions and additional content to promote the film online.
The document discusses how the student's media project of a movie trailer uses conventions of real movie trailers. The student researched their target audience of teenagers and created a horror movie trailer. Their trailer, poster, and magazine cover follow conventions like strong visuals and fonts but also challenge some conventions, like having the main character face away from the audience on the magazine cover. The student analyzes how their project aligns with theories of narrative structure and character roles but does not fully follow the theories since only a trailer is shown rather than the full movie.
This document discusses front cover development and includes sections on font styles one through three, font style price and barcode, a picture and slogan, and notes that little changes were made.
The document discusses the marketing and branding consistency across Saw movie posters, DVD covers, merchandise, and the official website. Key elements like the title treatment, color palette, and depictions of torture are repeated across materials to create recognizability and associate all items with the Saw franchise. Maintaining consistent visuals helps attract and engage the target horror movie audience.
The student has constructed a music magazine aimed at teenagers between 15-18 years old who are interested in indie music. To attract their target audience, the student uses conventions from real music magazines such as a bold masthead, large cover photo, pull quotes, and questions from readers. The student chose to distribute the magazine online initially to test audience interest before potential print distribution. Through the process of constructing the magazine using Publisher, the student learned how to make the magazine more professional by using large photos and pull quotes in key locations.
The student created a music magazine aimed at teenagers aged 15-18 who are interested in indie music. To attract their target audience, the student used a bold masthead, colorful design, and featured a popular indie band as the cover story. Based on research of real music magazines, the student included conventions like large cover photos, pull quotes, and a reader Q&A with the featured band. Through the process, the student learned best practices for layout, photo editing, and how to represent their target demographic to appeal to indie music fans.
Here are some key points from the audience research:
- The audience is split between those who regularly read magazines and those who don't. The magazine will need to appeal to both groups.
- The audience has a variety of interests in fashion, from very interested to not very interested. The magazine content should feature a range of styles.
- Images are more attention-grabbing than text on the front cover. The front cover image should be eye-catching.
- Readers want a balance of images and text on pages. The DPS layout will need to incorporate both well.
- A minimal, clean design without too many elements on a page will appeal more than a busy layout.
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This document summarizes the creator's process for designing the contents page for their fashion magazine. They initially created a simplistic design that they were not satisfied with. They then redesigned it, taking inspiration from editing a model image on PicMonkey. The new design features a sophisticated monochrome color scheme and thick, black text styled after Cosmopolitan magazine. It also includes various techniques discovered during research, such as sectioning text and featuring items from the front cover, to better appeal to the audience.
The document is an evaluation by Ibrahim Patel of a music magazine he created using Macromedia Fireworks and Adobe Photoshop. He summarizes the key elements of the magazine, including the front cover with masthead, date, news headlines and large artist picture. He compares his magazine to real ones and evaluates how well it follows conventions. He also discusses potential distribution methods and target audiences for the magazine.
This document summarizes how the author's media product uses and develops conventions of real magazines while also challenging some conventions. The author discusses using typical magazine elements like bright colors, fonts, barcodes and images on the cover to appeal to their target audience. While following conventions like including a large central image and interview strapline on the cover, the author challenged conventions by using multiple fonts. For the contents page, the author both used conventions like pictures, numbers and subheadings but also broke conventions by including one large image rather than many small ones. The double page article included typical elements like quotes, names, columns and colors but uniquely featured two large images rather than many small ones.
This document summarizes how the author's magazine product both uses conventions of real magazines as well as challenges some conventions. The author discusses using typical magazine elements like bright colors, fonts, barcodes and images on the cover to appeal to their target audience. However, they also challenge conventions by using multiple fonts on the cover. For the contents page, the author both follows conventions like using pictures and numbers, as well as challenges them by using one large image rather than many small ones. The double page article includes typical elements like quotes, names, and columns but also uses two large images instead of many small ones. Real magazines provided inspiration and influence on the design elements and layout.
This document summarizes how the author's media product uses and develops conventions of real magazines while also challenging some conventions. The author discusses using typical magazine elements like bright colors, fonts, barcodes and images on the cover to appeal to their target audience. While following conventions like including a large central image and interview strapline on the cover, the author challenged conventions by using multiple fonts. For the contents page, the author both used conventions like pictures, numbers and subheadings but also broke conventions by including one large image rather than many small ones. The double page article included typical elements like quotes, names, columns and colors but challenged conventions by using two large images instead of many small ones.
This document summarizes how the author's media product uses and develops conventions of real magazines while also challenging some conventions. The author discusses using typical magazine elements like bright colors, fonts, barcodes and images on the cover to appeal to their target audience. While following conventions like big titles and using images that relate to the main content, the author challenged conventions by using various fonts on the cover and including one large image rather than many small images on the contents page. For the feature article, the author used conventions like quotes, multiple images and identifying the topic at the top, but was also influenced to include unique elements from other magazines.
This document summarizes how the author's magazine product both uses conventions of real magazines as well as challenges some conventions. The author discusses using typical magazine elements like bright colors, fonts, barcodes and images on the cover to appeal to their target audience. However, they also challenge conventions by using multiple fonts on the cover. For the contents page, the author both follows conventions like using pictures and numbers, as well as challenges them by using one large image rather than many small ones. The double page article includes typical elements like quotes, names, columns and colors, but also includes two large images rather than many small ones. Real magazines provided inspiration and influence on the design elements and layout.
The document summarizes how the media product uses conventions of real magazines and challenges some conventions. It follows conventions such as using the colors red, white, and black like music magazines NME and Q. It includes elements like the masthead, contents page, double page spreads, and cover lines that are typical of magazines. However, it challenges some conventions by having the masthead go over the subject's head rather than behind and using unconventional photos on the double page spread to portray the alternative nature of the music. The goal was to take inspiration from successful magazines but also show the personality of subjects.
The document is a media studies evaluation of a magazine produced by the author. It discusses the conventions used from real magazines in the design of the cover, content pages, and layout. This includes using two dominant colors, placement of the title, images, and additional typical magazine elements. The author compares their magazine to an existing magazine for guidance. The intended audience is identified as teenage girls based on research and the focus on fashion and gossip topics. Techniques used to attract this audience included attractive images and headlines about celebrities. The author reflects on skills learned in creating the magazine using software like Photoshop and conducting audience research.
Emma Garthwaite conducted research on existing fashion magazines to inform the design of her own magazine. She analyzed several magazines' cover designs and interior spreads. Key aspects she found appealing included bold colors that make photos stand out, clean layouts, and a mix of fashion trends and styles in articles. She plans to incorporate these elements into her magazine to attract readers.
The document provides an evaluation of the student's media products which included a front cover, contents page, and double page spread for a magazine focused on an indie pop/rock genre. For each product, the student discusses what worked well and challenges faced in the design. They aimed to make the products look professional while also adding some unconventional elements to make the magazine unique. Key conventions included logo placement, color schemes, and layouts inspired by magazines like NME and Q. The student also discusses targeting their products towards their intended audience of 14-25 year old indie music fans and representing the genre's themes.
The document discusses what was learned from analyzing various parts of magazines, including front covers, contents pages, and double page spreads. For front covers, key techniques identified were the use of colors associated with the genre and central images of artists looking at the camera. For contents pages, elements like intriguing titles and graphic features that match the listed contents were noted. Double page spreads typically feature a large graphic on one page with text on the other or wrapped around. Feedback from a questionnaire revealed the importance of understanding the target audience's preferences to best meet their needs. This feedback will be used to improve the magazine concept.
This document discusses how the media product challenges conventions of real magazines.
The front cover uses large central images and positioning of the masthead to draw attention, while changing the usual placement of the strapline. The contents page separates articles into boxes and includes a section from the staff writer for personalization.
The double page spread continues the color scheme and features the main article band. It includes polaroid images, an exclusive interview in different colors, and a dotted line to allow cutting out the poster image - challenging conventions by making the image take over one page without other text.
The document discusses the process of creating a magazine media product. It describes how the creator took inspiration from real magazines for the front cover, contents page, and double page spread layouts. It also discusses the intended teenage audience and how colors, fonts, photos and article topics were chosen to appeal to both male and female readers. The creator reflects on what was learned about technologies like photo editing and layout design in the process of constructing the magazine from their preliminary project.
The document is a media studies evaluation of a magazine produced by the author. It summarizes the conventions used from real magazines in the design of the cover, contents page, and spreads. This includes placement of the title, use of colors, images, and additional typical magazine elements. The intended audience is identified as teenage girls based on research, and techniques used to attract this audience through interesting images and topics are described. The technologies learned through creating the magazine, like Photoshop and blogging, are also summarized.
The document discusses various ways in which the student's media product uses, develops, and challenges conventions of real media products. It summarizes key aspects of each page, including:
- The cover uses cover lines and masthead placement conventions while developing conventions through the use of "exclusive" in the masthead text.
- The contents page uses features labeling and repeats the masthead, while developing layout through separated articles and including a silhouette image.
- Article pages use consistent masthead placement and interview formatting, while developing editing techniques like shadowed text and behind-the-scenes photos. Challenges include background color consistency.
The media product uses, develops, and challenges some conventions of real R&B magazines. It uses a dominant image on the cover to fit conventions. However, it challenges conventions by having no color backdrop and the model not looking at the audience. The contents page also challenges conventions by listing articles in importance rather than chronological order. Sub-headings on the contents page develop conventions to make sections easier to find. A double page spread challenges conventions by not using a single large image but instead uses bigger columns of text. However, it keeps the column format for simplicity and clarity.
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2. In what way does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? I have took this idea of having a big masthead and also putting the masthead in front of the model from my previous research that I did earlier on in my blog. I liked the way on most magazines they had the masthead either in front or behind depending on the model they had. If they were famous and a big star then the model would be in front of the masthead to show how important they are and also to make them stand out. On the other hand some magazines had the masthead on the main picture. This would make it easier for the customer to recognise the magazine and be able to see the title better. As you can see my masthead doesn’t have a background behind it because I tried it and I thought that it didn’t look very professional because the masthead has effects on it to make it stand out anyway. So this made the masthead look like there was too much going on. I had the idea of making an indie magazine from all of the indie magazines already out there. This is because it would make my research easier. I also picked indie because it is the music I am most into. I think that my inspiration has come from the research and planning on my blog but also looking at magazines on the internet and in magazine stores. I wanted to use a colour that would attract both sexes to increase the market. I think that my magazine is conventional because it has all the conventions as a real media product. I tried to make put conventions into my magazine so it didn’t look out of place on the selves but also that it wasn’t unexpected by the public. I have got this idea of having little subheadings underneath my masthead from the music covers that I have researched. I got the idea from the music magazine Q. I thought instead of having it tiny underneath the masthead, I would have it easy to read. This is so that the customer would be able to see what edition it is and also to see when it was released and the price of the music magazine. I think by having the glow around the writing also makes it stand out a lot more from the bright and vibrant background. This is good because it catches the eye of the public more because it stands out from the blue background. I think that this is still a convention but I have pushed it to its limit because if it was much bigger or on top of the mast head then it wouldn’t be a convention at all. I think by having this detain to the magazine makes it a lot more professional.
3. In what way does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? This is an idea I had from the music magazines I have been looking at. I think that having a banner on the magazine makes it look more professional and also I think that it makes it more effective and it stands out to, this will also be able to catch the eye of the potential customers. This is a good effect to have because it shows the reader what is also inside the magazine without having to read it. This could make the customer want to buy the magazine more because I am making the magazine desirable by adding contents of the inside of the magazine to the outside to give the customers a little taster. I have also got this idea from the Q magazine. There are many different designs for barcodes on magazines. On the magazines I researched there was a vertical one on the Q magazine, a horizontal one on the VIBE magazine and a horizontal one on the KERRANG magazine. These are all of the barcodes that I have researched and thought were conventional. I think that the second one is the best as it has the website underneath it co the customer can research the magazine if they want to. I have chosen a horizontal barcode because I think that it fits in with my layout better then a vertical one would. I have used a big splash on my front cover so the customers know what is on my music magazine. This will allow them to have a preview of what is inside of the magazine. This will attract the customer to the magazine. I had a lot of inspiration from the research I had collected earlier. This allowed me to use this research to my best ability. On most magazines they use their splash for a song title, a quote for the interview or a eye catching headline. I thought that taking a quote from the interview would be the best option as it stands out to the reader a lot more because they will want to read the magazine to see what else the artists has said. This is an example of the NME magazine. This will attract the customers eyes because it is so eye catching but on the other hand it isn’t a convention. So this would have been a shock to the customer which would of made them want to read more.
4. In what way does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? I have researched many front covers on lots of different types of magazines. I saw which layout looked better with the layout of the picture. I really liked this layout with this picture because the picture is big and covers up half of the page meaning that the customer can see it very well. I thought that this was a good place to have my photo because it is very eye catching. I think that it is more eye catching because the colour of the clothing stands out from the background of the magazine. This means that the customer will see the picture a lot more quickly because it is a contrast between the two colours. Where as the font colour and the picture link in together by the colours from the dress are used as the font colours. This makes the magazine link together meaning that it is more professional. I think that this is a convention because on most of the front covers I researched the font colours linked in the what the model was wearing on the colour to make it look more professional and also make the font stand out more then it usually would. As you can see on this Spin magazine the colours of her top are the font colour of the text around her. This also shows that she is a big star on the magazine. I have used this dress style because I thought that I wanted to make the magazine look expensive and worth its money. Also I think that this shows that indie girls can still look nice without wearing the conventional things. I pushed the convention to the boundary because not many music magazines dress their models in nice dresses but I thought that I could show a different side of this. I think that this is a good outfit for my magazine because it shows that the models of a indie magazine can wear dressy clothes instead of casual clothes. I got this idea from looking through all of my magazines that I had researched and saw how the models were dressed in nothing or just casual clothes. This dress shows a little flesh meaning that I wasn’t pushing the convention to the edge because the dress is a strapless. I have picked a female model because I thought that the colours of the magazine were more on the female side of things rather then male because it is a light blue that is used and not dark blue. So this means that this model would attract males to my magazine. But on the other hand it would still attract girls to my magazine because they would like to see and read more about this model because she looks nice and welcoming which is essential on a front cover magazine depending what magazine it was. I have used the subtle make up look to show that the girls don’t have to wear a lot of makeup to look pretty.
5. In what way does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? This is my content page and I have been looking at my research that I have done earlier on my blog for inspiration. I didn’t want to copy any of the contents pages because I wanted to have my own look. I thought that this layout looked very good with my pictures. I think that the layout of the text is in a good position because it looks good with the layout with my pictures because it makes the pictures stand out more and acts like a boarder. This is good because it catches the customers eye and makes them read the contents because it stands out and it is in your face. I think that it is good that there isn’t much writing on my contents because that will turn people off from reading it. I also think that the big sub headings are good because it makes it easier for the reader to see what it is under the headings. I think that they stand out more because they are black and big but they have got a which glow behind them which gives it a 3d effect. This is a good effect as people will be able to see the writing more clearly then before. I got the idea of using sub headings from a music magazine called NME. I also got some ideas from the magazine Kerrang.This shows the readers that this is a monthly magazine that has a lot of updates in. From this contents page I think that the masthead for this page is the main feature because it really stands out. I got this idea from a magazine called Vibe. There contents page is really big which inspired me to have a big one because it is the first thing that catches the eye of the audience. I think that this is conventional because it it meant to take the audiences attention of the text. I think that this masthead is good because it links in with my masthead on the front page which suggests that my contents page is very professional and this is then another convention because every magazine is consistent to show that they are professional so I have tried to do this head on many of things including my masthead and my background and you can also see that my text has glow on it the same as the text on the front cover. I think that these pictures are conventional to the fact that there is pictures on the contents page but then they are not a convention because they are not in a box or they aren’t small. I also got this idea from the contents page called Vibe. I think that this is a good idea to do because it takes the readers eye of the writing. You can also tell that this picture is important because the models head is in front of the contents title. I got this idea of using this pose from the Spin front cover.
6. In what way does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? Also on my contents page I have put an special offer. This is a convention because most of the contents page I looked at all had a special offer either on the contents page or on the front cover. I wanted to put it on my contents page so people would be attracted to read the contents page because the special offer will catch their eye. this also means putting a special offer will make the customer buy the next issue because they get a 20|%discount on Kasabian tickets. I got this idea mainly from the magazine NME magazine. My special offer isn’t in your face as much as the NME special offer but this is because they have used more vibrant colours that ties in with their theme. I have used darker blues but I think they still fit in with my theme which makes it a convention because I am keep the colours of my magazine throughout my magazine to make it look a lot more professional. i got the idea of the idea of the circles around the special offer from the magazine called NME as well but this was from the front cover and not from the contents page. I think that this circle effect is good around the writing because it makes the special offer stand out a lot more then usual. I used the idea of using a bright vibrant colour for the key terms from looking at the special offer from the NME magazine but the offer that was of the contents page. Because I thought that the colour yellow stood out a lot mote then a dark blue.
7. In what way does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? I think that this double page spread doesn’t look conventional at all. This is because all of the music magazine I researched were only asking one group or one artist questions. Where as I am asking two artists questions because they are competing against each other. I think that this still takes some of the contentions of a normal double page spread but I am pushing mine to the limit to make it look a lot different to other peoples double page spread. I wanted to do this so it stood out and people would want to read this article. I didn’t want to put too much writing into this double page spread because people would be turned off from this. The main convention on this double page spread would be the fact I have used page numbers at the bottom of the page and also I have used quotations from the article. I got the idea of using page numbers from all the music magazines that I had researched earlier in my project. I thought that the use of quotations would be good on my double page spread because all the magazines use them to draw the customer to read the article. I have pushed this convention to its limit because all the double page spreads I researched had very little quotations where as mine are very big and I have only got one from each artist. But this is because they are big and they stand out and catch the readers eye. The title of the magazine is in the corner of the double page spread so people knew what magazine this article was from and also I wanted to keep the theme running through the magazine. This is why I have used the same background that I have used all the way through my magazine. I also think that this makes it a lot more professional. As you can also see I have used the same text through the magazine as well. This gives it the consistency it needs. I have used these pictures of the model because the portray that the artist are very willing to do whatever it takes to win and also that they are both as competitive as the other as well as strong. But also from the clothes they are wearing they look friendly and not scary which is good. I think that this is a convention because I have been looking through all the magazines and the models all look very friendly. This makes the customer like the artist because they look friendly. I have also used this picture because they look like they have got a lot of attitude which could mean that their music is very good.
8. How does your media product represent particular social groups? To get the right genre for my media work I had to do a lot of research on what people like and also what is the most common music around. I also had to research what age group the music market targets at. I did this by doing questionnaires of what magazine I should do but also by looking at magazines I was researching to see if they had a certain way they tried to portray the magazine was for a certain age group. I always wanted to do my magazine for the age group of around 13-19. this was because I thought that this is the age a person likes to get into music but they get to start to discover new trends and styles from the music they listen to and watch on the television or on the internet. I think this starts to happen when they go up to high school or into year nine. This is what made me make up my mind. The genre I have picked for my music magazine is indie. This is because I researched that this is the most popular music style to teenagers and I also found out that it brings in most of the income into the music industry through magazines. I thought that this would be a good genre to base my magazine on because I had a lot of music magazines I could research. Every music genre can be portrayed it lots of different ways and this is bought onto the children. The children use music genre as different ways to dress and be different from other people. You can also see this from the make up they wear and the songs they listen to. This genre of music can be found in different forms. One of those forms can be from the music magazines on the shelves. This will show the teenager how to dress and be different from other people. So I wanted to get this so they didn’t look that different from other people. I also wanted my models to wear the clothes that the public wear. I wanted to show that my age group was the teenagers so I used models that were young and looked like they would buy my magazine. I did this because now a days looks are very important to people because they can get judged easily in school or out of school. Through my magazine I wanted to attract the younger population by the models I used on my front cover, the colours I used and the language. I thought that this will be a good way to attract the younger population because now a days teenagers use informal language all the time and I thought that if I portrayed this into my magazine then they would be attracted to my magazine a lot more because they would know it is a magazine for them. The models on my music magazine would catch the eye of the younger population because they will be able to relate to them. This is because they are the same age as the people I want to be attracted to my magazine and they are wearing clothes that people of the age 13-18 would. I think by dressing my models into trends that relate to the indie style is good because some people just like the indie music because of the styles the artists wear. I used the colours I did because they were bright and vibrant and I thought that they would attract to the younger population more because they like colourful colours, where as older people like things to be more subtle. I think that blue was a good colour to use because it would attract the attention of both girls and boy because I personally think that it is a neutral colour. I thought that the stories I used for my magazine would have a lot of impact on who would buy my magazine. This is because teenagers like interesting gossip that they can either relate to or they find as eye catching and juicy information about different celebrities. The article has to stand out on the shelves for the teenager to pick it because if I was targeting the music magazine at the older generation then I would use more informative stories and not interesting.
9. What kind of institution might distribute your media product and why? There are many different institutions that might distribute my media product. From being a media studies student I knew about most of these companies and I had researched them before. The main ones are IPC, ‘Music Mags’, Factory Media and Future Publishing. I think that it would be a very good idea to distribute my product because I think that my magazine would appeal to the teenagers because my magazine talks about all the music gossip and then it gives them information of gigs coming up. Also it has special offers inside. This would made the teenagers very attracted to my magazine. Therefore I think that my magazine will bring in a lot of money for any institution. I think that one thing that could be a problem for my music magazine to get distributed by an institution might be the fact that there is a lot of indie magazines already on the market. This means that the teenagers might already have a music magazine that they buy every week this might mean it could be hard for my magazine to get custom and money.
10. IPC I have found out that the magazine that I have done the most research on to help create my magazine was the NME and this was distributed by the institution IPC ( http://www.ipcmedia.com/ ). They do very big brands and this made me want to distribute my product by this company. This was also because NME was the same genre as my magazine so I thought that they would be more in favour to distribute a magazine that is following genres that have already distributed. But then I found out that this is the only indie magazine that they have published. The rest of the magazine that the have published are hobby magazines. Here are some of the magazines that IPC distribute. They are a good company but I think because they have only distributed one music magazines I am going to research another company that will be better for my magazine. I have researched a lot about IPC to find out what is good and what is bad about using IPC as my distributor. The good this is that it is one of the well known institution which makes it easier for people to know my magazine because they can do more advertising because they will have the most money. I know they are well known because they own 23% of the market business. I also think that it will be good to be with these because they have distributed the most magazines. But on the other hand, it is a big company so they are not likely to distribute a new magazine. Plus they have only distributed one Indie magazine so this might mean that they don’t want to take the risk of distributing it because there is so many indie magazines on the market. This could also be an advantage because they might want to distribute more Indie magazines because they haven’t distributed that many and they want to open to a wider audience.
11. Music Mags The second institution I am going to research to distribute my magazine is music mags ( www.musicmags.net ). I think that this will be a good institution to distribute they are a smaller institution then IPC this might mean that they might be a little bit more riskier because they need to get the money but also become more well known so more magazines get distributed by them. The benefits with going with Music Mags will be that the sampling of the publications will be sent to the retailer which means that they can see whether they want to sell it in their shop or not. Another would be that the trade advertising with USA and Canada which will make my magazine well known and more international. I will also save money and time by all these benefits because I wont have to do anything because it will be done for me by Music Mags. Another advantage is that I can see from looking at what magazines they have distributed there are many music magazine which means that they like music magazine. On the other hand this might mean that they wont want to distribute any more. I think that I am going to pick Music Mags as my institution to distribute my magazine because they have got more advantages than disadvantages and also I think that they will suit my magazine more then the IPC do. Also on the website it tells me a lot mote information about the distribution of the magazine and what will happen which also made me pick this institution.
12. Who would be your audience for your media product? My media product would mainly aim at teenagers from the age of 13-18. This is because I think that I have picked the colours that would suit this age group and also everything else relates to them. I targeted my magazine at this age because whilst I was looking at other indie magazines they were targeted at around the same age. This meant that I thought if I targeted my magazine at the same age group then people would read it and I help to attract these people by taking ideas from other indie magazines that were successful like the NME. I have chosen these colours to stand out to the younger generation because I thought that they would catch their eye and attention. I also thought that if I used a blue then it would be a neutral colour that would attract both sexes. For example if I have picked the colour pink then only the girls would have been attracted to my magazine because if the boys were to buy my magazine then they would be called names because of how the society is now a days. I also thought that blue suited the genre of the magazine better then any other colours. I also found out that most people in my class were doing a black/ grey and white theme for their indie magazine so I thought I would be different and add a little colour into the magazine. I also wanted to have this audience because I think that teenagers are most of the population that buys the music industry. This is because they want to know what is going on because they like to know all of the gossip first. The magazines that I had researched help me make the decision. One of the thing that I thought was very important was the colours of the magazines. The second thing that I thought was very important was the type of models that were on the front. This was because girl models would attract mainly boys to the magazine and visa versa. I looked at many of the indie magazines and other genre magazines and I found out that interesting images and poses catches the attention of the public, such as this NME magazine. I wanted to choose a girl model that was young so that it would attract both sexes. This would attract the girls to buy the magazine because they would be attracted to the clothes that the model is wearing. I think that my name of my magazine portrays the indie genre because people like to have a lot of Freedom so I think that it also portrays of what the teenagers do so people will be intrigued into the magazine. I also think that it is good because the name Freedom has never been used before. I think overall this will attract the indie population. Overall, I think that I will attract the teenager population which is a niche market because I have used different things from magazines to make my magazine more appealing. I think that this will attract this population because of the vibrant colours, juicy articles and models. I think that there might be a chance of the people that like pop music looking at my magazine because of the colours.
13. How did you attract address your audience? I researched a lot of music magazines to see what they had done on their magazines to attract the audiences of their choice. I thought that this was a good way to get a lot of ideas from how to attract the audiences of the magazine even though I had some already in mind. I though that if I got some ideas from other magazines that are well known that my magazine will be just as big. The first sign I thought that would attract my teenage audience would be the title. This is because I was looking at every magazine and they were very big and bold so that the customer was able to see the magazine on the shop shelves easily. I think that my masthead is very big and would stand out a lot more then any other magazine because it is a vibrant colour that will catch the eye of my audience. As you can see from below I tried to take inspiration from both of these mastheads even though they are completely different. I took the effect of having the model in front of the masthead but not as much so the target market is able to see most of the masthead and be able to recognise the magazine. I also took the idea of having a glow/ bold border around the writing to make it stand out more from the NME magazine but turned it into my own idea. I think that this attracts my audience because it is both combinations mixed together to make it look better and also I have used a brighter colour so it would stand out more. The second thing that I thought would attract my audience was the picture on the front and also where it was situated on the page. I think that it doesn’t matter where the model is on the page as long as it is big and visible for the audience to see. I got my idea of having my picture down the side of my front cover from seeing that none of the indie magazines have done it yet so I thought if I did something different and made my picture stand out with having a glow around her then people will see her a lot more then if she was just on the side of the page. I think that the splash on the picture and the stories around the picture. This attracts them to the magazine because teenagers like to know about all the gossip which is going on. I got this idea of having a lot of gossip around the picture and on the picture from all of the magazines I have researched. But I thought that the most appealing splash and text around the picture was the Q magazine this is because it was really big. I didn’t want to make mine this big because you wouldn’t be able to see the clothes and the model.
14. How did you attract address your audience continued… I have used the font and the size of the font because I thought that it would attract the younger population because it is a little unusual and weird. This goes with my genre and that is why I picked it. I also wanted to pick this font because I thought that it would attract my audience because it is not what you would usually expect on a magazine. I think that this font will stand out to the rest of the magazines which are on the shelf. I have used two different fonts to make sure that both the fonts stand out to the target market and also I think that both of the fonts will attract the niche market because they are unique. I have used the ages model that I have because I thought that a younger model would attract the younger population because they can relate to what she is wearing and also how she looks i.e. how her make up is done and also he hair. This is because then can then take this and play with it themselves. I think that a young model will attract this population because the boys will be attracted to her looks and the girls will be interested in the way she looks so they might want to copy her and also see what fashion trends she has. I chose the clothes I did because I thought that the teenagers would be able to relate to the fashion and also be able to buy the clothes if they like them that much. I also think that it is good that I have took the colours of the clothes and used it in the colour of my font to link the two things together. I have chosen both informal and formal text so that it attracts all of the teenage population because not all teenagers use text speak. I think that this is important use not all one type of language because then it will put the other teenagers of. I think that this is a good way to attract the readers because they will be interested if they know that the magazine is aimed at them in different ways.
15. What have you learnt about the technologies from the process of constructing this product? I have used of new technology whilst doing media so this has expanding my knowledge about the software and the technology. I have also been thinking a lot more about taking photos and what resources I need to do this. I think a lot more into how my work is represented and what it looks like because I know that it is open to the web. I have learnt about new programmes. This has made my knowledge stronger in media as I wasn’t really that interested in it but now I know a lot more about it I think that I am now more interested in it because it helps me in every day life. The first thing that I think I have improved on is the hardware for example using a camera. Before I just used to take pictures without thinking of my surroundings or the lighting. Where as for my products I have been thinking about the lighting on how it will look on their face and how will it translate into a picture and also what angle to take the picture at. I need to have a good angle to show the best features of my model and also my target market should be able to see the clothes clearly and also their expression. The framing needed to be right so that everything fitted into my picture that I wanted it to. I think that the clothes are important because as I have been saying throughout my evaluation it relates to what my audience like wearing and what is expected from an indie magazine. I think that also my knowledge has got broader from using the computers more from when I was finding my research to the construction of my products. I used the computers a lot when finding my research to get the magazine. I thought that this was the best way to do my research because I was able to find a lot of different magazines without paying from them. I could also zoom on in certain effects so I was able to translate this to my own magazine. It was the first time I had ever posted my work on the internet. I found that this was a very easy way to do my work because I think that I am good with writing on a computer anyway so I thought that it was also a lot faster and this meant that it was less time consuming. I already had a lot of knowledge about computers and websites because I have took I.C.T and I find it very interesting. But I have never used Blogger before so this was really new to me. But as I kept using it to post my work I was getting a lot more used to it. I would then look at all the buttons which got me a lot more used to the programme. I then felt like I had been using it all my life. I thought that this programme was really good because I didn’t have to print of any of my work and I felt that it was a lot better writing my work up onto the computer and also doing my designs on the computer because I am not very good at drawing so it made my products look a lot more professional. This also took less time which meant I had a lot more time to do my other coursework for example my research.
16. The biggest improvement through making this media product is with the programme fireworks. This is the programme that I have learnt most about. This is because I have never used this before so I got really stressed when I couldn’t make my products but as i got more help of pupils and of the teacher my knowledge got better and so did my products. From learning how to use fireworks I was able to locate all the tools and effects that I could use for my media products. What have you learnt about the technologies from the process of constructing this product continued… This is a screenshot of how I faded my background on my media products to make it look more effective. I only found out how to do this when I was improving my first drafts because I was experimenting with all the buttons. As you can see that you can pick any fade you want to have on your project. This will then fade your image which makes it a lot more effective as you can see on my front cover. You can then pick another effect that you would also like to have on the image to make it look a lot more effective then it is. I also used this to make sure it stood out to my target audience. I think that this is a really good button to use as it is really simple to do when you get the hang of the programme. To the left, this is a toolbar that shows all the tool that you can use on fireworks to make you product look a lot more authentic and professional. I have used many of these tools for different things. I have used the polygon lasso tool to go around my pictures and take away the background. This is a good toll because you can use the wizard wand but this might get rid of some of the picture so with the polygon lasso tool you can use this free hand and cut what you want out of the picture. This is the picture on the left before i used the polygon lasso tool. As you can see the picture has a background around. The picture on the right has no background which makes it look a lot better. On the right of the screen you can see the other tool bar that you can also use for the text. This is what I used for my mast head. This is called the assets. This is the difference between using it and not using it. I think that this is a good tool because it gives the magazine a bigger effect as the writing stands out a lot more.
17. What have you learnt about the technologies from the process of constructing this product continued… I think that I have also improved on using the programme PowerPoint. This is because I have been using it a lot whilst I have been doing this media course. I think that it is good that my knowledge is expending with different programmes as it will help me when I leave school and have to go to work. This would means that I would be able to bring my knowledge when I go for an interview. I think that that my knowledge of PowerPoint has grown because I have been using it a lot to show my research and I have learnt how to present my work better on PowerPoint. On the screenshot below it shows a button highlighted. This button is a shadow button which gives a better effect on your work and makes it look a lot more professional. Another new programme I have used is this website called Dafont. I think that this wasn’t a hard programme to get my head around but I thought that it was a really good website to use. This was because I could use fonts that aren't on fireworks or word this meant that my title was unique and weird compared to other peoples products because I had a lot more fonts to choose from. All you had to do was to download the font and then extract it from the file that was downloaded on to the computer. This meant that I can use this programme in other subjects now as well to make my products/ work look better. I got two fonts of this website and this is what they were: Karabine and Tosca zero. The last programme that I have been using a lot is Slideshare. This is because I have used PowerPoint whilst I have been doing my work because I thought that it looks a lot more professional and presentable then just putting it on Blogger. This means that I have also got used to this programme as it was another new programme for me. This is a screenshot of all the presentations I have put onto blogger through Slideshare. Overall I think that media has helped with my media product a lot and it will also help for the future and I go for a job. This means that I will be able to show people these programmes to help them in life as well. But I think that using these programmes have helped me get ahead because my product wouldn’t be as good as it is if I wouldn’t have had the programmes I did. Media studies Media studies This is the effect that the shadow button has on writing, I have used the same writing and the same size for both of the texts and then I have just clicked the shadow button which makes the writing lighter and have a shadow behind it.
18. Look back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt from the progression from it to the full product? My final product My Preliminary As you can see from my final products there are many different changes from my preliminary and my final products. This is because my knowledge has been improving through out the course and this meant that when I fist started I didn’t know much bout the technology meaning that I couldn’t do many effective things on my prelim. I have also made improvements because I did a lot more research before doing my final product so I could improve on conventions and also what is professional in the magazine industry. Firstly, I feel like i didn’t do my research properly for my prelim because I was just starting media studies. This meant I didn’t get to see the layout or the styles of school magazines. This meant that my efforts were poor. But for my final product I think that I have done lots of research which means I have been able to look the fonts, pictures, language, style, layout and ideas from other magazines. This also meant that I could see the conventions that were used in every magazine throughout the music magazine industry. I feel that when making my prelim I didn’t use my time well which meant that I had to rush my prelim because this meant that my prelim wasn’t as good as other peoples. But I learnt from this mistake and throughout the media studies course from that I used my time well and always gave my work in on time and to the best of my ability. I think that I used most of my time looking for a good font and picture for my prelim. I think that this also carried on to my final product because it took me a lot of time to get motivated to do my pictures so I thought that this task was time consuming. But I helped my self with having all of my magazines done and only having to put the pictures in place. The thing that helped me with that was the layouts I had to do before hand and also doing the mock ups. I thought that after I had used fireworks for the first time for my prelim and saw that my prelim wasn’t as good as everybody else's I used my time wisely to get to know the programme better which helped me for my final products as I was able to adapt to what I was doing and doing in the time we had. This was because I didn’t look around fireworks to get to know it better I just did my products which meant that they were simple and had no effects. I think that this course has be
19. Look back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt from the progression from it to the full product continued … Furthermore, I think hat my final product is a lot more attractive and aesthetically pleasing to the audience because the colours are soft but still vibrant and all the colours used on my final product are linked together nicely. Where as on my preliminary they are vibrant but harsh on the eye which doesn’t make it to appealing. I have leant all these techniques from the research and planning I have done throughout the media course. Overall, I have made a drastic improvement from my preliminary to my final product. I think that the task we had to make a prelim was very good and did have a meaning and this meaning was to see how you have improved over the course and also to see where you went wrong or didn’t to so well. I think that this shows me that I have improved and this is because of the technology and all the research I have been doing throughout the course.