2. Question 1
In what ways does your media
product use ,develop or
challenge forms and convention
of real media products?
3. Colour scheme
The colour scheme of the Hammer Masthead
magazine is red, black and white for My title of the cover page is aligned at
the masthead and black and yellow for the top centre of the page which
metal maniacs i settled for red and somewhat resembles to the style of
black for my own title. For the metal maniacs though they have a two
background of my magazine I have letter title while mines is single. Hammer
used a blue wall to make the black on the other hand has spread their
and white characters stand out unlike masthead completely across the top.
hammer and metal maniacs who have
used the same colour for the
background as their main image
Barcode
Both have their
barcodes on
left mine is on
the right ,
Hammer has a
vertical
barcode while
mine and
metal maniacs
is a horizontal
barcode
Cover image Cover story
Much of the issues of hammer and metal maniacs Both the hammer and metal
usually used mid shot for their main cover image maniacs have their cover story
to keep as much of the audience focus on the at the centre while I have placed
portrayed character as possible and so I followed it on the left and no other text is
the same method for this convention by using a placed with it so it is prominent
medium shot for my front cover.
4. Text
I aligned the text vertically down the
Image(s) left side and some part of it above the
The image of my page is placed at the image, the title stating content is at
right bottom of the page , this depicts the top in centre
the layout of hammer who place the Hammer also has main text placed in
images on the right vertically down . the same way and same for the title
Metal maniac on the other hand has Metal maniac is a little different
the opposite approach they have their placing the text vertically on the left
images at the left while the text on the and horizontal on the top .
right
Color scheme
I have used a smoke pattern for the
Hammer background according to the Metal
theme of black metal hammer has maniac
not used a background they have
their image and text on a plain white
surface. Metal maniac has also used
black and white for its back drop
5. Color scheme Image
I have positioned my image on the left
I chose to stick with plain
page with some of the text overlapping
black and white colour
the page similar to the metal maniac
pattern for my page to go
method but unlike hammer who has used
with the theme while
separate pages for its text and image. I
hammer and metal
added a border to the page which none
maniac seemed to be
having a bit more vibrant of the two have done
approach
Text
Quote My text over laps
My quote is placed at the the second page
centre, where the two with the image
pages of the double fold like the metal
are separated . The other maniac hammer
two have not used a has all its text on
quote
the first page on
the left
Hammer Metal maniac
7. Income group
The price is kept
reasonably low this
shows that it is
targeted for the
Gender
middle and upper
My magazine is mainly males
middle class of the
oriented as the genre of the music
society
used (Heavy metal) is mostly
famous in the male gender due
to its dark attributes for example
violence, chaos ,anger and
abusive language
This genre consist of a strong language so my
magazine represents the open minded
society who enthusiastically approve to such
a style
12. Institutes that may distribute
my product
As Metal hammer and metal maniac share the same genre as me so it is
possible that their publisher distribute my product too
14. Before the making of my
media product I conducted a Interest in metal
questionnaire in order to find Affection for
out my target audience. loud, violent, evil-
sounding,
vaguely
otherworldly
(Brutal) music
Age
My audience lies in Income group
the age group of My magazine is aimed
16-30 years Toward the middle as well
As the upper class due to its
economical cost
Gender
This genre of music mainly
attracts the male gender
according to my findings
The amount of males were
double in comparison to female
when it came to heavy metal
15. Question 5
How did you
attract/address your
audience?
16. Price
The price is kept
reasonable enough to
Language attract the audience of
Informal middle class
mode of
language is Plug
used to A free CD is given with
address the the magazine as an
audience added benefit for the
consumer
Artists
Colour scheme The dressing of the
Vibrant colours characters is kept casual
are used so and they are from the
that it is same age group (16-18
attractive in the years) so that the
first glance and teenager group can
seeks the relate themselves with the
attention of the characters,
audience
17. Question 6
What have you learnt
about technologies
from the process of
Constructing this
product?
18. In The process I learnt
Camera
The use of a DSLR (Digital
single lens Reflex) Camera to
conduct the shoot for the
magazine
Editing Software
Using Photoshop CS 4 to
edit the image and
construct the magazine
pages for example
adding/Removing a
background to or from
the picture
Online blog
Creating and maintaining an online
blog on blogger. editing a blog ,
adding a post and updating the blog
19. Question 7
Looking back at your
preliminary task, what
do you feel you have
learnt in the
progression from it to
the full production?
20. Improvements
Through out the process I have
improved my Photoshop editing skills , I
have learnt to add different
backgrounds to my pictures.
Also adding effects to
text such as textures etc.
Other then that I also
improved my photography
skills in comparison to the first
picture my main task had a
much better exposed image
21. Better placement of
masthead
Adding
background to
image
Enhanced
alignment
of side
stories
Plug displayed in
more attractive way
22. Better style for
title
Adding
background to
image
More
contents
Improved image
quality
