2. In what way does your media
product use, develop or challenge
forms and conventions of real media
products?My magazine uses real conventions like professional
music magazines. It has similar layouts to multiple
other magazines (see in my research) Kerrang, Q,
NME. The title is featured in a banner, similar to Q.
The double page spread has featured multiple
pictures of my musicians, including them with
musical props. I have kept the background plain but
interesting. I have used photo editing to change
brightness and contrast to make my photos look
ideal, and removed any spots. I have also used drops
caps and repeated colour schemes, and more, all that
are apart of music genre.
3. What kind of media institution might
distribute your product?
I think a media institution like Baur Media Group
would publish my magazine. As they publish in
shops, such as corner shops newsagents, and larger
shops like Tesco’s. My magazine would sell better as
a magazine then app, due to the young audience I am
aiming at. As the chart shows below the sales of
magazine are dropping but thousands ares still being
sold.
4. How does your media products represent
particular social group?✤ The social group I have represented are young teenage
girls who are interested in the pop music genre.
✤ My magazine features a young girl with a trendy
hairstyle. The setting is on beach dunes which is
applicable to the Summer Addition of this magazine.
The bright colours of the pink font, purple, and yellow
have a summer feel about them, which is indicative of
flowers and berry of this time of year. The overall pale
blue look of the font is comparative to the blue skies of
summer, and has an outdoor, music festival feel about
it.
✤ My magazine has a large hip ‘selfie’ style photo image
on the front cover which is in keeping with trend of the
5. Who would be the audience for your
media product?
My magazines main audience is young teenagers. Ideally the teenagers would be very
‘hip’ and have lots of money. Preferably a specific group of teenagers who believe
that my magazine is ‘undiscovered genius’ and that all the music featured in the
magazine is ‘original’ and ‘unique’ and amazingly, ‘contemporary’. My ideal
readership would not listen to the radio. They would listen to only their home made
playlists, the illegibility of which would be questionable.
6. Banner changed
Banner now looks
much neater
Sub- titles and boxes
now look much neater
and nice
Better quality
background and
photo
Bar code, price and date added
Better title
I felt it needed a sub-title
to give an impression of a
line underneath the main
title this helps the viewer
focus the featured. It also
told the view music genre.
8. Text
Better banner and font
Nicer columns used
Better photos used. Fonts and
colours
Page numbers
9. What have you learnt about technologies
from the process of constructing this
product?✤ To create my product I started with research. I researched different music
magazines, the front covers, contents, double page spread, ect. I quickly drafted
several optional ways I could have my own magazine look with inspiration from
my research. I researched this by using the internet and by scanning in my own
brought magazines. Next I shot my own photographs.
✤ I took photos using a digital fukifilm camera. I was already aware of how to use
this camera. I used photoshop. I edited my photographs. I did this by removing
any disgusting marks on my models face. I brightening and changing the contrast
so that the colours in the photograph were visually pleasing.
✤ I then made my first version of the magazine. I improved this in a second version.
I then quickly fixed anything in my second version that didn’t work or needed
fixing, or the colours changing, and made my final version of the magazine. In my
final version I fixed any mistakes and removed any photos i did not feel worked
well.
11. How did you attract/address your
audience?
I attracted my audience by using a bright colour scheme, eye grabbing
subheadings, and big titles. I also immediately grabbed my audience attention
by featuring what would be famous musicians. I choose a layout on the
magazine that I felt would be best. I chose the costume for my model to wear to
look.
I also attracted them by using images of a young teenage girl of the front cover.
As it the magazine was a quarterly magazine I chose a Summer Addition. In
which I used bright coloured font and pale blue on the cover and through the
magazine. The setting where of places you associate with Summer – beach and
open fields (music festivals). The name itself is a semi-palindrome; it is the word
NOISE in reverse. The word ESION has a balance appearance. It also is a way
to express the word noise in an artistic way.
Noise – Definition:
verb archaic
The definition of noise seems appropriate
for a magazine that you would want talked
about.
12. Conventions on magazines
Name of bands tend to be
centred on magazine,
usually over picture of a
band
Main feature in centre of
magazine to grab attention
Title always at the top
sub-headings usually at
side of page
Bar codes at side of magazine usually with
price
13. Conventions on my
magazine
Title at the top of magazineAlthough title is not
overlapping band
member it it is a similar
place to the other
magazine, and in a much
bigger font so that it is
easier seen.
sub headings at side
of magazine
Bar codes in corner of magazine. Has
price/date on it
14. Conventions on double page
Writing & Interviewing Styles
The way the feature is written is of interest to the target
audience. For instance, Q NME and Classic Rock
interviewers have used ‘past tense’. The interviewers
interview the band characters and write what they have
said. Whereas I have used question and answer
technique. This I felt would attract the younger market as
they could imagine themselves being in the room as the
questions were asked – first person.
Main pictures either on middle- one big picture or two
big pictures. Sometimes one page is a big photo, with
other smaller photos on it.
Writing columns
Both Q and Classic
Rock both have a main
large image with all
band members posing.
Framed with action
smaller images.
Both use Drop Caps to add striking effects in large amounts of text areas. This
breaks the text up so that when the target audience browses the article, they do not
get overwhelmed by large amounts of block text.
Page numbers written
Quotes from band members are used as ‘attention grabbers’. They are often used on their
own and out of context – either to produce shocking or wowing reactions, These are either
highlighted or underlined. The idea is that the reaction will increase the curiosity of the
target audience to find out more about the ‘quote and its context’. They can easily be
picked up by browsing through a magazine causing the reader to stop and look.
15. Conventions on mine
Big picture with action pictures
Writing in columns
Page numbers written
16. Conventions on Contents
contents written at the
top of page
written in columns
Bigger picture of
main feature.
Usually smaller
pictures of other
features
17. Conventions on mine
Title at top
Main feature
largest image
Other features
slightly smaller
Written in columns
18. Conventions
✤ I have learnt that the conventions of musical magazine, are very similar. They
are all almost exactly the same but that of the colour of the words and angle
of the title, and font. I have learnt a lot since doing my other magazines, such
as all magazines are simplistic. My first sketches on how I was going to do this
magazine, has evolved immensely for the best.
