The document discusses the development and design of a magazine media product. It summarizes market research findings which informed design choices like targeting audiences aged 17-35 who prefer indie music and weekly editions priced at under £5. Technologies learned include Photoshop, blogging, and presentation software. Completing the full project helped improve design skills and understanding of how to effectively structure magazines based on analyzing real media products.

1. By Ryan Baxter

2. In what ways does your media product use,
develop or challenge forms and conventions of
real media products?
Handing out surveys for publics ideas
Analysing existing media products (Front Cover, Double Page
Spread, Contents Page)
Presenting my findings and outcomes in a market research report.

3. How does your media product represent
particular social groups?
From the market research report I found:
Most people who read magazines are aged 36 +
Most popular type of music is Indie
Price must be no more than £5 per issue
Editions must be weekly

4. What kind of media institution might distribute
your media product and why?
Bauer Media distributes a wide range of media products
I believe my magazine would fit in as it targeted to a mainstream audience
I have included all the aspects of a magazine that ones on Bauer Media include.

5. Who would be the audience for your media
product?
I am appealing to an age range of 17-35, as this is the most popular.
I am appealing to an audience that prefers mainstream music.
My gender of my audience will mainly be male as females don’t usually
read music magazines.
I am appealing to an audience that wants weekly editions of the magazine
Focus Group Results

6. How did you attract/address your audience?
I use a consistent house style throughout the magazine
I have to use a reasonable price for the magazine which is no more than £5
I use the Guttenberg design principle
I used the features that we’re recommended by the focus group

7. What have you learnt about technologies from
the process of constructing this product?
I learnt the how to use Photoshop, image editing and image manipulation
I learnt how to use Google Blogger
I learnt how to use SlideShare to make my blog presentable to an examiner

8. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do
you feel you have learnt in the progression from
it to the full product?
My Photoshop skills have improved massively, need assistance less.
I learnt ways in which magazines are designed, through the Guttenberg design
principle etc...
Through looking at actual media products (Kerrang, NME, etc) It gave me
better ideas to use on my own media product