2. 1. In what ways does your media
product use, develop or challenge
forms and conventions of real media
products?
In my magazine, I have used my features, which are
conventional to magazine. The masthead is at the top
of the page, where it is usually located. I have many
cover lines and a central image. My main cover line is
in a bigger font that the other text, and another
colour. I did that to draw attention to the magazine for
the audiences. Most music magazines use either or
both of these techniques, including the two that I
have featured,
3. House style
The house style for Q magazine is always
the same, this is for regular buyers to
recognise it. Most magazine also use this
techniuiq so the audiences can easaly
see which magazine it is.
On my magazine I made my own house
style to make my buyers recognise it.
4. 2. How does your media product
represent particular social groups?
The immediate dominant representation
of people listening to old classic, pop and
rock is often, ecspessially in the rock genre
gives people the ideas of drug
taking, drinking, rebellious, powerful
people who smash instruments up and
act extreme. In my opinion this stereotype
is not reality. I think the media brought this
on.
5. Rock stars representation
Look
”I dont care type
of look”
Has always been
informal trashy.
Only care about
the music
Example AC/DC
6. Rock star representation
The attitutde
They do whatever
they want
Rock star attitude is
supposed to be
crazy portraying
that they dont
care what others
think.
Music
The music has to fit
the image and the
attitude.
It has to be crazy
Band needs to show
their movemnets on
the stage o the
audiences will not be
bored.
7. Representation
However the target audience for my
magazine are also those who listen to old
classic and pop.
Those who like old classic are often
represented as music nerds.
My magazine doesn’t focus on one
special genre, it appeals to most sort of
music fans in general
8. 3. What kind of media institution
might distribute your media
product and why?
The media institution that I would want to publish
my magazine would be Bauer. They are very big
and well known. The company has a lot of
magazines that target various segments of the
market including some very niche markets such
as fishing. Their portfolio covers a very wide range
of markets which shows the diversity of the
company and means that thy are very successful
as they own more than 80 magazines. They are
one of the leading media institution in UK.
Another reason is that I think it would help me to
appeal to my target audience.
9. 4. Who would be the audience
for your media product?
I want the magazine to
have high quality and
many things included.
High price (3.50)
Suit to all music lovers
Slightly older target
audiences, because of
price.
Majority of older
people that can afford
to buy it.
I believe that my
target audience
would be 16+
because of the
variety.
However I think the
group of younger
readers is smaller.
10. I asked people from different age groups
what they were looking for in a magazine and
tried to include it in my magazine
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11. 5.How did you attract/address
your audience?
Main image Direct mode of
adress
I used direct mode of
adress on my main
image, because I wanted
the artist to stimulate a
interaction with the viewer.
The artist is psitioned
looking straight at the
reader. Alomost every
magazine uses a direct
mode of adress in their
main image,
12. Costume and props
I used props and costume on my images as codes
for the audience to interpret the genre of my music
magazine
I made my artist wear black and white costume with
a classic look.
To show different variety in my magazine I also had
an image on my front cover playing on a violin on
the street, which is opposite to other images on my
front cover. I think this might attack larger group of
target audiences.
Q magazine also has this variety of different artists
and - they talk about artist that made impact in the
past, and also about new artists and new releases.
13. Superlatives and register
In my magazine I used
superlatives such as
”excusive” to help to
attrack the audiences
as it makes the
magazine seem more
trustworthy and
interesting.
These are also used in
other magazines on the
front cover to draw
attention to the
magazine and to
attrackt the audience
The register I used
in my magazine
was apprapriate
for my target
audience. I used
formal language,
which can be
understood by all
kind of music fans.
14. Use of colour
By using colour like red I made my magazine eye-
catching and therefore attractive.
I think its important to stand out in the front cover, to
help consumers purchase the magazine.
Consumers will chose to purchase the mose eye-
catching magazine
In the rock/pop magazines I have looked at like the
Q magazine use red as the main colour in their
chosen colour scheme, because it easily draws
attention.
My main image is in black and white and I used gold
to make it look classic
I did that to reach to my target audience group.
