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The document discusses how the author's media product challenges conventions of real media products. The author first researched existing music magazines to understand their key features and standards. This provided guidance for creating their own magazine. While using existing magazines as inspiration, the author aimed to make their magazine unique through distinctive layout, images, and text to attract customers in competition with other magazines.
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Looking back at the preliminary tasks, the student learned several important lessons that helped in developing their music magazine:
1) Conducting audience surveys and research on existing magazines helped the student understand what their target readers would want in a magazine, such as font styles, pictures, and freebies.
2) Analyzing the history of existing music magazines showed the student how different magazines appeal to different genres and helped them choose an appropriate model.
3) Creating prototypes like mood boards and magazine layouts allowed the student to practice incorporating elements like typography, colors, and composition that would appeal to readers.
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This document contains responses from a student named Dan O'Kane evaluating their media magazine project. In the first response, Dan explains how they analyzed existing magazines to understand common conventions and layouts, and then adapted these styles and formats for their own magazine while focusing on a different topic. The second response discusses how the magazine was designed to appeal to teenagers and young adults by gathering input from this age group. Subsequent responses describe elements like the intended distributor, target audience, and techniques used to attract readers such as competitions, discounted offers, and eye-catching design elements. Dan also reflects on what they learned about magazine production technologies and the value of research and iterations in creating a more polished final product.
Task 3
The document outlines the stages of production for a music magazine. It describes researching similar magazines, deciding on a genre, designing covers and layouts using paper sketches and Photoshop, organizing photo shoots, getting feedback, and improving the designs. It believes specialist music magazine distributor WWMD would be most likely to distribute the new magazine since it focuses on a similar audience as magazines they already carry like Q, Uncut, and NME.
Reflection on research
The document discusses research conducted for a music magazine project. It covers researching existing magazines' conventions, target demographics, and audiences' wants. Questionnaires found the types of music and content the target audience wanted. Past successful student projects showed effective elements. In-depth analysis of magazines identified all needed components and reasons for their success. Mood boards combined research insights and audience wants into a magazine concept. The research emphasized pleasing the audience with a unique idea using proven conventions.
Evaluation
Tiffany Ferris evaluated her media product, a pop music magazine. She represented teenagers interested in pop music through bright colors, hearts, stars and images of teenagers on the cover. The magazine challenged conventions by using a downward image on the cover rather than a medium shot. It would be distributed in retail stores like supermarkets and newsagents to its target audience of teenage girls interested in pop music. Through creating and distributing the magazine, Tiffany learned skills in Photoshop, magazine design conventions, and professional photography.
Audience research (2)
The document discusses researching similar products and target audiences for a music magazine coursework project. The author decided to create an indie/scene style magazine targeting a niche indie audience. This niche market allows the author to focus on the specific needs and interests of indie music fans in a more satisfying way and be more imaginative, despite potentially lower sales from a smaller audience.
Importance of a Magazine Advert
Magazine advertising is important for promoting new albums and tours to the right target audience. It allows music labels to showcase new releases with clear pictures to give people a better sense of what they are promoting. Magazine ads are an effective promotional tool because they focus readers' attention, allow targeting specific interests, keep content relevant to readers, and can drive people to further research online which leads to more sales and profits.
Written Evaluation
The document discusses how the student's media product, a music magazine called "Urban Wave", uses and develops conventions of real music magazines. It aims its content at teenagers aged 15+ from working/lower class backgrounds interested in urban music genres. It plans to distribute through Bauer Media Group to sell in stores like HMV and WHSmith to reach a wide audience. The student created a survey to get feedback on the magazine's layout, fonts, and photos, which was overall positive. To attract its target audience, the magazine uses the Guttenberg principle in its cover design and includes popular mainstream artists alongside urban artists. It offers different content sections to encourage purchases.
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Looking back at the preliminary tasks, the student learned several important lessons that helped in developing their music magazine:
1) Conducting audience surveys and research on existing magazines helped the student understand what their target readers would want in a magazine, such as font styles, pictures, and freebies.
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Reflection on research
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To attract their target audience to their magazine, the author used branded clothing props like jewelry, clothing, and a microphone in their image. They also included freebies like posters to draw readers in. Based on a questionnaire, the author aimed to entice and involve readers by looking at them and pointing in their direction in the magazine image. An editorial was included to introduce readers to the magazine's content and topics.
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The document summarizes the selection of two focus group participants, Skye Leigh and Emily Young, for a discussion about a new pop music magazine. Skye and Emily are both 16-year-old females, matching the target audience of the magazine. Skye has an interest in pop music and reads pop magazines, so her opinions on trends are valid. Emily was chosen to provide a range of views to complement Skye's perspectives.
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The document discusses conventions used in real rock magazines that the author's media product follows, such as using bold mastheads and cover lines to catch readers' attention. It represents social groups by using various colors on each page to appeal to both male and female readers ages 16-25. The author would like the magazine to be distributed by Bauer Publishing, which has experience with the genre through Kerrang magazine and could advertise the new magazine to a large market through its multi-channel reach.
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Unplugged music magazine targets 15-21 year old students who enjoy rock music. The magazine represents this group by portraying artists in a mature, sophisticated way that challenges stereotypes. Key features like graphics, colors and direct addressing of readers were used to attract this audience. The magazine follows conventions of existing titles and would be distributed by Bauer, known for rock magazines. Creating the magazine taught the importance of research, technology, and improving structure from an initial task.
Evaluation
Abbie-Gayle McIntosh discusses the process of designing a magazine for her media studies coursework. She began by aiming to create a pop music magazine but struggled to achieve the quality she wanted. She then redesigned it as an alternative music magazine, which came together more easily. Throughout the process, she learned how to effectively use software like Photoshop and InDesign to manipulate images and design professional-looking pages for her magazine. Overall, she felt she improved her skills and produced a higher quality final product compared to her preliminary task.
Media evaluation
The document summarizes the student's process in creating a music magazine as their media product. They discuss conventions of real magazines that informed their design choices, such as styling artists featured in the magazine. They also considered how to represent different social groups and genres of music. Feedback from test audiences helped improve the layout and design. Through the process, the student learned skills like photo editing, page layout, and using online publishing platforms. Comparing their preliminary and final products showed how testing ideas with the target audience is important for creating an effective media product.
Evaluation
The document discusses how the media product uses, develops, and challenges conventions of real media. It begins by using typical conventions like a large title, eye-catching image, and overlapping headings on the front cover. It also includes a freebie and follows conventions to appear professional. The document then discusses how it challenges conventions by taking inspiration from fashion magazines for the contents page layout. It also tries to incorporate audience wants based on feedback rather than just following conventions.
Evaluation finale
The document discusses the process of creating a music magazine cover and evaluating conventions of real music magazines. Key points include:
1) Researching covers of magazines like Kerrang, Mixmag and Q to understand styles and target audiences.
2) Choosing a main image that represents indie/rock themes and using techniques like saturation and contrast to create effects.
3) The intended audience is 18-29 year olds interested in rock/indie music. Colors like black, white, purple and blue are used to represent this genre.
4) Potential publishers mentioned are Hearst Magazines UK due to their experience in similar magazines, or a music magazine publisher given the niche focus of the product.
Evaluation Presentation
The document discusses a music magazine created by the author. It uses conventions of real music magazines such as prominent images and busy covers. The magazine represents those interested in rock and indie music. It would likely be distributed in mainstream retail outlets like newsagents and music shops to target its audience of teenagers and young adults interested in rock music. The author addresses this audience on the cover using techniques like rhetorical questions and emphasizing content to encourage reading. Through making the magazine, the author learned skills with the Fireworks software, image editing, fonts, and colors.
Question 7
Through creating a preliminary school magazine task and researching real music magazines, the student learned important skills for their final magazine project. For the preliminary task, they gained basic skills in layout and design. Researching current magazines helped them understand conventions like fonts, colors and images used effectively for different audiences. Creating flat plans and evaluating their preliminary product also provided lessons. For the final magazine, the student expanded their research through audience analysis, photography practice, and planning articles, layouts and other elements. This helped them understand how to design an authentic and appealing magazine for their target readership.
Evaluation of magazine matt waites
The document evaluates the student's magazine project. It discusses how the magazine both uses conventions of real magazines as well as challenges them. Key similarities include using a strap line, masthead, and central images like real magazines. The magazine represents young people through the music, clothing, and topics featured. Institutions like newsagents and supermarkets could potentially distribute the magazine. The target audience is identified as young people based on the music genre focused on and people depicted. To engage this audience, relevant content and design elements were used. The student learned various technologies skills like using Publisher and taking photos during the process. Overall, the student felt they gained valuable experience progressing from their preliminary task to the final magazine product.
Maria Presentation1 Mediaaaa
The student created a music magazine targeting teenagers and young adults aged 13 to 30. They developed the magazine based on feedback from a questionnaire to represent what this audience wants. Features include genres of popular music, fashionable images, and a layout that is easy to read. The student learned how to use design software like Photoshop and Illustrator to make professional looking pages and images. Creating the preliminary school magazine helped the student improve their skills and understand conventions of magazines.
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- 1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?