After making adjustments the the pages using the audience feedback I was then able to produce my final pieces shown below.
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| Front Cover |
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| Contents Page |
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| Double Page Spread |
Monday 13 February 2017
Thursday 9 February 2017
EVALUATION: Question 1
1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Firstly, the masthead (as seen to the right) of my magazine uses the convention of real music magazines by being central and at the top of the page. By putting the masthead in this place it will make it one of the first characteristics which gains the focus of the audience, this will then give the magazine a clear brand image which will be recognisable throughout all the magazine issues.
My magazine uses a consistent house style throughout the pages, for example keeping the same colour scheme. This conforms to a typical convention of a music magazine, this convention is again used to make the magazine more recognisable for the audience.
Furthermore, my double page spread uses 6 columns (as real music magazines do) which separates the text evenly and gives the page a more finished and professional look.
Finally, another convention of a typical music magazine that I used was on the contents page, this is where a page number was put before the text of the page/article name and then underneath was a sub-line of further details of what is on that page. This can be seen on my own contents page of my music magazine.
On the contents page of a music magazine there is usually a small piece of writing telling the audience how to subscribe to the magazine. I developed this convention by putting a separate box on the contents page where it is much clearer and easier for the audience to see how to subscribe. Therefore making it more likely that they will take the time to do that.
A convention which I challenged was that of making my front cover quite simplistic and minimal, a convention of music magazines is that they have very loud and busy front covers in an 'organised mess' layout but instead of using this I took inspiration from a different kind of music magazine which also challenges this convention. This magazine is called 'Beat Magazine' and here is a link to my blog post about the way it challenges conventions of typical magazines and how I took inspiration from it; Link to blog post!
Forms and conventions within music magazines are used to keep the magazine recognisable and also to make sure the genre of the magazine is demonstrated clearly. In my media product I used forms and conventions but I also challenged and developed some of them. I changed and developed certain forms and conventions in order to make my magazine unique where it will stand out and also to give it a unique selling point.
Firstly, the masthead (as seen to the right) of my magazine uses the convention of real music magazines by being central and at the top of the page. By putting the masthead in this place it will make it one of the first characteristics which gains the focus of the audience, this will then give the magazine a clear brand image which will be recognisable throughout all the magazine issues.
My magazine uses a consistent house style throughout the pages, for example keeping the same colour scheme. This conforms to a typical convention of a music magazine, this convention is again used to make the magazine more recognisable for the audience.
Furthermore, my double page spread uses 6 columns (as real music magazines do) which separates the text evenly and gives the page a more finished and professional look.
Finally, another convention of a typical music magazine that I used was on the contents page, this is where a page number was put before the text of the page/article name and then underneath was a sub-line of further details of what is on that page. This can be seen on my own contents page of my music magazine.
On the contents page of a music magazine there is usually a small piece of writing telling the audience how to subscribe to the magazine. I developed this convention by putting a separate box on the contents page where it is much clearer and easier for the audience to see how to subscribe. Therefore making it more likely that they will take the time to do that.
Wednesday 8 February 2017
Friday 3 February 2017
EVALUATION: Question 3
3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
Friday 27 January 2017
Friday 20 January 2017
EVALUATION: Question 5
5. How did you attract/address your audience?
Firstly, I used a lure on my cover page to attract my audiences attention. The lure is used was 'Free Concert Tickets' to The Beach Hut Boys who area band within the pop genre, therefore being more attractive for my target audience of people who listen to and enjoy pop music. I also used another lure of a 'Free Poster' of the main artist being featured in that particular issue of the magazine. The feature article of this magazine issue is also about the artist on the poster. This attracting my audience to my magazine further. (See these lures below)
I also attracted my audience by using language which would specifically be used by my target audience and within the pop genre. This makes my magazine more attractive to my specific target audience and it also makes it more friendly and relaxed for my young adult target. I created a lexicon of words during the research and production of my magazine to help me with this which can be found here). I didn't use all of these words but I did use the majority including; pop, the charts, band, a single and album.
Furthermore, I created an audience profile (aka a Focus Group) to generate an idea of who my target audience would most likely consist of so that I was then able to make my magazine more specific to them. This would then make sure my magazine would attract my niche audience and therefore make it more successful. See my focus group research here.
Finally, I made sure that due to my magazine having a target audience of mainly students that it would be affordable for them. I made my magazine almost half the price of normal music magazines as normal magazines are usually £5 where as mine is £2.99. This makes my magazine more attractive to my audience as it is cheaper than usual. I also did audience research to find out exactly what my audience would like to find from my magazine including exclusive interviews and freebies. This can be seen here.
Firstly, I used a lure on my cover page to attract my audiences attention. The lure is used was 'Free Concert Tickets' to The Beach Hut Boys who area band within the pop genre, therefore being more attractive for my target audience of people who listen to and enjoy pop music. I also used another lure of a 'Free Poster' of the main artist being featured in that particular issue of the magazine. The feature article of this magazine issue is also about the artist on the poster. This attracting my audience to my magazine further. (See these lures below)
I also attracted my audience by using language which would specifically be used by my target audience and within the pop genre. This makes my magazine more attractive to my specific target audience and it also makes it more friendly and relaxed for my young adult target. I created a lexicon of words during the research and production of my magazine to help me with this which can be found here). I didn't use all of these words but I did use the majority including; pop, the charts, band, a single and album.
Furthermore, I created an audience profile (aka a Focus Group) to generate an idea of who my target audience would most likely consist of so that I was then able to make my magazine more specific to them. This would then make sure my magazine would attract my niche audience and therefore make it more successful. See my focus group research here.
Finally, I made sure that due to my magazine having a target audience of mainly students that it would be affordable for them. I made my magazine almost half the price of normal music magazines as normal magazines are usually £5 where as mine is £2.99. This makes my magazine more attractive to my audience as it is cheaper than usual. I also did audience research to find out exactly what my audience would like to find from my magazine including exclusive interviews and freebies. This can be seen here.
Wednesday 18 January 2017
EVALUATION: Question 6
6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
Links to Textual Analyses:
Textual Analysis 1
Textual Analysis 2
Textual Analysis 3
Link to InDesign and Photoshop techniques I used:
Techniques Used
Links to Audience Feedback:
First Audience Feedback
Second Audience Feedback
Links to Textual Analyses:
Textual Analysis 1
Textual Analysis 2
Textual Analysis 3
Link to InDesign and Photoshop techniques I used:
Techniques Used
Links to Audience Feedback:
First Audience Feedback
Second Audience Feedback
Monday 16 January 2017
EVALUATION: Question 7
7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
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