Completed Front Cover

Completed Contents Page

Completed Double Page Spread

Preliminary task - Completed Front Cover

Preliminary task - Completed Contents Page

Evaluation 7

Evaluation 6

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing your product?

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Evaluation 5

How did you attract/address your audience?

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Evaluation 4

Who would be the audience for your media product?

Evaluation 3

Evaluation 2

How does your media product represent a particular social group?

   

I believe that my magazine represents similar social groups to those of magazines such as “Kerrang!” and “Rock Sound”. The image on the left was taken from a shoot done by “Kerrang!” magazine and the one on the right is one of my original images that I have used on the front cover of my magazine. Teenagers who listen to rock music are stereotyped as ‘moody’ and both of these images show ‘moody’ teenage girls and are relatable to the target audience also because of age. The style of the model in my picture is simple and the dip-dyed hair is a popular style for teenagers and young adults. This reflects the style of my target audience and so the magazine represents their social group. The messiness of the girl’s hair in both pictures represents the stereotypical teenage rocker attitude and rebellious style.

Both of these images are similar in terms of camera angle and shot and are both taken at eye level and are slightly longer than mid-shots. This is an appropriate shot to take for the cover as there is space all around the main part of the model for titles, pictures and cover lines. Also the models facial expression can be seen but so can her slouchy posture representing her attitude. The pose of the model is very important and poses are different depending on the genre of the magazine. Magazines such as “Teen Now” would have would have very happy, cheery covers as the social group it is aimed at is different and younger. However, rock magazines such as “Kerrang!” use different and unusual posing to match the style of the target audience.

Even though the magazines “Kerrang!” and “Q” are for similar audiences in terms of genre, they are for different social groups. This can be seen by even the quality of the paper it is printed on, “Q” is printed on shiny, thicker paper compared to “Kerrang!” which is printed on slightly flimsy magazine paper. This makes the price of “Q” higher at nearly £4 an issue compared to “Kerrang!” at an average of £2.50 per issue. This shows that the two magazines are aimed at different social groups as “Q” is aimed at audiences with slightly more money. My magazine would be similar to “Kerrang!” in terms of price not only for my particular social group, but also because of the age of my target audience.

Evaluation 1

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In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

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Questions

1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?

3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

4. Who would be the audience for your media product?

5. How did you attract/address your audience?

6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Change - Double page spread layout

I researched and looked into style models such as Kerrang! and Rocksound and was unable to find a double page spread layout similar to mine. I chose to do this layout because if I had black over the whole background, the picture looked unprofessional and her shorts almost disappeared into the background. I chose to have the background behind all of the text black to make it stand out and most style models have the background of the text a different colour to where the photo is.

I do not believe that this looks authentic as the shape of the black background or this effect, I have never seen used before. Now I have chosen to make just over half of the page black, and make the text fit within it. The title overlaps onto the white section of the page so I have added a 'broken' black background to this section to make it still stand out. I have also added white borders to the pictures to ensure that they stand out and this also looks more like style models I have seen. I will also be filling the space to the right with the rest of the interview.

Font size

I printed out my contents page at the size of a real magazine and compared it to my style models such as 'Kerrang!'. I realised that the font used for the main part of my contents page was too big compared to style models. I have now made it smaller and I will again print it to check the size before it is completed

Picture change

On my contents page I have decided to change one of the smaller pictures under the main featured one. This is because all 3 pictures were of girls modelling. The use of no musical instruments may have made readers confused as it was not clear that it was a music magazine just from these pictures. To make it more obvious, I have decided to use a picture I have taken of one of my friends whilst he was on stage at a gig. This picture includes a microphone and a guitar and is also darker which immediately gives it a 'rock magazine' look.

Added feature

I have added a feature onto the front cover of my magazine. I have seen this used on multiple covers of magazines such as 'Kerrang!'. I thought it would be a good addition to my to attract attention using an original image that I took during my photoshoot.


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