2. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? Masthead - bold and bright to attract readers Barcode – a convention all magazines need in order to be sold Selling line/Button – capital letters to show importance and attract readers, bright bold and in the shape of a heart to appeal to my target audience Dateline – to inform the readers of which issue it is Main image – one of the main codes and conventions that attract a reader, my image appeals to my target audience Main cover line – bright and bold to attract readers/fans Explanation – explains to the reader what the cover line is about Supporting images – my target audience prefer images rather than text Cover lines – to inform the reader what else is in the magazine
3. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
4. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
5. How does your media product represent particular social groups? Not a capital letter BRIGHT COLOURS
6. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
7. How does your media product represent particular social groups? CONFUSION
8. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why? INDEPENDENCE = FUN PARTIES = FUN YOUNGER PEOPLE = FUN
9. Who would be the audience for your media product? 14-19 year olds Emos Scene kids
10. How did you attract/address your audience? SIMPLE LANGUAGE CONFUSION YOUNG MODELS = INSPIRATION (NOT NECESSARILY THE GOOD KIND) COLLOQUIAL LANGUAGE GRAMMATICAL ERRORS = INFORMALITY SEX DRUGS AND ROCK N’ ROLL BRIGHT COLOURS GRUNGY EFFECTS
11. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
12. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?