2. In what ways does your media product
use, develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media products?
My music magazine front cover has similar conventions to other music magazines that I have seen. Examples of this being my title it
is in capitals and bold across the top of the magazine but behind the image. My magazine also has anchorage which is for the
readers benefit and can help to buy the magazine.
I have used a colour scheme like other magazines they usually consist of 3-5 colours, my magazine has a colour
scheme of pink, grey, brown and black. I feel like these colours really connect with my theme as it is mainly for
girls at a teenage age so they were appropriate. These colours were also the most popular chosen when I did my
questionnaire.
I also have a strong large mid shot image this is usually common on music magazines but I have challenged
conventions because my imagine is different as I purposely have my model looking down at the instrument she is
playing. This is because I wanted to capture a picture of her actually playing the instrument so it was realistic
towards my audience, So it comes across as a more mature magazine.
My content magazine conveys all the features that are in regular magazines for example 3 columns of writing and then a column of
pictures to illustrate some off the pages in the magazine. I think my arrangement worked well because I linked it into the colour
scheme I had for the front cover, so the writing wasn’t just one block colour, it consisted of a editors letter. Also there wasn’t loads
going on as it had a plain background this convention leads to the maturity of the magazine. For the contents page I
haven't challenged any conventions there is no reason for this I just wanted the contents to be effectively simple.
3. My final front page
Masthead- I have put the title across
the top of my magazine , this is Date & Issue- it is essential that
because I wanted my title to every magazine has this
standout over everything this is to somewhere on the magazine it
why it slightly over laps the imagine. is either on the front cover or
I think it catchy and fresh, it peruses on the content page. This is
what I wanted to come across, because it lets the reader know
publishing new released artists. The when the magazine was
colour of the title stands out on the released and what number the
plain background and the black & magazine is.
white image.
Main image- My image was purposely Cover lines- Every magazine
conveyed to be in black and white consists of cover lines they are to
because I wanted the title and cover give and incite as to what is in the
lines to stand out in different colours magazine. It is a way of persuading
but then the image wouldn’t clash. I the reader to buy a magazine if
think it also shows the magazine to be they are eye catching and look
mature and professional. Magazines interesting there is normally a
usually have the model looking at the positive outcome. Mine are a
camera to show emotion and there variation off colours and effects
expression relates to the topic but my this is so that come across as
image challenges that convention I individual cover lines.
wanted my model to be looking down
at the image this was to express her
passion for music and concentration
towards the instrument.
Competition- also off magazine have competitions
Barcode and price that every available to enter this was a great way to make my
magazine will have magazine individual and attract the reader.
4. My final contents page
I have a big bold title and put on an
affect so that it dips down in the
centre left.
This is my editors letter that is
talking to my audience about
my magazine, each issue will
have a new letter.
All my pictures are on one
side they are all an incite on
different pages. I have
purposely made it so that
they don’t over lap and are
all separate.
I have put all my writing into 2
columns. Which would normally
be found in any magazines.
5. My final feature page
I have a big bold title that
says who and what the
article is about.
I have put on a long
shot picture and
This is a introduction to
purposely made it so
the article.
that her arm fits
under the title.
Usually double page
The colour scheme
spreads will have one
doesn’t link into front
large image that
cover and content page
covers the page. Mine
but I have used the
doesn’t because I
colours from the picture
wanted the picture to
into the competition. All
be outlined.
off my titles for each page
are used in the same font.
I have chosen this image here to break up the text, I have included a
this picture is while she is performing. My text has competition to this
been divided into 3 columns this has the same page to make it more
conventions as other magazines. unique .
6. How does your media product
represent particular social groups?
In my music magazine I wanted to represent a social group of teenage girls but who are interested in the latest songs and new
Artists, I am following the stereotype of chart music, girl bands, female solo artists but it does not have any male artist or make
bands. It also is for older teenagers as it links into festivals and feature careers. In my magazine there are pictures of instruments
as well as people but on my front cover it has a female teenager looking cool in a leather jacket and holding an instrument. She
has a fashionable hair style so in this way she can be seen as a role model towards the readers she has the latest trends and her
variation in music she can perform. It can encourage are target audience to seek there fame as she has at this ages. It allows the
audience to know it is possible.
My music magazine isn’t against the male gender I just think it would be unusual to have a music magazine that only contains
female artists and bands. This then allows all of the other cover stories in the magazine to be idols because they will be females.
My cover story focuses on a famous female artist Rihanna, she is a female icon, which relates to the social groups. My music
Magazine is likely to cover other female artists from all over the world for example Rihanna is from Barbados, Katy Perry and
singers from the x-factor which search all over the UK. My magazine does not address to sexuality so for in future issues I can
search for artists that are willing to express there sexuality and how it doesn’t have an effect or matter in the music industry.
7. What kind of media institution might
distribute your media product and
why?
When I looked into other popular music magazines I found Q, Heat, Karrang, Classic Rock, NME, Vibe, Blender, Billboard. There
wasn’t any magazines that I deeply looked into I just used different inspiration from all types. I discovered that they all have
different unique selling points. So my magazine doesn’t fit into a specific one, but if it was to get categorised it would fall
into R&B.
8. Who would be the audience for your
media product?
My audience research is teenage girl but its is more elderly teenagers for example 16+. I have chosen this because I knew what I
needed to include in my magazine to appeal to them. I have related to my audience by having a female front cover and my colour
scheme relates to the girl theme I have taken on. When doing my research I found that there’s wasn’t many female music
magazines that don’t feature males throughout.
9. Audience feedback
For my audience research I produced a questionnaire. I asked 20 participants. The following graphs show some of my results.
80 80
60 60
40 40
20
0
20
0 <Genre
<Masthead
Record…
Unplug…
2012…
Mental…
Broken…
Rock…
Dance
Rock
R&B
Metal
Techno
Dub Step
Pop
Classic
Hip Hop
8 Music
Released
60 100
40 80
20 60
0 <Font 40
20 <Artists
Bodoni…
Arial…
Arabic…
Comic…
0
Bauhous
Kaiti
Calibria
100
80
60 80
40
20 <Story lines 60
0 40
20
0 <Colour scheme
Yellow/…
Yellow/…
Whie/B…
Purple/…
White/…
Red/Blu…
Pink/Gr…
Blue/Gr…
Black/…
60
40
60
20
0
<Magazines 40
20 <Frequency
Q
NME
Kerrang
Heat
Blender
Billboard
Vibe
0
Every 1 Ever 1 Ever 1 Ever
Day week Month Year
10. What have you learnt about technology
from the process of construction of this
product?
Before I constructed my magazine I didn’t
really know much about Photoshop or
Quark, so I learnt a lot during this project.
Over the time I’ve developed skills, this has
then made me able to make my magazine
look more professional.
This is the development of my front cover page. I’ve
been unable to shot my contents page and double
page spread as I didn’t do it as I went along but I
developed skills in importing images, making my
pages into columns to fir the convention of a
magazine. Overall I have made my magazine look
more professional by knowing how to do certain
effects to my images and text. The skills I have now
gained will be helpful in future projects. If I was to
do it again I think I would change my target
audience, I then could had more of a variation in
my colour scheme and cover lines. But other than
that I was very pleased with my final outcome
11. Photography and using Photoshop
This is my original large picture on my cover page I haven't
added any effects to the final image all I have done is cropped
the background out so it is the outline off her.
This is another original image I haven’t added an effect I have
just cropped out the background.
This picture has been edited into black and white and
the background has been cloned.
12. I haven’t applied any effect to this image I have just
cropped out the background.
I have cropped out the
background then given the
image a faded effect arou8nd
the edge using a rubber.
I have cropped out the back ground
and a made it so that it has a smooth
edge using an effect.
I have only cropped our the
background on the image and not
given it any effect.
