5. Q1: In what ways does your product use
develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media products...
6. Q1: In what ways does your product use
develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media products...
• I wanted my music magazine to stick to the usual conventions of a typical
music magazine, but a more stripped down version. I researched and looked
at a variety of different magazines, NME, KERRANG and Q, and I really liked
the layout and how it stuck to one particular colour scheme. So I used this
idea in my own work. By using a few main cover-lines, it meant that the
readers of the magazine wouldn’t be over-loaded with information and they
wold have to by the magazine in order to see what else was on offer.
Another feature that I wanted to use in my magazine was the banner
concept. Some music magazines have banners along the top and bottom, but
I chose to only use one at the bottom, as it adds extra information and it
doesn’t give away too much to the audience. Overall, I kept quite religiously
to the typical conventions of a pop/rock magazine. The features, colour
scheme and main image are all typical of a music magazine and this as the
feel i was trying to achieve.
29. Magazine Conventions
Question 1
Masthead
Barcode
Plug
Cover-lines
Banner
Here are some conventions I used in my own work...
30.
31. Q2: How does your media product
represent particular social groups...
32. Q2: How does your media product
represent particular social groups...
• I wanted to reach out to the teenage social group as they typically read
music magazines and are interested in music. For a start on my double page
spread, Iused a female teenager who is easily relatable to my target
audience. She is posed relaxed and is looking straight at the audience. After
conducting some initial research, i saw that most teenagers listened to pop/
rock music, so i wanted to show this in my model and the text. With her
choice of clothing, she seems very hip and relatable and this is something I
did deliberately. Another way I represented my target audience was by
choosing artists that my audience would listen to. To find this out, i made a
questionnaire for my class mates to take part in. This helped me in my final
decision making.
33.
34. Q3: What kind of media institution might
distribute your product and why
35. Q3: What kind of media institution might
distribute your product and why
• I think it would be appropriate for the distribution
team at IPC media to distribute my magazine. This
is because they already distribute a number of
popular magazines that include NME, NOW, Pick
Me Up and LOOK which are all magazines that i
would expect my target audience to read. Being
popular titles, i think my magazine would benefit
being distributed by them, it would mean better
sales and advertisement around the UK which
would boost profit and income.
36.
37. Q4: Who would be the
audience for your media
product
38. Q4: Who would be the
audience for your media
product
• On the next slide, I have created cartoon
representations of what my target audience
would look like, are interested in doing and
what other types of media products they
consume...
47. Audience Representations
Question 4...
Female... Male...
Interest in Fashion Likes Pop Music
Enjoys socializing
48. Audience Representations
Question 4...
Female... Male...
Interest in Fashion Likes Pop Music
Enjoys socializing Watches popular music
channels
49. Audience Representations
Question 4...
Female... Male...
Interest in Fashion Likes Pop Music
Enjoys socializing Watches popular music
channels
Reads magazines almost
every week
50. Audience Representations
Question 4...
Female... Male...
Interest in Fashion Likes Pop Music
Enjoys socializing Watches popular music
channels
Reads magazines almost
every week Attends college
51. Audience Representations
Question 4...
Female... Male...
Interest in Fashion Likes Pop Music
Enjoys socializing Watches popular music
channels
Reads magazines almost
every week Attends college
Watches reality TV
52. Audience Representations
Question 4...
Female... Male...
Interest in Fashion Likes Pop Music
Enjoys sport
Enjoys socializing Watches popular music
channels
Reads magazines almost
every week Attends college
Watches reality TV
53. Audience Representations
Question 4...
Female... Male...
Interest in Fashion Likes Pop Music
Enjoys sport Large social group
Enjoys socializing Watches popular music
channels
Reads magazines almost
every week Attends college
Watches reality TV
54. Audience Representations
Question 4...
Female... Male...
Interest in Fashion Likes Pop Music
Enjoys sport Large social group
Enjoys socializing Watches popular music
channels Reads a few music
Reads magazines almost magazines
every week Attends college
Watches reality TV
55. Audience Representations
Question 4...
Female... Male...
Interest in Fashion Likes Pop Music
Enjoys sport Large social group
Enjoys socializing Watches popular music
channels Reads a few music Plays computer
Reads magazines almost magazines games
every week Attends college
Watches reality TV
56. Audience Representations
Question 4...
Female... Male...
Interest in Fashion Likes Pop Music
Enjoys sport Large social group
Enjoys socializing Watches popular music
channels Reads a few music Plays computer
Reads magazines almost magazines games
every week Attends college
Attends college
Watches reality TV
57. Audience Representations
Question 4...
Female... Male...
Interest in Fashion Likes Pop Music
Enjoys sport Large social group
Enjoys socializing Watches popular music
channels Reads a few music Plays computer
Reads magazines almost magazines games
every week Attends college
Attends college Might be part of a
Watches reality TV band
58.
59. Q5: How did you attract/
address your audience...
60. Q5: How did you attract/
address your audience...
• Like previously stated, I used teenage role models
to feature in my magazine, like Jessie J and Olly
Murs, who are also musicians whom my target
audience would be interested in reading about.
Also, the images on both my contents page and
Double page spread, include images with a direct
mode of address, with the model looking directly
at the consumer which might make the audience
relate to the model used.
61. Q5: How did you attract/
address your audience...
• Like previously stated, I used teenage role models
to feature in my magazine, like Jessie J and Olly
Murs, who are also musicians whom my target
audience would be interested in reading about.
Also, the images on both my contents page and
Double page spread, include images with a direct
mode of address, with the model looking directly
at the consumer which might make the audience
relate to the model used.
62. Q5: How did you attract/
address your audience...
• Like previously stated, I used teenage role models
to feature in my magazine, like Jessie J and Olly
Murs, who are also musicians whom my target
audience would be interested in reading about.
Also, the images on both my contents page and
Double page spread, include images with a direct
mode of address, with the model looking directly
at the consumer which might make the audience
relate to the model used.
63. Q5: How did you attract/
address your audience...
• Like previously stated, I used teenage role models
to feature in my magazine, like Jessie J and Olly
Murs, who are also musicians whom my target
audience would be interested in reading about.
Also, the images on both my contents page and
Double page spread, include images with a direct
mode of address, with the model looking directly
at the consumer which might make the audience
relate to the model used.
64. Q5: How did you attract/
address your audience...
• Like previously stated, I used teenage role models
to feature in my magazine, like Jessie J and Olly
Murs, who are also musicians whom my target
audience would be interested in reading about.
Also, the images on both my contents page and
Double page spread, include images with a direct
mode of address, with the model looking directly
at the consumer which might make the audience
relate to the model used.
65. Q5: How did you attract/
address your audience...
• Like previously stated, I used teenage role models
to feature in my magazine, like Jessie J and Olly
Murs, who are also musicians whom my target
audience would be interested in reading about.
Also, the images on both my contents page and
Double page spread, include images with a direct
mode of address, with the model looking directly
at the consumer which might make the audience
relate to the model used.
66. Q5: How did you attract/
address your audience...
• Like previously stated, I used teenage role models
to feature in my magazine, like Jessie J and Olly
Murs, who are also musicians whom my target
audience would be interested in reading about.
Also, the images on both my contents page and
Double page spread, include images with a direct
mode of address, with the model looking directly
at the consumer which might make the audience
relate to the model used.
67.
68. Q6: What have you learnt about
technologies of constructing this
product...
69. Q6: What have you learnt about
technologies of constructing this
product...
• During the course of creating my media products, I was
introduced to a range of new software on the MAC’s that I
hadn't used before. Using IN-DESIGN was the first piece I
used that i hadn’t come across before. After a few ‘test
runs’ I was soon using the program confidently enough to
create a well presented media magazine. Another Program
I used was Photoshop CS3. On my blog, I have posted a
step by step piece to show you how to colour block, which
was a technique Ilearnt from a tutorial on YOUTUBE.
Again, I hadn't used this type of editing software before but
after a practice go on a different image I felt compelled to
use it to make my work more interesting. I have learnt
many things about the ADOBE software and I tried to
show every aspect of my learning in my work.
70.
71. Q7: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you
feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the
full product...
72. Q7: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you
feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the
full product...
• Here is my preliminary task, as
you can see, i have developed my
MAC skills a lot from the
beginning of the course. I feel I
have learnt a range f helpful
computer skills that might help
me in year 2 of A-LEVEL media.
Using IN-DEIGN, PHOTOSHOP
and ILLUSTRATOR just to name
a few. As previously stated, I have
learnt a range of transferable
skills that could come in useful
for subjects like Photography.
73. Q7: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you
feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the
full product...
• Here is my preliminary task, as
you can see, i have developed my
MAC skills a lot from the
beginning of the course. I feel I
have learnt a range f helpful
computer skills that might help
me in year 2 of A-LEVEL media.
Using IN-DEIGN, PHOTOSHOP
and ILLUSTRATOR just to name
a few. As previously stated, I have
learnt a range of transferable
skills that could come in useful
for subjects like Photography.
Overall, I believe that i have created a well presented piece
of work with a fluent theme throughout. I have enjoyed
this part of the course and have learnt a lot in the duration
of creating my final media products...
74. Q7: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you
feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the
full product...
• Here is my preliminary task, as
you can see, i have developed my
MAC skills a lot from the
beginning of the course. I feel I
have learnt a range f helpful
computer skills that might help
me in year 2 of A-LEVEL media.
Using IN-DEIGN, PHOTOSHOP
and ILLUSTRATOR just to name
a few. As previously stated, I have
learnt a range of transferable
skills that could come in useful
for subjects like Photography.
Overall, I believe that i have created a well presented piece
of work with a fluent theme throughout. I have enjoyed
this part of the course and have learnt a lot in the duration
of creating my final media products...
