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

over the progression of this product i have learnt many things about the development of a magazine and how to make a magazine appeal to a specific audience. i have also learned how to use differant technologies such as indesign, photoshop aswell as a digital camera. i have learnt alot about the marketisation of magazines and how to make them appealing to a specific audience and also how to make a magazine draw the attention of a potential reader.

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

the main technologies that i have used while making my music magazine is indesign and photoshop. i also used a digital camera to take my photos for my magazine. by using these technologies i have learnt how to make a magazine look official and make sure that the completed product works well with the rest of the magazine and fits into the genre it was intended for.

How did you attract/adress your audience?

i tryed to attract the audiences attention to my magazine by useing an image on my cover that would be apealing to my target audience. as my magazine is mostly focused on the teenage audience i used a picture of a guitar for my cover as it is a rock magazine and it is also something that would appeal to most teenagers. the contents page also helps to draw the attention of my target audience as the colour scheme i have used makes the magazine seem rebellious and dark. this is a part what my target audience would be looking for in a music magazine and would hopefully make more people want to read it because of this.

Doublepage Spread

Who would be the audience for your media product?

The main audience that I am trying to attract to my music magazine would be in the age group of teenagers to mid-twenties, there is no specific gender that my magazine focuses on however I believe that the magazine would appeal more to men. The most likely sort of people who my magazine would attract are people who are generally interested in rock music as well as people who may already know a lot about Rock music and the bands that play it however wish to keep up to date on their favourite bands.

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

The social group that I have tried to represent in my music magazine is a teenage/ rock music target audience. I have done this by making my magazines cover look like a generic rock music magazine and used a typical rock magazine name like “Oblivion”. I have also done this by making my DPS about a new popular rock band as well as having plenty of images of guitars and artists. The magazine has been made primarily as a stereotypical rock music magazine and uses mostly images and is not heavily based around text, I have made my magazine like this so that it is more appealing to the readers it is targeted at.

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

The key needs of a music magazine rely massively on the front cover. If the front cover is well made and the masthead, headlines, puffs and cover model are appealing to the target audience then there is a much higher possibility that it will be bought and increase profits.  The main things that need to be included on a front cover are the masthead which is the main title and is usually on the cover in an appropriate font for the style and genre of the magazine. The cover model is also a major part of the magazine cover as it represents the entire magazine. If the cover model is an image that the target audience find appealing such as a major artist or a band cover art then it allows the person viewing the magazine to decide if it is something they would be interested in. the Headlines of a magazine are usually in the same font as the masthead however the magazine layout ensures that they do not take attention away from the more important factors such as the masthead. They are used to tell the reader what articles to expect inside as well as revealing important details inside such as interviews with certain people or bands. Another important part of a magazine cover are the Puffs. The puffs are usually located along the bottom or top of a magazine cover and normally display prizes, free-bees inside the magazine or images that appear inside the magazine. They are used to show the reader that by buying this magazine they could potentially win prizes.

A typical contents page is usually similar to the cover of the magazine. For example if the cover is organised and formally put together the contents page is not likely to be unorganised or set out in an informal way. The contents page will also usually have the same colour scheme as the rest of the magazine especially the cover. This also helps to keep the magazine feeling organised and well designed. A double page spread however may not follow the same layout as the rest of the magazine. As the DPS will most likely contain a large picture the magazine will usually follow the formality of what the article is about. For example if the article is about a heavy metal band you would not see the same layout as if it had been about a classical band.

 

I have included all of these factors in my magazine by ensureing I make my magazine feel more realistic. I have made sure that the headlines do not draw attention away from the mast head and cover image by making it smaller than the masthead and out of the way of the main image. For my contents page I have made sure that the layout is well done and looks fairly formal and have used images of relevance somewhere on the page to show what will be appearing in the magazine. My DPS however does not look similar to the cover and does not follow the same colour scheme. It does however use the same font as used in the rest of the magazine to keep some semblance of order throughout.