2. In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
The main image on my front cover is the
most dominant image on the magazine,
I have made this artist the dominant
image to show the power of the artist as
he is one of the main stories in the
magazine. Having a dominant image on
the front cover is a magazine code and
convention. Having Nick Butler as my
main image may draw in more audience
as they might like Nick as an artist and
want to know more about him.
Cover lines are very important on a
magazine cover. Cover lines are a
convention code. I have developed my
cover lines to fit into the style of my
magazine. Cover lines are a main thing
on the magazine which helps draw the
audience in so I have made my cover
lines very clear and easy to read. Having
cover lines on my magazine lets the
readers know what my magazine
contains.
I have used a strap line to interest my
audience. Telling them the exclusive
I have placed a barcode on my
stories that my magazine consists of. Using
magazine to make the end product
strap lines work really well with my layout
look more professional.
on the front cover as it makes it look more
real and professional. My strap lines help
the magazine come together.
3. Through out my magazine I have
used the same colour scheme to
make it look more organised and
easy to read, I have used 2 simple
Placing my logo on each
colour's red, black and yellow which
page of my magazine
makes it a lot easier to read. Using a
gives my magazine its
white background makes the red
own layout style. I have
writing stand out a lot more making
named my magazine
it more eye catching.
‘Nexus’ as my magazine
is about all genres and
Using a plug draws in the not just one. So I
audience as it is featuring a thought the name
competition to win festival ‘Nexus’ will be a good
tickets. Having a competition way to describe my
to win festival tickets brings in magazine as it means
readers a lot more as festivals bringing everything
are very popular together.
Mastheads are for drawing in your
audience and engaging them. I have For my two main articles in my magazine I have made
made my masthead very big and eye them both two main headlines. I have made the text a
catching. I have placed it on the left hand lot bigger then the rest of the text on the front cover
side, I have done this because when so the headlines will stand out a lot more than the
magazines are stacked up on shop other text I have also used a different style of giving
shelves you tend to only see the left side the black text a red outline helping it stand out a lot
of the magazine. This makes the more and making it eye catching. I have also placed
masthead the first thing the audience them in two different places I have placed one on the
sees. I have made the ‘X’ a lot bigger left side as this will be the first thing the reader will see
then the rest of the writing to make it when my magazine is on a shelf, I have then placed the
more eye catching and engaging. other on the right side.
4. For my main image on my double On the side of the article I have
page spread I have placed it in the advertised ‘Eleanor Welsh’s’ album.
middle of the page with the text Giving more information to the
flowing around it which makes the reader about her new album
picture stand out a lot more I have coming out.
placed a black boarder round it
making it look more professional. I have used the same style layout as
my front cover. Giving my double
I have made my heading stand page spread boarder lines at the top
out and eye catching by using a and bottom the page which look a bit
different style of font and giving like the strap lines on my front cover I
each individual letter a black have done this so the layout of my
background. I have made each magazine flows through my magazine
word separate making ‘Drugs’ and doesn’t look odd.
and ‘Botox’ smaller than ‘Alcohol’
I have done this to make it look
more effective and engaging.
I have placed quotes within the
Introductory text is for hooking the
reader. ‘Eleanor welsh has been the text making the quotes a lot
worlds sensation of 2011, she has hit the bigger and bold compared to the
top 10 many time this year but had she rest of the text this makes the
spoilt her career?’ I have used a rhetorical reader read the quotes first. After
question in my introductory text, using a reading the quotes the reader will
rhetorical question hooks the reader want to find out more about the
because it makes them want to find out if article so it will hook them and
‘Eleanor welsh’ has spoilt her career. make the reader read the rest of
the article.
5. My main heading is very eye catching using two
different styles of text and doing the word ‘the’
in lower case and the word ‘week’ in capitals.
This makes the heading standout a lot more
than the rest of the page.
I have placed my contents strip on the right hand
side making my page look organised and readable.
I have three headings splitting up my contents into
‘news’, ’top music’ and ‘exclusive interviews’.
I have made a main article bigger than the rest
of the article as it is more important. Having a
main article in the middle of the page makes
this the first thing the audience is drawn to. I
have made the image a large image filling up a
lot of the room. Within this article I have used a
rhetorical question making the reader want to
turn to the page of the article and read it.
I have placed some less In the bottom left corner I have I have used a flash within my contents
important articles down the advertised a deal when you to bring the audience more telling
left hand side using images of subscribe this will also bring in the them we review the top ten albums of
the artist the article’s are reader as they might subscribe the month, I have made the text of
about. I have placed the knowing they will get their first 3 the flash stand out by using black font
images about the titles of the magazines free if the subscribe to and a red box behind it this makes it
articles making it easier to the magazine. I have made this stand out a lot because it is the only
read and more professional. I stand out a lot different to the rest text on the page which has a bright
have made the page numbers of the content's as this is not articles background making it very eye
a lot larger then the text as the the magazine contains. I have used a catching. Above my flash I have also
page numbers are more grey background and black boarder included 3 images of 3 albums which
important for the reader to making it look very dominant. are in the top 10
know.
6. 2. How does your media product represent particular social
groups?
I decided that my target audience for my magazine would be
teenagers as teenagers tend to change their choice in music a lot,
so my music magazines involves a lot of different artists ranging
from rock artists and pop artists. This makes my magazine
approachable for all teenagers and not just one certain group.
Because my magazine isn’t based on just one social group as my
music magazine is about different types on genres within the
music industry. The main social groups my magazine is aiming to
draw in is Indie as I have articles about artist such as Ed Sheeran.
I also aim to hook the social group rockers because my magazine
includes ‘The rolling stones’ and ‘Nine inch nails’. My magazine
also includes pop music including artist such as ‘Katy Perry’ and
‘Rihanna’.
My magazine includes stories which bring two artist’s together such as
the latest story which has been in the news about Katy Perry getting
help off Rihanna with her recent marriage split with Russell Brand.
http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2012/01/katy-perry-leaning-
rihanna-over-russell-brand-split
In my magazine I also have articles bring two social groups together for example in
the news recently Ed Sheeran who is within the Indie social group has teamed up
with P. Money who is within the gangster social group to produce the song ‘The A
Team’ which has recently been in the top 10. This story is bringing two types of
social groups together.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTubr6nCYo8
7. Indie
Indie people tend to wear clothing such as then
trainers vans and skinny jeans. The music they
tend to be into is people such as Ed Sheeran,
Maroon 5, The wombats, The killers and Kings of
Leon.
8. Rock
People which are into rock tend to have wacky hair
such as boy’s tend to either have long messy hair or
Mohicans, girl’s tend to have brightly coloured hair
or dreadlocks. They like to wear clothing with lots of
metal studs on and like to wear long black coats. A
lot of rock people like to have lots of tattoos. There
are lots of different type of rock music there is
Classic Rock which many of The Beatles and The
Rolling Stones songs come under. There is also Indie
Rock which Mark Ronson and The Zutons come
under. Punk Rock which My chemical Romance and
Sex Pistols come under, then there is Rock which
Bon Jovi, Biffy Clyro, Bloc Party, The Clash Foo
Fighters and Guns And Roses and many more come
under.
9. 3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media
product and why?
• The publisher that i would use to publish my music magazine would be IPC media.
I would choose IPC media because they publish ‘NME’ and my magazine is a lot
like ‘NME’. IPC media are a well known publishing company and very large because
of this IPC media will have lots of advertisement options helping my magazine
become bigger and popular. I know IPC media would do a good job publishing my
magazine as around 27 million people in the UK read a magazine published by IPC
media so I know they will do a good job.
10. 4. Who would be the audience for
your media product?
• My target audience would be 16-19 year olds.
My magazine will hopefully attract all social
groups as it is about different genres of music.
• My magazine will be for people who are
interested in knowing the latest news, fashion
and what's going on in celebrities life's.
11. 5. How did you attract/address your
audience?
• To attract my audience i made sure i made it appealing to not just one
social group i done this by having different types of articles on the front
cover. I also made sure the layout was more appealing to the young
audience. Using a plane background with bright text makes my front cover
more eye catching to my audience. Another way i have attracted the
young audience is by advertising a competition to win festival tickets this
attracts people between the ages 17-19 as these are people who are more
interested in going to festivals.
• Throughout my magazine the colours were persistent making my
magazine more attractive.
• The text in my magazine is written to relate to the youth in the way they
speak.
12. 6. What have you learnt about technologies from the
process of constructing this product?
• During my time constructing my media product I have learned how to use
blogger as this is something I have never used before. I found blogger very
interesting and easy to use.
• I also used Photoshop which I have used previously for other work but
during my time constructing my media product I have learnt new tools on
Photoshop which I didn’t know I could do.
• Indesign is another software i learnt to use which i found very helpful
putting my magazine together as it offered a wide range of tools to make
my magazine look professional. I learnt how to transfer an image from
Photoshop, resize an image and add effects to text.
13. 7. Looking back at your preliminary task (the College
magazine), what do you feel you have learnt in the progression
from it to full product?
• During my time constructing my music magazine I have learnt to make it look more
professional. Using a lot more photography and editing them to a professional
standard using Photoshop. Comparing it with my college magazine my music
magazine is more professional using the same colours throughout the magazine.
• Constructing my music magazine on InDesign I have learnt how to use more tools
making my magazine more appealing.
• The fonts on my music magazine are a lot more appealing then the ones on my
college magazine using www.dafont.com for my music magazine.
• I learnt how to target an audience using colours which will appeal to the youth and
the language I used.
• My music magazine includes plug’s and strap lines which catch the readers eyes
where as my college magazine is just a simple layout with no eye catching graphics.
