Question 1) In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? media product use, develop or challenge
1. Question 1) In what ways does yourmedia product use, develop
or challengeforms and conventions of real mediaproducts?media
product use, develop or challenge
2. Masthead-The masthead isin a large blueand black font.This
is so that itsthe most eyecatching to thereader. Its is clearand
simple andeasy to read.EyebrowThe eyebrow that goesagainst the top
of themagazine is in red text.This is a veryconventional feature in
amagazine and is alwaysplaced at the top row ofthe page, as red is
an eyecatching colour.Strapline-I decided to go againstthe normal
convention ofa magazine by not havinga strapline. This is duethe
amount of writing inmy tittle and the fact itspeaks for itself.Key
Image-The key image that Idecided to use was ofProfessor Green.
Thereason that I chose toyou use him wasbecause he isappropriate to
thetarget audience ofmy genre. He isstanding with armbehind his
back,looking directly atthe camera allowingpersonal contact withthe
reader.Barcode-The barcode is avery typicalconvention. Imade
ownbarcode so it isunique to mymagazine.Anchor text-This anchor
textdraws in the reader asin bold writing so thatit shows this is
one ofthe main articles inthe magazine.COVER PAGEANALYSIS
3. CONTENTSPAGE ANALYSISI copied the typicalconvention that
VIBEuse which is thesplitting of the wordcontents. Thisconvention
is done inorder to not copy thenorm of having astraight word at
thetop of the page.I used a model thatwould fit In with
mydemographic of malesand females aged 16-24. She is standing in
arebellious and anunconventional waywhich also shows howmy magazine
isbreaking all theconventions.At the bottom of thepage I put a
littleparagraph which provesthat the work is alltaken by me and
showsIm the photographerand editor.Whilst analysing VIBEcontents
page, Irealised that in all oftheir issues they have abig letter V
in thebackground. This Vrepresent the V inVIBE. I also
duplicatedthis convention andused a big R to showthe R in Rhythm
nBlues. This is in thebackground with thewriting and imagesplaced
on to of it.The text that used was usedso that it would
specificallyattract my readers. I talkedabout upcoming artist
whichis a inspirational to thereaders of a music magazine.I created
two segments, fashion and features. The features column talksabout
miscellaneous topics such as award shows + my chosen artists. This
isso that the reader has a variety of choices to read from, however
all istargeted at them.
4. These spaces between texts are calledgutters, these are in
place to show equalspacing. They are all of equal size asmeasured
out.This aquotationin big fontwhich isalso foundin themain text,to
attractaudiencesthat areskimmingthearticle.This iscalled adrop
quoteas is foundin almostallmagazinesTheres a contrast between the
italicsand the size 30 font of my artist nameto show the difference
in importance.I placed alarge imageof my artiston the lefthand side
ofmy doublepage spread.This is aconventionused in VIBEmagazinethat
i wasusing asinspiration.Also in thisimage I
donephotomanipulationby addingtattoos tohis arm andneck. This
isshown byProfessorGreen and Idone this tomake himlookauthentic.I
placed a footer in bothcorners of the double pagespread that shows
the pagenumber and corresponds to thenumbers in the contents
page.DOUBLE PAGE SPREADANALYSIS
5. Conforming to conventions My product follows the
normalconventions of VIBE magazine asit keeps in line with the
sameformat.The word contents being writtenlike this shows how VIBE
is tryingto be unconventional comparedto other magazines. It is in
clearblack font that is placed closetogether for effect.Another way
in which my magazine followsthe conventions of a typical magazine
is by theeyebrow. An eyebrow is the writing that goesalong the top
of the page to show exclusivetexts.Both my cover page and VIBEs
coverpage contain an exclusive text in thearticle. This is both in
clear font sothe reader can read them.
6. Question2) How does your mediaproduct represent
particularsocial groups?
7. What is representation? Representation-The description or
portrayal of someoneor something in a particular way or as being of
a certainnature. During my research and planning I realised that in
allmagazines they represent different genres in a particularformat
so it applies specifically to their target audience.I therefore
used this convention whilst constructing mymagazine. There is many
ways that the media representdifferent people. Common uses of
representation isGender, Sex, Race or Sexuality. An example of a
common use of representation is ofwomen. Women are usually seen as
weak and lessauthoritative compared to men.
8. Representation in my magazine-photoshoot During the
photoshoot for mymagazine, i specifically told mymodel to dress and
pose in aspecific way that would representmy target audience. One
way in which I done this wasthrough the use of her clothing. She
iswearingg fashionable boots and a hoodiewhich I wrapped around her
waist. Mostpeople these days associate hoodieswith young people and
therefore Ithought it was necessary to add this. Another way in
which I achieved thiswas by her posture. She is standingwith her
arms on her hips pullingg aface. This shows that she is
beingrebellious and acting against thenormal criteria of her age
group.
9. Representation in my magazine-ArticleThis is the anchor text
on my front cover.This text is what the reader will see firstwhen
they look at my magazine. Thisshows how a successful artist sees
theworld in one of the towns in Londonconsidered to be in poverty.
This couldrelate to some of the audience as theytoo could be living
in this area, or areassimilar to it. By telling people of how hegot
to the top will intrigue people toread it as they can take similar
path tobecome as successful as Professor Green.
10. Representation in my magazine-Designconstruct A way
representation is shown in the masthead is with theabbreviation of
the word and to n. This is common in thelanguage used with my
target audience, therefore used alanguage that they can relate to.
Keeping in line with my RnBgenre an example of this being VIBE
magazine, i wanted toconform to the bold lettering masthead by
coping their styleand colour. However the masthead in the majority
of VIBEmagazines has the artist in the foreground covering a bit of
themasthead. This is because they are an established magazineand
people will recognise the masthead without needing to seeall the
letter. In contrast to my magazine I had to place myartist in the
background as people are not aware of mymagazine, therefore could
not read my masthead.
11. Reader Profile Joseph is a 18 year old teenager who was
born inand grew up around south east London. He hasrecently just
left college, and is now startinguniversity studying Sport Science.
He is employedat McDonalds only receiving minimum wage to helpout
with the cost of tuition fees. He is veryoutgoing and enjoys to
spend his time at the parkplaying football with his group of
friends. Josephhas a deep passion for RnB music, video games
andwatching TV series. He shops in clothes stores suchas JD and
H&M.
12. Question 3)What kind of mediainstitution might distribute
yourmedia product and why?
13. Where is your magazine most likely tobe sold My magazine
would most likely be sold innewsagents all around London. The
reason whyspecifically London is because it is a highly urbancity
where the population of people is multiculturalcausing a diverse
audience. It can also be viewedonline as a PDF as many RnB
magazines these daysare visible online. In newsagents the magazines
areall laid out all left facing side. This is the sidewhere there
is the most writing and where myarticles can be viewed the most.
This is why i needto make the articles in my magazine stand out
anddraw the reader. Other places that It would also besold is in
retail shops such as WHSmiths ,HMV andother music shops .
14. Who will publish your magazine Bauer-I have chosen Bauer
magazine to publish mymagazine as they produce and
advertisemagazines, TV and radio stations globally, toover 16
countries. They produce 38 millionmagazines as week. Bauer produce
a varietyof different types of magazines fromKERRANG and MOJO.
Bauer do not producemagazines of the same genre of mymagazine,
thats why it would specifically betargeted at a niche audience.
Bauer is aleading cooperation in British media andtherefore my
magazine will be highlyrespected.
15. Existing MagazineMOJO one of themagazines that Bauerpublish
is MOJO. It is aspecialist Rock magazineproduced monthly in the
UK.It focus specifically on nonmainstream music tochallengethat
typical conventions.Empire Magazine-Empire is a magazinethat gives
you aninsight to cinema andupcoming blockbustermovies. It gives you
afirst glimpse of themovie before anyother magazine.
16. Price of magazine The retail price of my magazine will be
2.90.The reason why I chose this price was becausethis was medium
of the most preferred pricewhen I asked my target audience. Another
reasonwhy my magazine is priced at not a reasonablycheap price is
because of the use of glossy paper.I used glossy paper as I wanted
my magazine tobe at the highest quality that it could be. Withthe
paper being glossy this would have toincrease the amount of adverts
used in mymagazine.ISSUE 00114/2/20132.90
17. Audience Feedback- Iasked two people for mytarget audience
to reviewmy magazine.Person BPerson A
18. Question 5)How did youattract/address your
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19. Question 6)What have you learntabout technologies from
theprocess of constructing thisproduct?
20. WordpressWordpress is free website that helps
bloggersinteract with the rest of the world. Its wasformed in 2003
and now has over 63 millionusers.Its a direct source of contact
where you can createanything you desire.This website has helped me
to organise my planningand research in an efficient way by making
dropdowns on each category.I found using word press vey
straightforward andeffortless due to its set out of the
website.This is the URL link to myWordpress
blog:http://dhuuhob.wordpress.comGoogle is the largest and most
used searchengine used all over the world. I used Googlevery often
as it directed me straight to thepages that I needed. It also
helped to do myresearch of exitisting products already on
themarket.Google
21. PhotoshopPhotoshop has helped me to edit my pictures at
high levelproducing professional looking pictures.I used Photoshop
after I collated all my pictures that I hadtaken, and then upload
them to enhance the lighting andadd on effects.Photoshop is a
highly used software in media production andphotography and helped
me to produce expert lookingwork. Photoshop was fairly simple to
use as it worked layerby layer, helping you arrange your work well.
Then youcould work through each of these layers separately
decidingwhat to change.In Design is a desktop software publishing
that I haveused to construct together the final magazine piece.
Ithelped me organize my work by being able to placeimages on top on
one another. This was one of the onesthat I had found the hardest
to navigate as the marginswouldnt allow me to place my work in the
order that ihad wanted it to, however I did overcome this
obstacle.In Design is a very efficient way of producing work
thatalso looks to a very professional level.In Design
22. Question 7) Looking back at yourpreliminary task, what do
you feelyou have learnt in the progressionfrom it to the full
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