Friday, 12 March 2010
Evaluation..
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
- The normal conventions of a magazine are, they have a title that is relevant to the type of magazine that they are making, a good cover line to attract there target audience, to advertise competitions that will be inside, and show other things that will be inside to get the target audiences attention. The main story is normally something that links with the topic of the magazine. In my magazine I have followed the normal conventions, but I have decided from my textual analysis of front covers, and looking at other magazines that I have read, that I didn’t want my front cover as busy and clustered as others. I think that my pictures and the content on the front of my magazine are strong enough and that I don’t need to have too much going on. I think that sometimes when you have too much going on your front cover, some people including me think that it too messy, which could lead to poor layout inside the magazine. A contents page would normally include, what is going to be on every page, giving the title of that page and how long it goes on for, also it has a letter from the editor, which is saying what this weeks magazine has got in it, and what next weeks issue, the editors letter isn’t normally that long, but it is long enough to just briefly explain. Some times some magazines, give you a picture of what is going to be on a page and put a page number to it, instead of writing out a full contents list. It also includes the name of the magazine; this is to allow the pages to have reference to the magazines front cover. It also includes a picture of the front cover, this will be because. And finally it has a picture of the main story line, this is to show more of an incite to what the main story is about. In my magazine I have followed the normal conventions to an extent. I have decided, just like my front cover, I didn’t want my contents page too busy. I think that as long as my contents has what is going to be inside the rest of the magazine, gives you a letter from the editor and a few pictures, that is sufficient. As long as you lay it out, so the majority of the surf
ace area on the page is filled.
I think that my magazine compared to “Top of the Pops” magazine is less cluttered, I would find this more appealing to buy if I was looking to buy one in a store. The two magazines don’t really have much differences, except the colour schemes, and the way things are laid out. My magazine has very bright colours, that stand out, where as, “Top of the Tops” has got very light colours.
What Kind of Media institution might distribute your Media product and why?
- The BBC already publish magazines like mine, aimed at around the same age group and the content of the magazines would be nearly the same as mine. The BBC’s “Top of the Pops” would be my rival magazine, because of all the reasons above. I think that the institution that is most likely to distribute my magazine is “Bauer”, this is because they already have music magazines out, but in a different genre to mine, so they have a gap in the market for my magazine. This could allow my magazine to become more popular, because people might only buy a magazine because of where it is instituted. However, it might be better to institute it with another company that doesn’t have anything to do with music magazines. That way it might make it easier for my magazine to be bought, “Natmags” is based on Women’s Lifestyle magazines. They might not want my magazine because it isn’t as glossy as the magazines they do. But, if they did want my magazine, they would have a gap in the market, it would all depend on whether “Natmags” would want a magazine that is based on music, but does have the features of women’s lifestyle.
Who would be the audience for your Media Product?
- My media product would be based at young girl teenagers, aged between 14 and 18years. This is shown by the colours and language of my magazine, and what it advertises. The magazine can also be read by other people that are interested in RnB music. My readers will also be interested in fashion, and gossip.
How did you attract/address your audience?
- To attract my audience I have used; a range of girly colours, mainly pinks, but including purple and black. This would attracted a young teenage girls eye, and they would want to buy it. I have also used a large picture as my main picture on my front cover, to make the audience see the new girl band, and what the main story of the magazine would be about. I have also used bold text ranging in my colour scheme, to make my coverlines stand out, they are short and snappy and explain basically what is in the magazine. I put the competition strapline right at the top of the magazine, so when the magazines are all in their stands the only thing the reader will be able to see is the top bit, and mine says “COMPETITION INSED: WIN 1000 ITUNES DOWNLOAD”. This would attract the audience to look at this, and if they wanted a chance, they would buy it to try and win.
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
- While I have been creating my magazine I have used a range of technologies. To begin with I used a “blog”, I have never used a blog before, but now I know how to upload text and images. I now know my way around the blog website, and will know how to use it if I need to use it in the future. I have based all of my designs on “publisher”, this is where I have created my front cover, contents page and double page spread. I have also used “GIMP”. Gimp has helped me to make my photos more professional, I used a smudge tool to get rid of all the dirty marks, and plugs, this just added the finishing touches to my finished products. The photos which i took myself, I used a professional camera. I learnt how to put the camera onto a timer which would allow the models get into position ready for the camera to take the pictures. While we was taking the photos we also used proper lights, three of them, this was to create that “professional look”.
- The normal conventions of a magazine are, they have a title that is relevant to the type of magazine that they are making, a good cover line to attract there target audience, to advertise competitions that will be inside, and show other things that will be inside to get the target audiences attention. The main story is normally something that links with the topic of the magazine. In my magazine I have followed the normal conventions, but I have decided from my textual analysis of front covers, and looking at other magazines that I have read, that I didn’t want my front cover as busy and clustered as others. I think that my pictures and the content on the front of my magazine are strong enough and that I don’t need to have too much going on. I think that sometimes when you have too much going on your front cover, some people including me think that it too messy, which could lead to poor layout inside the magazine. A contents page would normally include, what is going to be on every page, giving the title of that page and how long it goes on for, also it has a letter from the editor, which is saying what this weeks magazine has got in it, and what next weeks issue, the editors letter isn’t normally that long, but it is long enough to just briefly explain. Some times some magazines, give you a picture of what is going to be on a page and put a page number to it, instead of writing out a full contents list. It also includes the name of the magazine; this is to allow the pages to have reference to the magazines front cover. It also includes a picture of the front cover, this will be because. And finally it has a picture of the main story line, this is to show more of an incite to what the main story is about. In my magazine I have followed the normal conventions to an extent. I have decided, just like my front cover, I didn’t want my contents page too busy. I think that as long as my contents has what is going to be inside the rest of the magazine, gives you a letter from the editor and a few pictures, that is sufficient. As long as you lay it out, so the majority of the surf
ace area on the page is filled.
I think that my magazine compared to “Top of the Pops” magazine is less cluttered, I would find this more appealing to buy if I was looking to buy one in a store. The two magazines don’t really have much differences, except the colour schemes, and the way things are laid out. My magazine has very bright colours, that stand out, where as, “Top of the Tops” has got very light colours.
How does your media product represent a particular social group?
- My Music Magazine is aimed at teenagers, giving teenage problems with life, music, fashion etc. My main story is about 3 teenage girls becoming famous, this should show the teenagers who read this that anything can happen as long as they keep their eye on the dream, because of my main story there is a lot of pictures of young girls, whether it is them ready to record their new single to going out on the town. The other smaller stories that I have used are based at teenagers too, like “The Low Down
On Chlamydia” this is because the age I have targeted my magazine at is 14-18 year old girls. I have used more text rather than images, this is because I believe that the target audience I have aimed my magazine at are capable of reading short phrases on the front of my magazine. So I have used more text than images, even though the images I have used, to relate to the text. I have used a phrase that will relate to the teenagers.
The majority of teenagers now download their music off the internet to burn to CD’s instead of buying CD’s, it is easier to download them, because you can select which songs you would want on your CD, so I have advertised the free downloading off iTunes as a competition by using a Strapline, this should get more people to buy the magazine, which are in my target audience.
I have also used the “UK’s Top 40” to try and lure my target audience in. I have represented teenagers very stereotypically, I know I have done this because I have classed them all as one, by the way they dress, what sort of music they are into, what fashion they are most likely to wear or like.
What Kind of Media institution might distribute your Media product and why?
- The BBC already publish magazines like mine, aimed at around the same age group and the content of the magazines would be nearly the same as mine. The BBC’s “Top of the Pops” would be my rival magazine, because of all the reasons above. I think that the institution that is most likely to distribute my magazine is “Bauer”, this is because they already have music magazines out, but in a different genre to mine, so they have a gap in the market for my magazine. This could allow my magazine to become more popular, because people might only buy a magazine because of where it is instituted. However, it might be better to institute it with another company that doesn’t have anything to do with music magazines. That way it might make it easier for my magazine to be bought, “Natmags” is based on Women’s Lifestyle magazines. They might not want my magazine because it isn’t as glossy as the magazines they do. But, if they did want my magazine, they would have a gap in the market, it would all depend on whether “Natmags” would want a magazine that is based on music, but does have the features of women’s lifestyle.
Who would be the audience for your Media Product?
- My media product would be based at young girl teenagers, aged between 14 and 18years. This is shown by the colours and language of my magazine, and what it advertises. The magazine can also be read by other people that are interested in RnB music. My readers will also be interested in fashion, and gossip.
How did you attract/address your audience?
- To attract my audience I have used; a range of girly colours, mainly pinks, but including purple and black. This would attracted a young teenage girls eye, and they would want to buy it. I have also used a large picture as my main picture on my front cover, to make the audience see the new girl band, and what the main story of the magazine would be about. I have also used bold text ranging in my colour scheme, to make my coverlines stand out, they are short and snappy and explain basically what is in the magazine. I put the competition strapline right at the top of the magazine, so when the magazines are all in their stands the only thing the reader will be able to see is the top bit, and mine says “COMPETITION INSED: WIN 1000 ITUNES DOWNLOAD”. This would attract the audience to look at this, and if they wanted a chance, they would buy it to try and win.
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
- While I have been creating my magazine I have used a range of technologies. To begin with I used a “blog”, I have never used a blog before, but now I know how to upload text and images. I now know my way around the blog website, and will know how to use it if I need to use it in the future. I have based all of my designs on “publisher”, this is where I have created my front cover, contents page and double page spread. I have also used “GIMP”. Gimp has helped me to make my photos more professional, I used a smudge tool to get rid of all the dirty marks, and plugs, this just added the finishing touches to my finished products. The photos which i took myself, I used a professional camera. I learnt how to put the camera onto a timer which would allow the models get into position ready for the camera to take the pictures. While we was taking the photos we also used proper lights, three of them, this was to create that “professional look”.
Final Double Page Spread
This is my final design of my fron cover. I haven't uploaded a double page spread yet, i thought that this is really good, and it is my first and final design of the double page. I have kept the same colour scheme, and my double page is about the main story on my front cover.Thursday, 11 March 2010
Final Contents Page
This is my final contents page, i have kept it the same since my first draft. But i have changed my front cover so i have had to change the picture on my contents page.
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Final Front Cover
This is my final front cover of my magazine Defused. I haven't really changed the layout since the last draft. I have just made a few things more bold, so they stand out a little more. I have also changed the colours to a different one in my colour scheme.
First Draft Of My Contents Page
This is the first draft of my contents page. It is pretty basic, and follows my orginal colour scheme, of purple, black, and light and dark pink. It also shows you a copy of the front cover, and the title of the magazine. There is also a letter off the editor, to say what is in this issue and what will be in the next issue.
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Second Draft OF My Front Cover
I haven't really changed much to my second draft. I Have changed my strapline to be able to win 1000 iTunes to download. and added another strapline underneath about "gossip" This is to pull the audience in, so hopefully more people would buy it who likes this sort of magazine. I have also advertised what else is inside by using coverlines, like "The UK Top 40", "Quiz's", "Intervew and Pictures Of Flo" and "All About Chlamydia". This should attract the readers attention and get them to buy it, because there might be something inside that they would want to read but they wouldnt know about it if they hadnt have had looked at the front of the magazine. I have also offered a free gift, off "Morgan Phillips" this is because i would want them to buy my magazine. I have also added the last one of my smaller stories on, and it is about relationship advice. this is to help the teenage girls who buy this magazine, because of the age they are at they will start going out with boys. This is most probably my final design of the magazine as i like the way this front cover is designed.Tuesday, 23 February 2010
First Draft of Front Cover
I have decided to call my magazine Defused, based on the response to my questionnaire. On my front page i have tried to include a mixture of images and text that relate to my target audience. The straplines and text box/speech bubbles all feature simple language and the kind of stories that teenage girls would want to read about. I have used to colour scheme of baby pink, and purple, this is because my magazine is aimed at young teenage girls ranging between 14-18. I think that the colours i have used contrast with one another, allowing them to look nice. My main picture is the picture i liked the most, it is a picture of the new girl band "Flo". it is the biggest picture on the page because that is the main story of the magazine, since they are the new thing, and have their firs interview in the magazine "Defused". I have three littler stories on the bottom of my front cover, this is to advertise what else is in the magazine to attract the readers, because they may not like the main story, but want to know what to do this summer, or the latest celebrity gossip. I haven't yet chosen my third smaller story, but i am thinking that it will be about boyfriend and girlfriend troubles. I have also got a strapline at the top of the page which is attracting the readers attention by offering to win free tickets to Flo's first ever tour. I thought a good price for this magazine would be about £2, i have chosen this by looking at other magazines in the same genre, because you don't want to make your magazine too expensive. if you do it will allow the competing magazines take over, and your reading audience will go to them.
Monday, 8 February 2010
Treatment
Magazine Name: Defused
Target Readership: I have decided to aim my music magazine at girls ranging from 14 - 18year olds, who enjoy listening to R n B music and would like to read about the latest artists/bands coming out. Also Defused will have the latest looks, so young teenage girls can have the latest fashion tips, and find out what is going on in celebrities lifes, and inteviews of new artists/bands. Defused will be a reasonable price, because it is aimed at teenagers that will have either a part time job or a weekend job, so therefore they will not have as much money as people who have full time jobs there age, so i am have my magazine at a cheap price so more people will buy it, this will allow my magazine to become more popular. Defused will also give advice to the target audience.
Form and Style: Defused is an A4 colour magazine filled with purple, black and different shades of pink. Defused will contain the main topic R n B music, fashion, real life problems, the UK's top 40, and the new girl band "Flo". The front cover will be of the new girl band "Flo", who have never been seen in magazines before, and inside the low down on their brand new single. In all the other Defused magazines, the main picture will always be something linked to music, eg. famous singers/bands that have been around for a long time, or a new band just coming out. I will use the same colour scheme everytime, to link each issue to one another. I will show what is inside on the front cover, so the audience will know what to expect whats inside, and so they know they will be getting their moneys worth. This magazine will cost the readers £2.
Themes and Typical Features: Defused will have the typical features of music, sex, fashion, relationships and gossip. The strong features will be lyrics to new songs that have come out. There will also be the UK’s top 40 every week, to keep the audience up to date with the music, and also there will be reviews on new artists, old artists and their music videos etc.
Potential Advertising: There will be a range of companys/brands that will be advertised in Defused. Some of examples of these are, Tampax, New Look, Top Shop and brands like Bench, Superdry etc. The reason why i have chose shops and brands like these is because of my magazine is aimed at young teenage girls, that would want to buy and wear these brands. Also around valentines time, there will be advertisements of where the girls can buy for their valentines.
Editorial Teams: The Editorial Team for Defused, will be mainly women in their early 20’s, so they can relate to the girls. However i will have a few males on the team, so they can show a different opinion. These people will be experienced writers.
Target Readership: I have decided to aim my music magazine at girls ranging from 14 - 18year olds, who enjoy listening to R n B music and would like to read about the latest artists/bands coming out. Also Defused will have the latest looks, so young teenage girls can have the latest fashion tips, and find out what is going on in celebrities lifes, and inteviews of new artists/bands. Defused will be a reasonable price, because it is aimed at teenagers that will have either a part time job or a weekend job, so therefore they will not have as much money as people who have full time jobs there age, so i am have my magazine at a cheap price so more people will buy it, this will allow my magazine to become more popular. Defused will also give advice to the target audience.
Form and Style: Defused is an A4 colour magazine filled with purple, black and different shades of pink. Defused will contain the main topic R n B music, fashion, real life problems, the UK's top 40, and the new girl band "Flo". The front cover will be of the new girl band "Flo", who have never been seen in magazines before, and inside the low down on their brand new single. In all the other Defused magazines, the main picture will always be something linked to music, eg. famous singers/bands that have been around for a long time, or a new band just coming out. I will use the same colour scheme everytime, to link each issue to one another. I will show what is inside on the front cover, so the audience will know what to expect whats inside, and so they know they will be getting their moneys worth. This magazine will cost the readers £2.
Themes and Typical Features: Defused will have the typical features of music, sex, fashion, relationships and gossip. The strong features will be lyrics to new songs that have come out. There will also be the UK’s top 40 every week, to keep the audience up to date with the music, and also there will be reviews on new artists, old artists and their music videos etc.
Potential Advertising: There will be a range of companys/brands that will be advertised in Defused. Some of examples of these are, Tampax, New Look, Top Shop and brands like Bench, Superdry etc. The reason why i have chose shops and brands like these is because of my magazine is aimed at young teenage girls, that would want to buy and wear these brands. Also around valentines time, there will be advertisements of where the girls can buy for their valentines.
Editorial Teams: The Editorial Team for Defused, will be mainly women in their early 20’s, so they can relate to the girls. However i will have a few males on the team, so they can show a different opinion. These people will be experienced writers.
Thursday, 4 February 2010
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
Questionnaire
Please fill in my questionnaire.My Music Magazine is aimed at girls, and the genre of this magazine is R'n'B.
1. What colour should my magazine be?
- Pink and White
- Pink and Yellow
- Other Suggestions
2. What age group should I aim my magazine at?
- Under 12- 13
- 14 - 15
- Over 16
3. How often do you read magazines?
- Once a week
- Twice a week
- Everyday
- Not at all
4. Do you rather looking at the pictures instead of reading?
- Yes
- No
5. Which name do you prefer?
- Infected
- Franchise
- Defused
- Trashed
- Pulse
Thanksss :) x
1. What colour should my magazine be?
- Pink and White
- Pink and Yellow
- Other Suggestions
2. What age group should I aim my magazine at?
- Under 12- 13
- 14 - 15
- Over 16
3. How often do you read magazines?
- Once a week
- Twice a week
- Everyday
- Not at all
4. Do you rather looking at the pictures instead of reading?
- Yes
- No
5. Which name do you prefer?
- Infected
- Franchise
- Defused
- Trashed
- Pulse
Thanksss :) x
Textual Analysis of KERRANG!
The title of this magazine sounds like a guitar; this connects to what genre the magazine is. The audience for Kerrang! would be people who are interested in rock music. The front cover has a colour scheme of black and red. The main title is a different font to the rest of the text, which would allow it to stand out, with the white text on a black background. The picture is the main asset on this cover, because it is in the centre of the magazine. It is a mid close up shot of a man. The main picture connects with the coverlines as the man in the picture is from the band “Guns ‘n’ Roses”. The barcode is in the corner of the magazine, this will make it easier for the person behind the check out to scan it. All of the text is in capitals, which makes it easier for the audience to read, it stands out a lot. There is a red border around the white text to emphasise the important parts of the text.
Textual Analysis of Top Of The Pops
Front Cover -
The main title is in bubble writing placed at the top of the page, they may have used bubble writing to allow the title to stand out, and add an interesting feature to this front cover. The middle part of this writing is covered up by the main picture which would need to see the magazines whole title because they will associate the pictures with what sort of magazine it is, especially when you have all singers on the front cover. The colour of Cheryl's top is white which, goes with the colour scheme of this magazine. This magazines main colour is pink; this will be because it is quite a girly magazine. It advertises the fact that they have posters inside to make young children who "fancie" these celebrities to want to buy it, so they can have their pictures on their wall. The use of "JLS SIGNED HOODIE" this is a quote off the magazines cover to lure the target audience in, this is also in a different font, so it stands out. They have also used abbrievations such as "OMG", this relates to the way teenagers/young children speak these days.
The main title is in bubble writing placed at the top of the page, they may have used bubble writing to allow the title to stand out, and add an interesting feature to this front cover. The middle part of this writing is covered up by the main picture which would need to see the magazines whole title because they will associate the pictures with what sort of magazine it is, especially when you have all singers on the front cover. The colour of Cheryl's top is white which, goes with the colour scheme of this magazine. This magazines main colour is pink; this will be because it is quite a girly magazine. It advertises the fact that they have posters inside to make young children who "fancie" these celebrities to want to buy it, so they can have their pictures on their wall. The use of "JLS SIGNED HOODIE" this is a quote off the magazines cover to lure the target audience in, this is also in a different font, so it stands out. They have also used abbrievations such as "OMG", this relates to the way teenagers/young children speak these days.
Saturday, 23 January 2010
Action Plan
Week one
- Write action plan
- textual analysis for music magazine cover and contents
Week two
- questionnaire
- pick the type of music magazine eg. Pop rock
- pick name
Week three
- mock designs
- photo shoots
Week four
- carry on with photo shoot
Week five
- start designing
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