Title of Magazine: I thought of a variety of names to use as I title but decided I wanted something short and memorable.
Mis-en-scene of images: In most of my images I decided to have a on stage setting. For example, my front cover main image I actually took photos of a friend whilst he played on stage in front of an audience. This made the setting more realistic rather than looking fake and set up.
Costumes and props: I asked the people I used in the photos to dress in certain ways. For example, the person I used for the front cover I asked to dress wearing red and black which I thought reflected my audiences dress wear.
People: I used the people I thought looked like they could be in a band. I also used a friend who is actually in a band which my audience would like therefore I anticipated that I would be able to take action shots of him on stage.
Title font and style: I looked at a variety of fonts during the research of magazines (see research) and decided on a font called “Defused” for my title font as I thought it resembled the Kerrang title font which I liked.
Written content: For my double page spread instead of writing my own interview I actually asked another member of my friend questions via windows messenger and asked her to reply as she would in person fillers and everything. I did this in attempt to create a more realistic interview as I could actually ask about their band and their music.
Music genre: My music genre is mainly light rock and I reflected this through the people I used and I also through other images such as the fist on the front cover suggesting that the audience have a love for music. The fact that the Leeds Festival is advertised at the front is a real example of the music genre due to the music that is played their being the type of music that a Nero reader would like.
Layout: I tried to make a lively looking front cover through the use of rotations of text and slanted boxes from the corners of the screen. I also tried to make sure I had no empty space so that there was enough information to interest the reader.
2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
3.What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
I have chosen Future Publishing as being the best media institution that might distribute my media dues to the institution being experienced in different types of magazines. However, if Bauer didn’t have Kerrang as one of their magazines which would have caused competition under the distributor I would have chosen Bauer as my institution due to Kerrang being so successful and Kerrang also being a very similar magazine to mine both in audience and style.
4.Who would be the audience for your media product?
The audience of my magazine is aimed at older teenagers and adults in their early 20’s. My magazine is also aimed at those who like a variety of genres but are mainly interested in “light rock”.
These two people are examples of my target audience.5.How did you attract/address your audience?
I attracted my audience through use of the colours black, red and yellow. The red and black colours being the most likely colours that would be the audience’s favourite colours and the colours they would dress in. The yellow to contrast with the red and create a lively appearance which would be eye catching to the audience. I also used the main picture of a teenager of their style and personality playing guitar on stage to attract the audience I aimed for as they could relate to the pictures and would know they like the style of music presented by the main image.
6.What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
Many different kinds of technology are used throughout the process of making a magazine. Some of these may be online or basic computer technology such as BlogSpot, Photoshop CS4, Publisher, Facebook and also PowerPoint.
I learned how to use a camera in different locations.I also learned how to use the camera whilst it is connected to a lighting facility.
7. Looking back at your preliminary task (the school magazine task), what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?
Looking back at my preliminary I can see that firstly my knowledge of using Photoshop pro has improved because at first I felt very limited to what I could do on it as I had never used it before. I have learnt a lot of things such as the 3 colour rule, making sure that my font and colours are legible against the background and also the positioning of different parts on the magazine. After I had finished making my magazine front cover I changed the text of the leeds festival advertisement because before hand it wasn't legible when it had been printed. This is an example of how I have learned from the prelim.
8.How has feedback helped?
Feedback has helped a lot because if I was to change anything about my magazine I know have the opinions of others and how they think I could improve my work. I recorded a few people discussing my work.
I also have comments from facebook about my work.
Front cover
Contents Page
Double Page Spread
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