Main task; The front page, contents sand double page spread of a new music music magazine. All images and text used must be original, produced by you - minimum of four images.
Research
Genre;
This magazine is a pop music magazine. There are similar magazines to this are top of the pops. This magazine extends to other types of media for example they have their own radio station, television channel and website. The musical genres that are represented in this magazine are pop and new music for example like girls aloud, sugar babes and The Saturdays. There are other musical genres which are not in this magazine for example punk rock, classical, country, Electronic, Latin and gospel folk music. These can be found in other magazines like ‘Q’, ‘Kerrang’ and ‘NME’ which would include rock and punk rock music. The stylistic features which identify the genre are the colours, the text and the images of the bands and singers who sing pop music. Also the content that is found in this magazine is typical of the genre because it is all about pop music and bands and singers which sing pop music.
Media language;
The fonts that are used on the cover of this magazine are large and bold, some is italic and there is also some small text that is used. These are used to advertise the important and less important parts of the magazine. The size of the text is all different like the mast head is bold and large so it stands out. And the text that overlays a picture is in bold but slightly smaller so it shows who they are, or what the picture is about. But then this inside contents is always smaller than the rest so that the buyer can just glance quickly at what is inside the magazine. The colours that are used are bias towards a female audience. Because the colour is pink and it will attract females more. Plus there is no other colour on the magazine that would appeal to a male audience. The photos that are used are mainly of women but the main image on the cover is of a male. The that are used are to advertise what stars get up to, new songs/bands that are out, how to look like stars and also what the stars feel about other or their relationships. The stars that are used are ones that are new out, in the pop industry also stars that are coming back into the pop industry. There is not a great range a mixed gender on the cover there is seven pictures and only two of them are of males and the rest are.
Planning my own music magazine.
Music genre.
The music genre my magazine will focus on is popular music (pop), and modern/new music. The key features of this music genre are the photo’s of the artist’s and bands which sing this type of music. And the text about the music and new albums. The magazines that already cover this genre are smash hits. The features that are in the magazine that show who its target audience are the text size and colours. Also the layout plus the images show its target audience. I could put additional features in my magazine to make it stand out and are not already marketed to appeal to my target audience could be different images bold and bright text and so on.
target audience;
My main target audience is going to be people aged 12 – 19. the target audience would expect the music genre to be more about what they want to see and would be interested in. plus also the colours would have to appeal to them. I am going to appeal to this target audience by using images, colours and music that is about pop music and modern/new music which most people between this age group listen to. The magazine will also attract them by been simple and colourful plus filled with images on the cover rather than text. I will make this magazine profitable by making it appeal to its target audience
Front covers and Contents page mock up's.
Final Magazine
The music magazine I have designed and created use’s convention’s of real media products because on the front cover I have used a large scale picture to emphases the main part of the magazine as do real media product’s to catch the audience’s eye. Also the masthead I have created and designed is bigger than the rest of the text on the magazine cover so that the audience know what the magazine is called and has an idea of what’s inside. I have also looked and analyzed music magazine cover’s and followed the layout’s to produce my magazine for example I have placed my masthead at the top and made the picture the focal point of the cover. I also used a house style throughout my magazine this would then be used on the other pages in y magazine if it were real. I also used a colour theme which real media product’s use and use in their other issue’s so there magazine is recognized, the colour theme I have used is bight yellow and red switching the combination of the two and black. Also in my double page spread I have split my writing into columns which is also used in real media product’s to make the text more appealing and easy to understand, also it doesn’t look like there is loads of writing so the readers want to read the text.
I have developed my masthead further because I have used a slightly different style of text than the ordinary bold heading, I have chosen the style Broadway and then used the same text in a different colour and over lapped the text to form my masthead. I have also developed the idea of borders around the edge of the magazine to make the cover look my interesting and catch the audience’s eye, I used the idea of borders but then added two at one side of different colours’s to enclose all the text on the cover rather than putting two at separate sides. Also I developed the idea of symbols because some magazines uses a symbol to create a letter in their masthead I took this idea and made a musical note to put next to the masthead to show that the magazine is about, I did this in the same way I did the masthead its self but swapped the colour over lap around.
I have challenged the real media music magazines because the majority are now set to one genre of music, the ones that I have analyzed are, I have challenged this idea because I have set my magazine to cover a Varity of music, so that it reaches out to a wider audience rather than a set audience.
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
The music I have chosen to be represented in my magazine is a Varity mainly focusing on a younger audience to middle age social group. It focuses on the younger audience by having popular and new music advertised on the cover, this is more their music because they are interested in the new songs and what bands are coming out next, also the tour dates and interview appeal to them because they like to know the latest gossip and all the next gigs to their favorite bands. It also appeals to the middle aged audience by having the focal point of the cover about an artist coming back this appeals to them because they will have listened to the artist before and be interested in when they will be bringing out a new single and tour dates ect. Also the fact it has bands like ‘Take That’ because there is information about a band that has reformed and the audience want to know more. Also the colours repreasent social groups because they stand out as individual’s just like the artisit’s and bands in the magazine and the audience reading and buying the magazine.
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
I would like to think that universal music group would be interested because they reach a wide audience all over the world and are interested in all the new band and artists also by having tour dates in the magazine if ‘Universal Music Group’ is the record label of that artist they will be making more money and so the magazine it’s self by reaching out to wider audience. If I were to go to a record company that dose a totally different genre of music would be defeating the object because the magazine wouldn’t be making a profit or reaching out to the correct audience. There would also be hard competion in the music business, for example ‘NME’ would be a hard music magazine to compete with because the magazine is jam packed with new music and comes out once a week, but also the ‘NME magazine reaches out to different audience than this music magazine, but they are both all about the new music that is out. It would be a competition of who get’s it out first. Although ‘NME’ does have a set audience this music magazine does reach part of that audience too by having some music from that genre in the magazine. But by having the ‘Universal Music Group’ to distribute this magazine could help with the everyday competition.
What would be the audience of your media product?
The audience for my media product is males and females aged 13-40 I have selected this audience because I don’t have to worry to much about the music and information put in the magazine because there is a wide age range and that means it’s a variety of music genres. Also I don’t have to be real careful about the colours used and the house style and also the pictures used throughout the magazine.
How did you attract/address your audience?
I attracted the audience by the colours I used in the masthead and down the side of the magazine cover, I selected these because they appeal to everyone not just a certain age or gender.
I addressed my audience by the language I used and the way the magazine its self is set out. Also by following and using the correct convention’s used in a music magazine. I have named the magazine ‘Base Beats’ because the name is an alliteration and also sounds appealing, also the name tells the audience that the magazine is about base music and beat’s which in the way I have chosen to appeal it to all types of music. I also chose the colour theme yellow, red and black to attract my audience because of the bright colours to catch their eye, and also because the colours are mutual they don’t just appeal to one set gender they appeal to both. Also I chose just to use black text to create the professional touch, but put the headings and important text in red or yellow, so that these bits stand out to the audience. I have used two types of text ‘ Arial and Broadway’ to keep the house style throughout and make the magazine have profession rather than use loads of different font’s. I have placed the images in these certain place so that the larger ones become the focal point and stand out to the audience and attract them to the magazine, I haven’t edited them too much, the only thing I have done is cut them out of their original background so that I can chose my own. When asking members of the audience I got mainly positive feedback, because people were saying they would by this magazine there selves, but however I also did get some negative feedback with people saying the questions on my double page spread were too big, and made it look like I hadn’t written much, and the pictures on the contents page were all over the place and made it look messy. So I then changed everything and asked for feedback and they said they liked my new changes.
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
I have learnt a lot throughout making this magazine, I have mainly learnt how to use Photoshop to my advantage because I can now cut out a picture by picking out the colours so that I just have the object I want left. Also I learnt how to feather my pictures so I can have my photo’s over lapping each other without them looking rubbish. The photographs I took and edited are more developed than the college magazine I did, because I learnt properly this time how to cut pictures away from their backgrounds. I have also learnt how to use Microsoft publisher more advanced by learning how to overlap text and pictures, also by placing border’s, text and images exactly where I want them to be, I have learnt how to use this programme to its full potential by listening and been shown how to use all the different features, and taking onboard what everyone has said and using it to my advantage.
Looking back at your Preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full project?
By looking back at the Preliminary task I can see that the magazine cover look’s rushed and unfinished, even though I did spend a lot of time effort on the college magazine. But because I now know how to use DTP and Photoshop to their full potential helped me create a professional and finished look. Also I have used up al the space provided and made the magazine look more effective and professional.
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