2. 1. In what way does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
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3. 1. In what way does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
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4. 1. In what way does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
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and genre the magazine/article is about
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5. 2. How does your media product represent particular social
groups?
Drake and my front cover photo are
both Medium Close-up shots and
are both posing with their heads
slightly to the side, with Drake
looking into the camera and my
cover photo looking slightly off.
They are both wearing caps to fit in
with the Hip-Hop/R&B genre, with
my front cover image cap reading
“OBEY”
emphasising the type of genre
even more.
I have chosen to compare this
I've made my front cover model have a similar sort of pose picture of Drake from ‘VIBE’
as Drake as I’ve seen it’s obviously quite effective and magazine in my Task 5 with the
works great on the front cover of the ‘VIBE’ magazine. front cover photo from my
The magazine genre is based upon followers of my magazine to explain how my
R&B/Hip-Hop/Dubstep and Drum and Bass genre, however magazine represents a particular
the front cover of the magazine is mostly representing the social group, in this case being
R&B/Hip-Hop genre and has stereotyped the genre. Hip-Hop/R&B
6. 3. What kind of Media Institution might distribute your
Media Product and Why?
IPC Media (The International Publishing The source is the world’s second longest
Corporation Ltd) produces over 60 iconic media running rap periodical, behind UK-based “Hip-
brands and with print alone reaching almost two Hop connection”, with the current president of
thirds of UK women and 42% of UK men, the publication being Jeremy Miller.
almost 26 million UK adults, while the websites It’s grown to the point of being called “The Bible
reach over 20 million users every month. of Hip-Hop,” which is why it would be perfect for
Bauer and IPC share similar subgenres, costs, my magazine.
advertising agencies, with via radio or If my magazine was to get published, I would
subscription details, as the majority of readers like to have it produced by someone similar to
are British, but would be inappropriate to this type of magazine as it’s the same sort of
distribute my magazine because similar genre, and on the Dubstep/Drum and Bass
magazines such as “VIBE” and “XXL” don’t fit in genre, there are not many magazines on this
with the genres and there’s not a current official sort of genre.
magazine distributing the types of genre I have My magazine appeals to a younger hip-
used combined, and IPC Media distributes hop/R&B audience as well as the
magazines such as “Kerrang!”, therefore they Dubstep/Drum and Bass genre so it’d be likely
wouldn’t distribute it, but distributors of Hip-Hop/ that they would distribute something along the
R&B magazines may distribute it because my lines of my media magazine.
magazine is similar to “VIBE”.
Vibe is a music and entertainment magazine
founded by producer Quincy Jones. The
publication predominantly features R&B and
hip-hop music artists, actors and other
entertainers.
7. 4. Who Would Be The Audience For Your Media Product
My target audience for my magazine is aged 14-20 year olds male and female, but
slightly bias to males as I feel more males listen to Dubstep/Drum and Bass and
R&B/Hip-Hop.
The typical reader of my magazine will love listening to music a lot of the time
whether they’re doing coursework or out with their mates.
The social class of my target audience would be roughly C1-B as they’re likely to
spend their money on magazines, and C2/D wouldn’t really seem the type to
purchase magazines.
The target audience I have described wouldn’t typically be followers of mainstream,
although the music genres in my magazine have the R&B/Hip-Hop genre, I also
have the Dubstep and Drum and Bass genre which isn’t in a lot of magazines in
shops and differs from most of them as you wouldn’t normally mix these genres
together, but after the research in the earlier Tasks I found out that it’s very popular
with the 14-20 age group and that combining them would open up a wider range of
audience.
8. 5. How does your media product represent particular social
groups?
