4. I have used fonts
and colours that
conform towards
the rock/pop
5.
6. The image used on the
front cover shows the
attitude of rock/pop and
shows clearly that it is a
music magazine as the
model is holding a
7.
8. Like in the cover of Adele the
model on my magazine
cover has a serious face
which reflects their music
and portrays them in a
serious light to shows that
they take their music
9.
10. I have used a plain
background in my
magazine, which
shows doesn't
distract from the
11.
12. Like with Rolling Stone I
have placed my
coverlines down one
side of the magazine,
so that the cover isn't
appear crowded and
13.
14. I have also enlarged the
name of the music artist
and made the name stand
out on the page so that
the readership audience
are drawn in to read about
the artist featured on the
15.
16. Unlike with he Rolling Stone
cover I have added a stroke
to the coverlines, masthead,
the artists name and the
selling line to make it stand
out form the page, where as
with the Rolling Stone cover
they have only done it with
17.
18. 2. How does your media product
represent particular social groups?
19. My music magazine is
targeted towards young
adults as they are the
generation that are more
likely to read and be in to
the pop/rock genre.
20.
21. The cover from rolling
stone magazine, clearly
sells their article to
young adults and even
possibly towards
teenagers.
22.
23. I have taken inspiration from
his and tries to make the
article like this and tried to
make my cover like this so
that it is appropriate for the
intended target audience.
24. I have aimed this magazine
at young adults as thy are
the generation that would
prefer pop/rock compared
to other age groups as it is
more suited to them.
25. For this I have made the article
look interesting, without
looking cluttered and busy, like
an article from ‘Kerrang!’. I
have based my article on
something that is more
like, Rolling Stone Magazine or
Q magazine.
26. The main image of the article is aimed
more towards young adults The model
in the main image looks empowered
holding the guitar. This breaks
conventions compared to how women
are normally portrayed in music
magazines. Women are objectified in
music magazines, in order to sell the
magazines to a male audience.
27. What kind of media institution might
distribute your media product and why?
28. The kinds of institutions that
distribute magazines are
publishers. IPC Media are one
of the leading institutions in the
UK.
29.
30. They are used as publishers by
NME and Guitar & Bass, which are
partially the genre of people who
read my type of magazine.
IPC Media are a well-known
publisher; 26 million adults in the
UK read a magazine that is
published by IPC media.
31.
32.
33. The kinds of distribution
methods that publish
companies use would be
putting new magazines in
various popular retailers like
WHSmiths and newsagents, so
that all of the target audiences
will be reached.
34.
35. As well as these various retail
places, big supermarkets such
as Tesco, Morrisons, Saisburys
and Asda.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40. Visual versions of the
magazine, and having an online
magazine are also other ways of
selling the magazine.
41.
42. 4. Who would be the audience for
your media product?
43. When I was creating my
magazine I was aware of who
my target audience was and
took all of my decisions for my
magazine into consideration
when I was designing the layout
and designing for my contents,
article and front page.
44. In order to make magazine
suitable to the audience I also
had to consider age, gender and
culture. After I had designed my
front cover I decided that I was
going to keep the rest of the
magazine in the same style with
similar colours and fonts.
45.
46. I took their lifestyle into
consideration as well, basing the
cost of my magazine on their
lifestyle so that it would fit into
their monthly costs. I did this
because I didn’t want the reader to
e deterred by the price in order to
read something that they would
enjoy.
47.
48. I made sure that my model
wasn’t showing too much skin
on the cover so that it would
widen the target audience in
different cultures. However my
music magazine would appeal
more to Americans and the
British.
53. Adam listens to Pop/Rock music
so would be into my genre of
magazine, and would read my
magazine. The genre of band
that are involved in the magazine
are pop/rock bands so there
would be bands like Avicci,
Paramore and Linkin’ Park.
56. To attract the audience for my
magazine, I tried to attract the
audience through the
fonts, colours and images of my
magazine, in order to make it
look interesting and make you
look back and take an interest I
the magazine.
57.
58. My target audience would
be interested by blacks,
whites and greys and with a
bold colours standing out of
the page. They would also
be interested by bold fonts
a well.
59.
60. Also to interest the
audience so they would
buy the magazine
again, I made the article
within the magazine
interesting as well.
61.
62. 6. What have you learnt about
technologies from the process of
constructing this product?
