Friday, 16 March 2012
Question 7
Question 4 & 5
Who would be the audience for your media product?The target audience for my magazine will be 16-21 year olds, mixed gender and who are reading the magazine because they are interested in music, I who their 'Icons' have been successful.
As my magazines genre is a alternative/indie-rock and many more sub genres, I want to attract people who are into this music and also attract people who want to know more, But this doesn't just limit it to that range or music, some weeks there will be articles about hip-hop artists, pop artists and much more, just to keep a wide range of people interested to buy the magazine.
Some of the other things my typical target audience will enjoy, its playing music, going to gigs - so I put included in my contents page that I am going to included gig reviews and up to date music.
They watch T.V, interested in social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Myspace.
But also have a wide range of activities and hobbies, such as football and reading.
I hope to embed these interests into the magazine, so they can have shared cultural values and read things other than music.
How did you attract/address your audience?
To start question 5 I asked my class several questions about my magazine, and got feedback about what they liked and what they thought I could improve and develop.
Here is my questionnaire:
1. Do you think the magazine is reasonably priced?
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2. For a magazine which has a genre of indie/rock and alternative music do you think the main image suits this genre? and do you think it is appealing for both men and women who are 16-21 years old?
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3. Do you think the color scheme I have used for the front page, contents page and double page spread is suitable for the magazine genre?
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4. Is there anything I could improve throughout my front page, contents page and double page spread?
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I got lots of feedback from the people in my class, I asked people who would be classed as my target audience so I could get a accurate and unbiased responses. I asked ten people and I have briefed it down:
10/10 people thought that my magazine was reasonably priced and that the main image suits my genre of magazine and that the color scheme suited my magazine genre.
The things they said I could improve on is add more detail about what's inside the magazine.
The various design elements I have incorporated is to appeal to my audience is doing things such as the big artist that is going to be included in my magazine is in a big font, which will stand out to my audience and make them want to read on.
Question 3
Copy of Copy of What Kind of Media Institution might distribute your media product and why? on Prezi
IPC publish NME and as our target audiences are similar and my magazine is inspired on NME magazine, I definitely think would be a good distributor for my magazine, they are a well established company and could help make my magazine more popular due to there previous success.
IPC publish NME and as our target audiences are similar and my magazine is inspired on NME magazine, I definitely think would be a good distributor for my magazine, they are a well established company and could help make my magazine more popular due to there previous success.
Question 1
In what ways does your product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
I think my media product does all three, it uses, develops and challenges the typical forms and conventions of real media products.
I think my magazine definitely challenges the codes and conventions of real media products, when I think of alternative music magazines, I think of quite busy, with a range of color, with lots of adverts and promotions on it, but I wanted to portray my magazine as professional as possible, it quite plain, but the main attraction of the magazine is the main image. The model has red hair and I want it to come across as the magazine is about the MUSIC. If you compare my magazine front cover to a typical media product they can come across quite different. The magazine displayed on the right has lots of text scattered around the frame of the picture with lots of sub-headings. But in my magazine I have tried to keep the sub-headings to a minimum as I want the reader to pick it up of the shelf and want to read more, There is quotations of articles inside, which I think is not that common in music magazines.
But then I do think my magazine is part of new type of magazine, where less is more. Magazines like NME are starting to do it, when having a huge artist on the front cover is enough for people to go buy the magazine. But all together my magazine as a whole has most of the typical conventions of magazine, it has a main title which is ICON, I wanted the name to have a recognizable logo + a famous singer on my front page, which will be appealing to the audience.
The magazine I got most of my inspiration from was NME, the magazine below.
In this media product, I have used the same sort of design, concept of the NME magazine (to the right). In subheadings, both mine and the other magazine have a quotation of the article included, we both have a list of artists included inside the magazine, and have a similar font.
So to conclude, my magazine both challenges and develops real media products.
I think my media product does all three, it uses, develops and challenges the typical forms and conventions of real media products.
I think my magazine definitely challenges the codes and conventions of real media products, when I think of alternative music magazines, I think of quite busy, with a range of color, with lots of adverts and promotions on it, but I wanted to portray my magazine as professional as possible, it quite plain, but the main attraction of the magazine is the main image. The model has red hair and I want it to come across as the magazine is about the MUSIC. If you compare my magazine front cover to a typical media product they can come across quite different. The magazine displayed on the right has lots of text scattered around the frame of the picture with lots of sub-headings. But in my magazine I have tried to keep the sub-headings to a minimum as I want the reader to pick it up of the shelf and want to read more, There is quotations of articles inside, which I think is not that common in music magazines.
But then I do think my magazine is part of new type of magazine, where less is more. Magazines like NME are starting to do it, when having a huge artist on the front cover is enough for people to go buy the magazine. But all together my magazine as a whole has most of the typical conventions of magazine, it has a main title which is ICON, I wanted the name to have a recognizable logo + a famous singer on my front page, which will be appealing to the audience.
In this media product, I have used the same sort of design, concept of the NME magazine (to the right). In subheadings, both mine and the other magazine have a quotation of the article included, we both have a list of artists included inside the magazine, and have a similar font.
So to conclude, my magazine both challenges and develops real media products.
Friday, 9 March 2012
Contents Page
This is my contents page for the music magazine ICON. It has still got a lot of work to do, but I want to evaluate it more so I have a clear understanding of what I need to improve. I've based my contents page similar to the NME contents page. I've used black, red and white fronts, and big bold shapes to make the page stand out and look more alternative.
I need to add more pictures to the page as it is looking quite bland and boring. Other than that I think the content and the editing suits the genre of my magazine.
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