In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of

Real media products?

The use of a clear heading

The name of the

Main artist who

is the main attraction

being the most obvious

thing

The other stories

of the magazine

along the side Barcode

Masthead

Many of the music

magazines seem to

have the red and white

colour scheme, I also

used this colour

scheme

The Focus Point

The colour schemes are simple

but affective and are used in the

right way. The focus point of the

powerful shot of the woman

being the main attraction I think

is used quite often and usually

draws in a lot of attention and a

good audience

Original ideas

At first I started with trying to

have a really simple picture

with minimalistic style.

But then I needed to make

room for my stories to be

advertised to entice the

reader

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

My magazine represents young

women ultimately, but also young

men who have interests within

fashion as well as a broad spectrum

of music.

The use of a girl being on the front page

and the headline

being about another woman artist and

the competition being

between the two.

Younger women around the ages of

15-25.

For people who don’t particularly

have a specific genre of music they

enjoy but they like to explore and

develop their knowledge in others.

There is also a need for

fashion within this

magazine, as the hint of

fashion is reflected in

the use of clothing on

the main feature picture.

This could enhance the

social group to young

people who not only like

music but also fashion

and like to link the two.

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Many commercial shops that young

women will go into may distribute my

media product as this is where the

customer interested in my magazine

will go to get products that could

compliment what is within my

magazine. My magazine is based on

music but It also looks at the fashion

side of the music industry.

Although this is not where music magazines

are primarily sold it is a new and seeming to be

an effective strategy used by magazine

empires over the last few years. It allows

someone who is so used to a certain way to

allow themselves to be opened up to some

variety, in the most unexpected place.

More conventional places for the

magazine to be distributed would

be places such as...

One of the only music shops still left

thanks to new technologies being

introduced which allows consumers to get

there needs and wants elsewhere.

Smaller music distributors

would be good for my

magazine as it does not have a

specific genre of music, so it

allows more of a variety of

markets instead of a niche

market who like a specific type

of music.

Bauer MediaThis is one of the UK’s leading companies,

which explores and is involved in such as

magazines, music channels, radio and TV.

Their women’s magazines

These radio and TV

stations that Bauer

media are involved in

reflect the type of

audience I want to see

my magazine and I

think this type of media

organisation would

distribute my product

well due to its high

profile within the media

and how it has similar

work to what I am

presenting.

This organisation produces over 60 iconic media

brands, with print alone reaching almost two thirds

of UK women and 42% of the UK men.

The fact that this company

also has a huge majority

of its market allows my

product to not just be used

and sold as a woman’s

magazine as males at this

time are also into fashion

and have just as much

influence and interest in

fashion and music

This company has the mass printing of

women's magazines, with women

being my demographic and major

market of my magazine, hence why

my magazine is preliminary based on

what young women want to read

within a music magazine but also

having a sense of fashion.

This is the reason I think IPC Media would be good too distribute my

magazine as it has a broad market instead of having one specific niche

market. They sell too both sexes who I think would be very interested in

purchasing my product.

IPC Media Magazines

Who would be the audience for your media product?

Young people who have an interest in both

music and fashion.

The main audience stereotypically would be younger

females and gay men due to the use of so much

womanly themes throughout and how most pages are

on women and how they are as artists.

Men within the music industry or a man who

likes music and likes to know what is going on

and the upcoming artists may also read this

magazine and is it has many exclusive

interviews and forward thinking within the

music industry.

How did you attract/ address your audience?

The use of a young woman

being the main focus of this

magazine from the very first

glance that the audience will

see it showed that the

magazine is highly female

based. Also with the majority

of the stories on the outside

being about women and very

woman orientated this

expresses the audience from

the get go.

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of

constructing this product?

The use of Photoshop has been a huge

part in the production of my magazine,

especially for editing and enhancing my

pictures to create a more professional

feel to them.

The camera was probably one of the most

important technology used in my

magazine, this allowed me to get the shot I

wanted in order to show exactly what my

magazine is all about.

The internet has been a major part in the

research part of my magazine. This is

where I experimented with different

pictures with just a title at the very

beginning of this process.

It also allowed me too find successful

music magazines that I could base my

magazine on in order to make it as

successful as possible.

The use of publisher was also very

important as this is where my production

was changed for the better and finally

completed. It allowed me to place my

magazine next to a successful one and

use ideas from it to develop my

magazine.

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you

have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

From looking back at my original

task I have developed how colour

affects the mood of the entire

magazine and how it is such a big

part of the brand identity.

I have also noticed that my

preliminary task was a lot more

simple whereas the use of

technology and different ideas

has developed for my music

magazine.

In my preliminary task I went with what I wanted

to do and did not do much research into

magazines that are successful that was

completely different in this task as i looked at

other magazine in the same genre to see what

makes them successful, comparing and

contrasting what was within them that may make

them so successful

I also focused more on the main picture of the

magazine and tried to make it similar to the

type of pictures you would see on the front of a

magazine for music that also brought an

element of fashion just like what my magazine

is about.