Sophie Griffiths AS media studies coursework

1./ In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

My music magazine develops the codes and conventions of a real music magazine.

I have chosen the Indie genre because I am familiar with Indie music and read indie magazines .

Screen grabs available if unable to see slideshow.

2./ How does your media represent particular groups?

I have represented Indie fans in a positive way, I think I have shown them as being very dedicated to there music and listening to it truthfully. I have also represented them as not being afraid to be a huge fan (in my double page spread) the bigger the fan the better you are for my magazine.My main image may connote that they are very serious when it comes to music and take it seriously. The other pictures I have used in my magazine, I have made them seem very nice, friendly just like normal people, rather than the rock, emo stereotype they are usually connected with.

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

Information on EMAP: ''East Midland Allied Press' EmapLimited is a British media company, specialising in the production of business-tusiness-to-business portfolio including:Architects' Journal,Architectural Review,Broadcast, Co-business magazines, and the organisation of business events and conference.It has 59 magazines in its bonstruction News,Drapers, Health Service Journal, Local Government Chronicle, Nursing Times,Retail Week, Recycling & Waste Management andScreen International.'

'Information on IPC media :' IPC Media (formerly International Publishing Company ltd) is one of the United Kingdom's leading consumer magazine and digital publishers, with a large portfolio selling over 350 million copies each year.IPC Media groups titles under five magazine divisions: Connect (women's weeklies such as Now Magazine and Look), Inspire (leisure and specialist), Ignite! (men's lifestyle and entertainment), SouthBank (women's lifestyle and home interest) and TX (portfolio of television titles). In addition, there is Marketforce, the UK's leading magazine distribution business. '

`Information on BAUER MEDIA: 'The Bauer Media Group (Bauer Verlagsgruppe) is a large German publishing company based in Hamburg, which operates in 15 countries worldwide.Bauer Verlagsgruppe is managed by four generations of the Bauer family. Originally a small printing house, The Bauer Publishing Group has grown into a worldwide publishing company. The Bauer Publishing Group comprises 282 magazines worldwide in 15 countries, as well as TV and radio stations.'

all Sources from www.Wikipedia.org

Out of these three media institutions I think that BAUER MEDIA would distribute my magzine because they do well in publishing by publishing 3 well known music magazines; Q, Mojo and Kerrang! spreading these over 15 countries worldwide. they are also very succesful with other well know magazines like; Closer, GRAZIA, heat and more!

these are some of the magazines produced by Bauer Media

4./ Who would be the audience for your media product?

My target audience for my magazine is 17-24 year olds.

Sam, Vicky and Lauren
Ages: S:22 V:23 L:20
Hobbies : going out, socialising, going to gigs/concerts, listening to music, work.

Abi
Age:18
Hobbies: horse-riding, listening to music, watching films, going out with friends.

Pip
Age: 16
Hobbies: Horse-Riding, Going out, School, Music.

Amy
Age:17
Hobbies: Music, movies, Going out, spending time with her Family.

these are all examples of my target audience.

5./ How did you attract/address your audience?
I asked someone from my target audience range to look at my Front cover, Contents page and Double page spread, and asked different questions. I recorded her answers using my mobile phone.

6./What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

I would say my skills have improved because I can help others in the class with the programme's confidently, as well as using them confidently myself. Because I can access and know what tools are and where they are I do not need to ask for a lot of help , and if i do need help using the programmes i do not hestitate to ask.

Opening Photoshop

Changing effects on text.

Using the Lasso tool.

moving objects around e.g text.

highlighting and changing text.

moving pictures.

creating a drop capital.

resizing text boxes.

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7./ Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learned in the progression from it to the full product?

Picture of music magazine front and contents

Before I started to make my music magazine I was asked to make a preliminary Front Cover and Contents page. There are a lot of difference's to both magazines because I have gained more skills throughout the process. At the beginning of the year when we first started our preliminary task, we had already used photoshop so we were familiar on how to use it , but we were introduced to Quark which we had never been taught before. I have learnt more about how to construct a magazine and the layout. The codes and conventions have also become clearer to me as I understand what would be seen in a magazine e.g layout, pictures , how many fonts. I believe my skills have gotten stronger from when I did the preliminary task to now.

Plan for Evaluation

1. In what ways does your media product use conventions of a real media product?
-2 real magazines compare with my magazine.
- Annotate.
-Take still images.
-Zoomed in on specific areas?

2. How does your media represent particular groups?
-Image of a person from my targeted Genre or video.
-a real indie magazine and mine, ask which one looks better.

3. What kind of media institution might distribute my media product and why?
Bauer, Ipc & EMAP, talk about some magazines, picture and videos.
-Pictures of most successful and close to my genre

4. Who would be the audience for you media product?
Still images of different people, profile of the type of people.

5. How did you attract, address your audience?
-voice record and video reacord of asking target audience
-my magazine
-Another magazine
-ask questions
6. What have you learned about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
-Photos,-
-screen grabs of process, how I made it better.
-Collage of tools.
-Logo of quark and Photoshop.

7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learned in the progression from it to the full product?
-Photos of school magazine and music magazine
-how have I improved, same with contents-
-video record of using material.

Discussion about picture