Coursework
- 1. AS Media Studies: Coursework Evaluation Amanpreet Kaur
- 2. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products • In my magazine I used a variety of images as we had to use four of our own images. When researching other R&B magazines such as ‘Billboard’ I found that they had an image on the front cover, at least two or more on the double page spread and a couple on the contents page. Researching other magazines helped me create and layout my magazine as I researched magazines that are quite popular such as ‘Billboard’ and what persuades people to buy it. •
- 3. • For the masthead of my magazine I used alliteration ‘Music Matters’ to make it more memorable and catchy. I made it stand out by making the font big and bold. The magazine that I focused on most when I was doing my research was ‘Billboard’ as it is an R&B magazines which is very well known and popular. The masthead for Billboard stands out as it is big and bold which makes it noticeable which is why I wanted to mine to be big and bold so it grabs the audience’s attention. Also from the questionnaire I did a majority of people chose Music Matters to be there favourite.
- 4. The Genre • The genre of my magazine is R&B as it’s the type of music I like listening to. Also an R&B magazine with is very popular called ‘Billboard’ which I researched a lot whilst making my magazine so I have an idea of why people enjoy reading it an what makes them buy it.
- 5. Cover Lines • The cover lines on the front cover of my magazine link to the main image which will be of a new R&B duo. I will included rhetorical question for the cover lines on my magazine cover, to make the readers think and to persuade them to read my magazine. I have used a rhetorical question on the cover of my magazine which says 'Do you want to apply for next year’s XFactor?’ I included this rhetorical question as the magazine is to do with music and also to engage the readers, making them want to buy my magazine. •
- 6. Colours • The colours I used were blue and pink for the text on my magazine as my background was black and it contrasted well which makes the text stand out on the black background. Also, the Billboard magazine which I researched I found that there was not a lot of colour used as otherwise it looks overcrowded with too much going on, which Is why I only used two or three colours consistently throughout my magazine. •
- 7. How does your media product represent particular social groups? • I think my media product persuades a younger social groups as the artists that sing R&B are quite young and mostly aim their music at a young generation. Also the images which I took myself that I included in my magazine are images of two young teenage girls which will persuade them to buy my magazine instead of an older generation. The colours I used in my magazine are bright and stand out more to an younger generation. For my photo-shoot I wanted only two main people to be the main topic in the magazine as I wanted the main story in magazine to be about these two new artists called ‘the duo’. I wanted the pictures to be fun and show the audience two teenagers having fun which Is what I achieved to do as the pictures I took show the audience the teenagers are close friends and shows them having fun. The clothing of the teenagers that I used were casual clothes as it represents them in a positive way, also the poses they were doing were fun and friendly to represent them in a way to show them having fun •
- 8. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why? • The institution that will distribute my music magazine would be ‘Prometheus Global Media’ as the company owns and operates a number of major entertainment industry trade publications including the magazine Billboard which is a R&B music magazine which is a magazine that I have used in a lot of my research. Also this institution produces a lot of R&B magazine which is the type of magazine I am going to be making. Prometheus Global Media has been in business for 5 years which shows that they have had a lot of experience and know a lot about music magazines. The magazines they already produce and sell is Billboard magazine. •
- 9. Who would be the audience for your media product? • The audience for my media product is teenage boys and girls age 13-19. As the genre of my magazine is R&B which is aimed at teenagers, also the artists that sing R&B are quite young. The colours that I have used are bright and contrast well together which makes my magazine stand out altogether. Also the images I included in my magazine are of teenage girls and I have also included images of well-known R&B artists such as Drake and Trey Songz. Also my audience would be people who have interest in R&B and enjoy listening to it. From my questionnaire I mostly asked teenagers as I only decided to ask people in my college about what they like inside a magazine, also as I am a teenagers myself it is easier for me to make a magazine for teenagers. •
- 10. How did you attract/address your audience? • The way I attracted my audience was by using colours that are bright and blend well together to make the magazine stand out to the audience. Also I researched other R&B magazines that are well known such as ‘Billboard’ to see what makes them so popular and what persuades people to buy it. For example the way I laid out my magazine was by researching other magazines to see what makes them stand out. Another way I attracted my audience was by to hook them In including free posters inside my magazine of R&B artists. Also the font I used was big and bold to catch the reader’s attention. The way I attracted my audience was by using images of teenage girls to attract the younger audience at that is audience I am targeting my magazine to. The masthead for magazine is big and bold to attract the audience, also the colour of my masthead stands out from the black background. For my masthead I used alliteration ‘Music Matters’ to attract the audience and make them
- 11. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product? • I have got a better understanding on how to use software’s such as Serif as I had to use that quite a lot to cut and crop images to put on to my magazine. Also by uploading mocks and drafts of my magazine on to my blog helped me throughout the process of making my magazine as I could look back and see what I needed improving as my teacher has access to my blog and she would tell me how and what needs improving. • Before and after pictures which I edited on Serif Draw Plus.
- 12. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?• I have learnt how to make my magazine more presentable by just changing the layout of it and not including a lot onto one page. Also I have learnt how to cut and crop images to make them look more effective and stand out just by using software’s such as serif and photo shop. Also for things such as the masthead by using alliteration makes it more memorable and eye catching. Also sell lines on the cover of the magazine have to be interesting enough to make the audience want to buy and read it and also has to be in big, bold font so it grabs the audience’s attention and makes them want to buy it. • I have also learnt the colour you use on a magazine have to be consistent and bright to grab the reader’s attention. It also makes the magazine look more neat and presentable.