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- 1. Evaluation of magazines. AS media
- 3. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? • This is a basic magazine layout with the writing down the side. I made it different but putting a tag-line down the side and using the barcode, date and time. It doesn't compare to many magazines out now.
- 4. How does your media product represent particular social groups? I like to think that my magazine appeals to everyone that is being educated with-in the college its being sold and not just focused on one particular social group. I picked various different interests from around the college so there would always be something in the magazine that can draw the attention of every student at the college.
- 5. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why? • My magazine would be sold in a shop or the food hall with-in a college. It would be hear because that is the high point for students to go so more students can see it and be aware that its on sale. To help the sales of it, advertisement posters would be used to help promote the college magazine.
- 6. Who would be the audience for your media product? • The audience for my magazine would be students at college. This would be for the obvious reason that it is a college magazine. Tutors maybe interested in reading it too to let them know of other events going on in different areas of the college to where they are situated.
- 7. How would you attract/address your audience? • I would attract the audience with the colours that I have used. I’ve used a bold white title to attract eyes to the magazine. Instead of using various different images on the front, I just have the one so the writing on the front is more noticeable. Also the picture would be of a student in the college and they would be recognisable to everyone which would make people read it.
- 8. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product? • I have learnt a lot while creating this magazine. I didn't use it much but I got a better understanding of Photoshop and how to use it plus I got to use Publisher in a more in-depth way.
- 10. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? • I didn't try to compare my magazine to anything that's now out because I wanted it to be original and different from anything out there. The front cover layout is similar to others but none are ever as vibrant as this. It has a big masthead like a normal magazine but its at the bottom which isn't the traditional place.
- 11. How does your media product represent particular social groups? • I wanted my magazine to appeal to all different social groups as the majority of them all listen to different music. I incorporated as many different genre bands or singers as I could on the contents page, it’s just a little bit of everything.
- 12. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why? • This would be the type of magazine you would see being sold in all major magazine distributers such as WHSmith, Tescos, News stands etc. I would like it to be distributed in these places because it would get more noticed and more sales would come from these places.
- 13. Who would be the audience for your media product? • My audience would be all lovers of music and the latest news coming from the musicians. I didn't want audience from just one type of genre so I have included artists from all different. The age range would vary but it would mostly be for mid teens to early 30’s as it would have gossip in which the younger generation is more interested in.
- 14. How did you attract/address your audience? • My front cover uses a bold green colour to attract attention from people that wouldn't usually get magazines, those sort of colours catch your eye. Changing the double page spread picture to black and white with the read lips adds the vintage look making it look sophisticated which may bring in some older readers.
- 15. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product? • To product my double page spread and contents page, I used QuarkXPress. This was the first time I had used this software. I found it very confusing to start with but after getting the hang of it, it was my favour thing to use when coming to making the magazine.
- 16. 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 that it does take a lot of time any effort to make a magazine, even if it was just the front cover and contents pages that were created plus one double page spread. I have also learnt about the new types of software and the technical words that are used.