Slide two:
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
I have based my product on the successful pop music magazine Top of the Pops. I have used a similar colour scheme and featured the same artists, such as Justin Bieber, JLS and The Wanted, because both magazines have the same target audience and demographic.
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Colour scheme – pink, purple, yellow - feminine pastel colours – TA.
Variety fonts – looks more interesting – all fonts complement each other and suit the demographic
Masthead – Top of page – primary optical area, applies to Gutenberg diagram. Teen dream – catchy, TA. Shadow effect – creates depth of field.
Selling line – No. 1 magazine – suggests this magazine is the best
Main image – close up – eye contact, direct address – smiling, happy, friendly, fits demographic
Main cover line – popular artist with TA – alliteration and sibilance is used
Information in left third - Gutenberg diagram
All artists featured are popular with TA
Smaller image and eye catching shapes used – draws attention to cover lines and makes audience want to read them
Bieber fever – rhyme – popular artist – attracts TA
OMG – abbreviation, power of three – attracts TA
Emotive language – shock pictures – makes reader want to read article.
Buzz word – free – acts as enticement so reader will buy magazine
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Consistent house style as same fonts and colour scheme as front cover has been used
Main image is a medium shot – variety of images used - shadow effect depth of field
Contents split into three categories – organise layout of page
Artists featured are popular with TA
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Main image – medium/long shot – other smaller images – variety
Article is split into columns, so page looks organised
Introductory paragraph has own background so it stands out
Slide six:
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
The social group which my media product is targeting is young girls aged 13 – 16 who are interested in pop music. I have used artists such as Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber, who are around the same age as my target audience.
Slide seven:
I have used Taylor Swift as my main cover model. Taylor Swift is a successful country pop singer, who would be seen as a good role model for young girls as she doesn’t behave irresponsibly and does not drink or do drugs.
I have also used Justin Bieber on my front cover as he is very popular with my target audience. He is also seen as a good role model, so the parents of girls buying my magazine would think my magazine is acceptable.
Slide eight:
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
I have based my magazine on Top of the Pops magazine as they both have a similar demographic and audience. I would get the BBC to distribute my magazine because they already distribute Top of the Pops which is very successful, so they would know that my magazine would also sell as it attracts the same audience as Top of the Pops.
Slide nine:
Who would be the audience for your media product and how did you attract/address your audience?
My target audience is teenage girls aged 13-17. Their favourite genre of music is pop music and their favourite female singer is Taylor Swift, as shown on the pie charts I have made based on my audience research. That is why I have used Taylor Swift as my main cover line model and included a lot of pop stars in my media product.
Slide ten:
The most popular male artist is Justin Bieber, so I have used Justin Bieber on my front cover. My target audience’s preferred music magazine is Top of the Pops, which I have used as inspiration for my media product. The style of my magazine is very feminine which is good because 75% of my target audience would describe their style as feminine.
Slide eleven:
To attract my target audience I have used colour scheme of pastel, feminine colours like pink, purple and yellow. I have called my magazine ‘Teen dream’ which applies to the target audience as they are teenage girls. I have used artist such as Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber in my media product as they are two of the most popular artists with my target audience.
Slide twelve:
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
I have learnt a lot about Photoshop and Blogger because I have never used them before constructing my product.
On Photoshop I have learnt how to manipulate images by cropping, changing the colour and the texture to make the image more visually attractive.
On Blogger I have learnt how to upload blog entries and how to edit and organise these blog entries.
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I have also used different font styles from Dafont.com, where I have copied the fonts and added effects on Photoshop.
Slide fourteen:
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
I feel that I have improved a lot since my preliminary project. For example, I have got better at cutting out part of an image, like the image of my main model. Also I have improved in organising the layout of the page, as in the preliminary project some of the cover lines overlap the main image, making it look untidy, however in my finished product I have made sure that the cover lines fit around the side of the image like a frame so it looks more professional. Additionally, I have used shadow and gradient effects on the text on my final product which I did not know about while making my preliminary project, this again makes my magazine look more professional and visually attractive.
