Friday, 4 April 2014
Evaluation: Question 6
Evaluation: Question 6
Other applications that allowed me to make my product is:
Prezi this is an online zooming presentation creator to display my evaluation tasks and planning tasks to use a wide range of ICT. Slide share has also allowed me to upload my powerpoints to the internet and then can embed them into blogger show the many stages or processes of my planning and construction.
Blogger is the whole main package to help me with my coursework as it allows me to upload images and can explain through text and other applications.
Technologies that allowed me to make my product are:
Camera allowed me to take images of my model and upload the image to appeal to my target audience.
Technologies that allowed me to make my product are:
Camera allowed me to take images of my model and upload the image to appeal to my target audience.
Evaluation: Question 5
Evaluation: Question 5
How did you attract/address your audience
My magazine cover is the most important element out of the whole products designs. This is because it needs to be convectional and attract my audience. To make this successful, I had to make sure that my photography was relevant and would appeal to my audience with a dominant attraction. My Main cover image I think achieves this due to her body language and the use of mise-en-scene are stereotypically related to the pop genre of my magazine. Her clothing and use of makeup look gives a flawless look that is associated with the female teenage market and ideology of feminism present on existing magazines. Overall, my front cover image has an inviting and appealing look which draws the reader in. Her look also would help the target audience because teenage girls would look up to and try to inspire to be like her. Her relaxed body language also does not over the top, aggregated or fake which helps to give a better impression of herself and of the magazine.
The masthead and coverlines also help me
to attract my audience through the use of colour and fonts. The coverlines I
have included are of existing pop artists, which would automatically grab their
attention due to them being well known and popular.
My main coverline is about my pop artist
‘Delilah Rose’ with the strapline as ‘her first ever exclusive interview’. This
shows that she has never had an interview before and my magazine keeps up with
the latest gossip, something that will appeal and attract my audience.
I have added an image to my main front cover which shows a concert I have been to. This would attract my audience as they are a new upcoming pop band and therefore may want to check out their sort of music and would want to find out more about them.
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Contents Page
To attract my audience when creating my
content page, I had previously knew some features I wanted to include, for
example images and page numbers. After this, I decide to research contents page
design further, and came across We love pop magazine, which includes similar
convections in the same music genre. This is a very popular magazine that looks
professional which some of the elements could be incroprated into my own. From
doing this it made it easier to construct and portray my music magazines style
and therefor help it to relate to the teenage market.
The images I used on the contents page
were those of the front cover so that it was easier for the reader to see what
feature they wanted to look up. All of the images had been taken by myself from
previous concerts such as 5 seconds of summer. This shows and helped me to construct
the contents page more easily due to me, having an interest and being the
specific target market I am focusing on.
The font I used within the contents page
for the heading, is the same font I used for the masthead, this shows sophistication
and a house style within being consistent. I used the same typography from the
front cover as well to show the flow between the two making it looking higher
quality.
Double Page Spread
In my double page spread I had to make
sure I kept the same high quality, as it would appeal better to my audience. To
create this I edited the main image in Photoshop and made sure it was suitable
and matched the design I was looking for. Her body language again is very
convectional and the mise-en-scene appeals to the audience by looking happy
which is very important on the dps.
The fonts I decided to use were also successful
and made my double page spread look convectional and persistent. The main title
is the first thing you are drawn to because of the bold colours and boldness
contrasting together. The layout of the double page spread addresses my
audience because it is easily laid for the readers being at a younger age.
Evaluation:Question 4
Evaluation: Question 4
Below is my presentation for Question 4 which explains who my audience would be for my pop magazine.Evaluation:Question 2
Evaluation:Question 2
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
My music magazine is in the genre of pop/chart music, this means that it would be stereotypically aimed at teenage girls who are obsessed with boy bands. They would be seen in society as bubbly, loud who show this through their music and clothing. However, just because this is the typical consumer of the pop genre does not mean that all readers are like this. The exiting pop music magazines are very bright in colour with bold uses of font to attract their readers, I have included some of these convections within my own work, but have also used some other convections that would not be typically associated with the pop industry to try and attract readers from all backgrounds and tastes and show that the stereotype is not always right. I have done this through including different topics in the magazine not just simply focusing on the music for example advice, fashion and fun leisure activities that all teenagers would enjoy. I therefore have tried to appeal to the existing target market and also a different social group.
The stereotypical group my magazine targets is the teenage market, with 85% of them being female. Their typical lifestyle would be sports, relationships, with friends, school life and also going to concerts of their favourite bands. Their ages would range from 12-17 years old.
How have I targeted my social group?
I have targeted my social market in many ways throughout my design product of front cover, contents page and double page spread.
One main way I have appealed to them i through my photography and use of image on my front cover. The main photograph is the most important part of a magazine and can help convey a message to the audience. On my front cover, I features my friend wearing a white top with a bold statement necklace which instantly shows you that girls would be attracted to the cover. This is also influenced by the use of mise-en-scene and how it communicates to the readers. She is placed against a plain white background which instantly puts the main focus on her which is evident in existing magazines. Her makeup and style also looks very clean cut and pretty, something in which all teenage girls want to look like. Her body language looks relaxed and also natural while engaging in eye contact which is very important and draws the reader in. This can also be done through the main cover line, I have kept it brief, giving just enough information for them to read the double page spread.
I did not use any props which are clear in my photos, however I did consider the use of a guitar. After deciding I felt this was not the best idea because it may imply a different image to the reader, for example, many pop artists very rarely play or produce their own music. With the use of guitar it may imply to them that they that they do write their own songs which is something not mainly featured on a pop magazine.However, with this in mind this sort of
image may have attracted a different kind of teenage audience and while
being a convectional pop magazine.
I have also targeted my social group by
specifically choosing cover lines that related to the pop genre. For
example, I have included artists that are popular in the pop charts and are of
those that they would listen to. I have included a diverse range of these
popstars with them being male and female, group or solo artist so that
they appeal to the most readers as possible. The non-music
related cover line is a free Barry M nail polish; this appeals and
represents my target audience by recognizing their other interests such as
make-up. Yet, this may not target my whole target market as not all teenage
girls like making up and benefiting from the giveaway.
I think that my representation of
my audience doesn't challenge dominate ideas through my social
group, but shows the stereotypes of my pop genre through the use
of cover lines, images and colours. My images are clear and easily
relate to the target audience through using interests they are
associated with and enjoy. My use of bold fonts for the masthead and
important cover lines highlight the appeal to gain their attention. The
uses of colour are also related to the pop genre of being bold, bright and
colourful. If I had used grey, red and green it would not have the same effect
and therefore missing my target audience completely.
If I were to do this again, I would have
represented my social group with more range of ideas through mise
en scene and props which show a the connotations of her being a huge
new popstar sensation.
Within my music magazine I have represented youth through the colours of the magazine. For example they are bold and eye-catching something that you would normally associate with younger children being easily influenced towards.
Feminity is also a prominent ideology within my magazine as it is heavily influenced in teenage girls looking up and towards the main model on the front cover. This ideology is reinforced throughout the magazine by giving away free make- up products to use to look more like the model featured. I have also included a free make up product which shows that I feel that it is main importance to the magazine and the way in which i would attract the buyer.
I have also used the representation of youth through using relevant cover lines on my front page but also within my contents. For example Quizzes which give a more childlike and fun approach to the magazine which younger readers would be interested in.
Within my music magazine I have represented youth through the colours of the magazine. For example they are bold and eye-catching something that you would normally associate with younger children being easily influenced towards.
Feminity is also a prominent ideology within my magazine as it is heavily influenced in teenage girls looking up and towards the main model on the front cover. This ideology is reinforced throughout the magazine by giving away free make- up products to use to look more like the model featured. I have also included a free make up product which shows that I feel that it is main importance to the magazine and the way in which i would attract the buyer.
I have also used the representation of youth through using relevant cover lines on my front page but also within my contents. For example Quizzes which give a more childlike and fun approach to the magazine which younger readers would be interested in.
Evaluation:Question 1
Evaluation:Question 1
In what ways does your product use, develop or challenge forms and convections of real media products?
Within my music magazine my double page spread was the most developed used of conventions. I think this because of the way in which i have used design elements to create the overall design. For example I have used a rectangle which was placed behind text to create the cover lines.
I think my most challenging convention was the double page was the contents page because of the layout of the whole design. For example, main contents pages are in the layout of a 'house style' which mine does not show but still flows. 
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