Final Post

My AS media studies blog is now complete. This blog contains all my research and my finished music magazine product.

Thank you for looking at my blog. 

Goodbye.

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FINAL DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD

Audience Feedback

After posting my double page spread on Facebook it was clear that there was a few mistakes in my work such as 'Sing' in the title should have been 'Singer'.

Really nice and clear. I like the layout of the article and how you have arranged it into questions. the one large image one side of the page fits well with the conventions of magazines today. The font for the titles really fun and I like that you have carried it on throughout the magazine, matching the conventions.-Abbie Yapp

Double Page Spread

I placed my double page spread on to Facebook to get some audience feedback.

Creating my contents page

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FINAL CONTENTS PAGE

FINAL FRONT COVER

Audience Feedback

After posting my music magazine front cover on facebook to get some audience feedback the results I got back were successfull. There were a few mistakes in spelling and gammar which i will chnge post posting my final version of my front cover. it also came apparent that my strapline was not as god and catchy at it could be so I posted an open question to my target readership of what they thought would be a successful strapline. In reply I got a much better strapline: 'Reading any other magazine would be WAY too mainstream'. I felt this was a better strapline and was more catchy as well as fitted with the genre of my magazine well.
Although most comments about my magazien front cover were good.
'Very good just cant see the masthead very clearly! and some bits are too small to read but apart from that very good'- Matt Neal.
'I like the banner at the top which says about the artists, the photo is very good and relastes well to the theme of indie.. the strapline of the masthead tho isn't very seeable when it clashes with the guitar and also the barcode could be slightly smaller'- Alice Roe

Creating front cover. musicmag

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Music Magazine Front Cover

I then placed my front cover on Facebook to get some audience feedback.

http://www.facebook.com/lucy.crowther3?ref=tn_tnmn#!/groups/269730043104253/

Moodboard for contents

mockup of double page spread

mockup contents page

mockup front cover

Experimenting with colour:

This was my experimentation with the colour scheme of my music magazine. These colours would play a big part in the house style of my magazine and attracting the attention of its potential buyers. I will get some audience feed back on which colour combinations are most popular, eye catching and appropriate for the genre and target audience of the magazine. 

(Boy: green, blue, black

Girl: pink, purple, white

Dark: navy blue, red, black

Light: yellow, blue, white

purple, blue, orange

red, blue, green)

Experimenting with fonts:

I experimented with a number of fronts which I downloaded from the website 'da font.com'. I had a general idea of what style of font i wanted for my magazine before I started researching the fonts and I knew that I wanted one that went well with the genre and target audience. I will get some audience feed back on which font they are most attracted to and which is the favourite.

(love_ya_like_a_sister

pointy

closure

grutchshaded

c_rial

laboldyta

take_out_the_garbage

stroke_dimension)

Wordle: Experimenting with titles

Magazine Treatment

Treatmeant

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Research and Planning:

mood board of front covers on sale:

Questionnaire:

1) What title do you think would be the best for a music magazine?

·       Indie charts

·       Just too indie

·       Vibrations

·       Rhymes

·       Other……………………………………………………………………………

2) What would you like the music magazine to contain?

·       Gig/tour dates

·       New bands

·       Charts

·       Celeb gossip

·       Other……………………………………………………………………………

3) What would you like the colour scheme to be?

·       Light colours (Yellow, Orange, Light Blue)

·       Dark colours (Black, Red, Navy Blue)

·       Girl (Pink, Purple)

·       Boy (Blue, Green)

·       Other…………………………………………………………………………...

4) How much would you pay for the music magazine?

·       £1.00

·       £1.50

·       £2.00

·       £2.50

·       Other……………………………………………………………………………

5) Would you rather the music magazine to be Online or In hand?

·       Online

·       In hand

·       Both

6) Would you like the music magazine to be Formal or Informal?

·       Formal

·       Informal

·       Both

7) If the magazine had a website would you visit it?

·       Yes

·       No

8) Where do you normally check for the charts or new music?

·       Internet

·       Other magazines

·       Friends

·       Television

·       Other……………………………………………………………………………

Research and Planning:

 Institutions
Q

·         Published monthly.

·         Features new releases (music), reissues (music), music compilations, film and live concert reviews, as well as radio and television reviews.

·         Sister magazine, Mojo

Institution: Bauer Media Group

Bauer Media Group:

·         Bauer Media reaches over nineteen million UK adults across multiple media channels.

·         Operates in 15 countries worldwide.

·         Sells 38 million magazines a week.

Kerrang!

·         UK-based magazine.

·         Devoted to rock music.

·         Website dedicated to finding out more information to do with the magazine and also the latest information on the current bands and upcoming events.

Institution: Bauer Media Group

Bauer Media Group:

·         Bauer Media reaches over nineteen million UK adults across multiple media channels.

·         Operates in 15 countries worldwide.

·         Sells 38 million magazines a week.

Research and Planning:

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Research and Planning:

Action Plan

16 January

• Compare Magazines and Research the magazine market place
• Research similar products: 3x front cover, 2x contents pages, 2x double page spread

24 January

• Initial ideas
• Audience research
• Writing a treatment plan

30 January

• Layout/masthead ideas
• Plan photo shoot and take photos
• Drafts of pages
• Audience feedback

6-27 February 

• Drafting of pages
• Audience feedback

5 March

• Evaluation

9 March

• Final Deadline

MAIN TASK

The front page, contents page and double page spread of a new music magazine. All images and text used must be original, produced by candidate(s), minimum of four images.


There are three components, on which you will be assessed:
    Research and Planning (20 Marks)
    Construction (60 Marks)
    Evaluation (20 Marks)

Evaluation

In what way doe your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

The first thing I did before creating my magazine was to research other examples of ‘Student’ magazines. These examples gave me the information I needed to produce my magazine such as, contents and the conventions that the magazine would need to include. There are a few key contents that I found from this research that would need to be included in my ‘Student’ magazine. My magazine needed to contain college type information such as revision and exam timetable, which I included in my final product. From my research using a questionnaire that I created and gave to college students to complete it was clear what they wanted from the magazine. The students were much in favour of an informal, laidback style magazine full of gossip and tips, much like that real media product. To please my target audience I created features such as reviews of popular games and DVD suitable to the age group like ‘Skyrim’ and the ‘Inbertweeners Movie’ and spring/summer fashion tips. I put these features and more into my contents page and also included pictures to create a more laidback appearance. Images from around the college and Ludlow created interest.

How does you media product represent particular social groups?

As my magazine and contents page are aimed at teenage students like myself so I felt that the magazine needed to be something that I would be interested in reading myself. The central image for my front cover it a medium close my of a student in the common room surrounded by many other groups of students. Text was easy to add to this image and it already gave a laidback and friendly atmosphere and so the right text would enhance this. Images from around college and of students having fun represented student life and showed it and the magazine to be interesting and happy. As the images I used were out of lessons it stopped the magazine looking too serious.

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

As my magazine and contents page are from a student magazine this makes them specific to colleges meaning that it would only be distributed in college. As my college magazine is for Ludlow College there would be no need to have a professional company distribute it as the college would be able to do this its self. The use of a company would increase the price of the magazine, which contradicts what the students wanted to play for it. As well as this it would most probably need to be sold world wide to create any profit and if I wanted it to be successful I would have to widen my target audience and so it may not be a student specific magazine.

Who would be the audience for your media product?

 The target audience of my magazine is students ages 16-19 that attend Ludlow College; their parents may also be interested in the magazine. Is I aimed at certain groups inside the college that magazine would not be successful. Both males and females are the audience of my product,

How did you attract/address your audience?

The way I attracted my audience to my magazine would be by the use of colour and my central image. By making the masthead and central image fun and eye catching the students that are my target audience will be attracted to it. I used my questionnaire to get the point of view of my audience on what colours to use on my front cover and contents page and they wanted bright colours so I used blues, purples and oranges. I used these colours to highlight important parts in the features and other parts such as price and issue number. The main coverline is in a handwritten style font to attract attention as it looks attractive. I also included a puff on my cover. I used a red circle to highlight the prize that the students could win to attract my audience to a feature that would help them a lot to perchance the magazine.

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

While constructing my ‘Student’ magazine I encountered one main new program that I had not used before, InDesign.  I had to learn how to use this program as I went along while creating my magazine cover and contents. It was complex at times but overall I feel I was successful. I also used cameras which I had used before but not in this way. I had to take notice of shots and angles to get the correct effect for my magazine. I also encountered Blogger for the first time. I had to experience creating a blog but it turned out to be simple and an easy way to handle my coursework.

MAGAZINE CONTENTS PAGE

MAGAZINE FRONT COVER