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Front Cover Contents

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

Front Cover

Mast Head /Selling Line

I Have gone for a basic layout of a magazine putting my at
the top of my magazine, originally I wanted the mast head
were the headline is but later changed my mind. I also added
a flash to my selling line advertising a chance to win a V.I.P
ticket this will attract buyers and turn my magazine from a
shelf worn magazine to a sellout.

Also as you can see I have added a image of a popular band

As you have noticed I have used two different fonts for member into my selling line. The use of this is to make my
my mast head and my anchorage, the reason for this is magazines layout more original and also to communicate to
so that they standout more. If I used the same kind of people whom are fans to there kind of music genre.
text on both it would have looked plain. Also the text I
have used will show the genre the magazine will focus
on. As you can see both fonts are “Corroded” or
“Broken” thus hopefully telling the readers that the
magazine will be more of the hard-core music or as it is
referred to “Emo music” and “Screamo”
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media products?

Front Cover

Kickers/Freebies
As you can see I have used the text style
from the anchorage and applied it onto my
kickers, the effect of this is to keep my house
style constant throughout my magazine. But I
have also used it to try to relate to the
audience. Different fonts attracts different
kinds of audience for example; if I used a
posh font the chances are it would attract the
upper class. And if I used a cartoon font it Flash
would attract anime fans. So therefore I have I’ve added another flash as seen but
used this font to attract the “Emo” social this flash is located at the bottom of
group or so you could say. my magazine near my selling line.
I’ve used the font from the mast head
Also you can see I’m advertising a free to make it stand out more. The
poster in the magazine of a popular band. The reason I have done this is to make
use of this is similar to the use of the flash on the flash stand out but it also tells the
the selling line. It is used to attract a certain reader about the online site and what
kind of social group. they can get out of it by going there.
I’ve used this to promote the site for
the magazine
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media products?

Front Cover

Main Article Image/Head line

The main image is the image of one of the members from brothel, once again the effect of
using him is to attract fans of the band. but if you look at the picture itself I used this pose to
portray a kind of “in your face” style. The effect of this is to give the fans hope; Even though
its about the band breaking up he is smiling and happy thus giving the fans hope that the artist
in the pose will stay in music. So therefore this specific pose can represent a meaning to the
fans of the band/music/artist.

Moving onto the head line and the anchorage. I have used the bands name alone for the
headline to attract the readers whom are a fan of this band. But threes a catch if that
didn’t interest them the anchorage will. It mentions about the bands split-up. This will
definitely attract the fans attention thus this will definitely make any true fan buy this
magazine. And finally I have used a visual technique on the anchorage; if you look
closely then the words “the breakup” are falling apart the same as the band. I’ve used
this to promote the article.
 In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media products?

Contents

Subscription Box
I’ve added a subscription box onto my magazine this is to promote
another offer that the user gets if they subscribe to the magazine weekly.
This is another form of a freebie by offering them the chance to save on
money they are more tempted to buy a subscription. The use of this
technique will get me more subscriptions but at a cost of a profit loss.
Also since I have given the readers the chance to save money I
promoted all future magazines, and using words like “One-off”
persuades them to buy the subscription for a cheaper price than buying
it later on and losing the discount. The end result of this is more
magazine sales.
Title
Whereas for the title as you can see I have used the same colours,
font and effects as the mast head. This is to project a constant house
style throughout my magazine but in fact there is another reason
I’ve been using the colour red throughout my magazine; the reason
I’ve been using the colour red is because red relates to the colour
blood and blood is one of the stereotypes that falls under the “Emo”
social group. I used the colour red not to relate to a “Emo” but in
fact I used it to defend them. People assume things about Emos such
as they slit there wrists worship satin. All these are wrong Emo isn't
death or depression it’s a music style.
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media products?

Contents

Editorial
I added an editorial onto the contents to give the reader an idea in what this weeks
magazine will be about. But I use slang throughout this article. The reason I have
done this is so that I can connect to the readers of Muzix more and so the article
looks more friendly rather than formal.

I have tried to make this article as persuasive as possible using such words as
“Juiciest”, “Chaos” and “Sheer truth”, all these attract the audience and bring up the
magazine sales.

And finally the other reason I used slang is to promote future magazines, if the
editorial can connect to the user the chances are they will pick up the next issue
therefore it is promoting future copies.
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media products?

Contents

Index
Depending on how persuasive the index page is can make a magazine or
break a magazine. The index is the most cruel part of the contents page so
therefore I have made mine as attractive as possible using two colours that
compliment each other and using titles that can attract the readers eye.

The effect of using a black background and yellow text catches the eye of
the reader then the titles of the articles can make a sale. Also you can see
I’ve used corroded text for the heading and a boring formal text for the
titles. I’ve done this so that it doesn't look unprofessional and the reader can
read the titles.
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media products?

Double Page Spread

Headline
I made the headline colour clash with the background so it stood out more. I
also increased the size of the headline so it stands out from the rest of the
article. I have done this so It can catch the readers eye.

The effect of this is that since I’ve used the album name and words such as
“Chaos” it makes the reader want to read the article thus making them buy it
the magazine and boosting the sales.

Pull out quotes

Pulling out a quote from the article is another way to make the user
buy the magazine. I chose text from the article which will spark the
users interest and hopefully make them buy the magazine to read the
piece of text where the quote came from.
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media products?

Double Page Spread

Track list
I added a track list onto my double page
spread mainly because my article is about the
upcoming release of a album. The reason I’ve
added a track list is to give the reader a sneak
peak of some of the songs that will be on the
album, but I also added it so they know what
the article is going to be about.

The effect of this is that fans whom want to

buy the album will buy the magazine bringing
magazine sales up. Also I added a track list to
communicate with my audience by giving
them my opinion on why they gave there song
the name
 How does your media product represent particular social
groups?

Firstly Throughout my magazine I have used certain fonts to attract my a certain kind of social group and that social group has
the tag “Emo”. Emo’s tend to listen to heavy metal or “Screamo” so therefore I have only added bands whom fall under that
categories of music. My magazine is to represent Emo’s and how they are being a target by stereotypical people every day.

To show that my magazine is to represent Emo’s I have used a corroded kind of font and the colours black and white. The main
reason I've used these colours is to show what the main stereotype related to “Emo” is. The most common stereotypes related to
Emo's and that would be the colour black and how it represent darkness and hate so therefore I thought I should also use the
colour back throughout my magazine to relate to the “Emo” social group
How does your media product represent particular social
groups?

Secondly I mainly use two kinds of fonts throughout my

magazine, if you look at both of them you can see that
they both have the same kind of corroded effect. The
reason I have used corroded text throughout my article
is so that I can relate to the whole “Emo” genre.

The use of this text is to attract people from the “Emo”

social group . But in my opinion the font I used can
sometimes be unclear and untidy I would have used a
more plain font but this could cost me sales.

As you can see the colours I’ve used mainly are black or
white. As I said in the previous paragraph black is a
stereotype towards Emo’s. But I did include the white
so that it contributes the genre of the magazine.
How does your media product represent particular social
groups?

Images are one of the main ways to represent my social

group. I used a varied range of images throughout my
magazine with the models wearing a varied range of clothes.
My research into the “Emo” social group given me an idea of
what Emo's would normally wear. I came to the conclusion
that they would normally wear Jeans dragging on the floor
and unique kinds of shirts but they would also have Long hair
(Sometimes with colour),

After a few shots I managed to find a few people whom

where wearing the stereotypical kind of Emo clothing I have
done this so that my magazine will relate more to the“Emo”
social group
How does your media product represent particular social
groups?

Language
One of the most crucial parts used to represent my
social groups is language, how the articles are
written. I could have went with a very formal text
piece using proper spellings and punctuation. But
instead I’ve tried to write my articles in a way that
it will relate to my target audience.

For example the mast line I have used the word

“MuZiX” instead of “Music” the main reason I
have done this is so that is it more informal. The
effect of making it more informal represents how
my social group would talk and type.

Many different social groups use a different styles

of writing, for example “Chavs” would always use
the word “Yo” or “Boi”
What kind of media institution might distribute your media
product and why

I’ve looked at several different kinds of music industries whom could distribute my magazine such as; IPC Media, Dennis
Publishing, Bauer Media and Future Publishing. But I had to keep in mind I will not get distributed by one of these
companies if my magazine rivals another they are distributing.

First I looked at Bauer media, I found out they where a successful company with a lot of money whom could help me
publish my magazine but I then found out that they are already distributing Kerrang which clashes with my magazine so
therefore I had to choose another

After looking through the other magazines I noticed IPC Media only NME, Bass and Guitar. None of these magazines
would rival my magazine, so therefore I thought I would look at the key factors about this company such as; How
successful the company is, how much money they can supply and how big the company is.

IPC Media is one of the most successful magazine companies there is out there, and there rival is Bauer media, this is an
advantage for me because Bauer has Kerrang but IPC has no magazines to rival Kerrang and as I said above my
magazine is aimed at the same audience as Kerrang.

Also IPC has won such awards as “Consumer magazine of the year” which is an impressive award considering how
many of there magazines have won this award. So overall I think IPC Media would be the best choice to distribute my
magazine mainly because of how successful the business is therefore will increase my sales and readership.
Who would be the audience for your media product

Before I could start my magazine I

had to choose my target audience and
make my magazine relate to them, I
decided to aim for a target audience of
16-30. To find out what my target
audience likes and dislikes I sent out a
questionnaire asking them such
questions as, “Do you work?”, “Are
you planning on going to university”
and “ What is your music type”. All
these answers I got where used to
provide me with information on how I
should design my magazine and what
I should include into my magazine.
Who would be the audience for your media product

After getting the answers from that questionnaire

I started to design my magazine and I knew one
of the key points I would need to include into my
magazine was images. But the models couldn’t be
anyone whom would be classed “old”. So
therefore throughout my magazine I used models
aged from 17-24, therefore the magazine would
attract the younger audience.

I also knew I would have to add artists whom are

close to the same age as my audience, the use of
this is solely to relate the magazine to the
audiences music interests.
Who would be the audience for your media product

Another way I have used to make sure my magazine will attract the
younger audience would be how I have used slang throughout the
magazine.

Slang is used mainly on the article; the effect of this is to make the
magazine less formal and more informal. If the magazine is
informal then it would tend to attract the younger audience. Also
the fact I use slang throughout my magazine projects that the
magazine is aimed towards a young audience in addition to relating
to the user on a friendly basis rather than the article being a big
block of text which doesn’t connect to the reader.
Who would be the audience for your media product

And finally another way I have made sure my magazine is

aimed at the young audience is the bands I have used
throughout my magazine. I have made sure that the
magazine only displays the newest of bands that would
generally only attract young people.

The use of using young bands makes the magazine more

popular to the younger generation therefore increasing
sales.
 How did you attract/address your audience?
First off I needed my magazine to look young and fresh to attract my
desired audience and to do this I used a range of techniques such as
layout design, colours, fonts and so on.
Starting off with my colour choices. I mainly used Black, White and
Red. The main reason I used these three colours is to attract my
audience. The use of these three colours can attract/lure the younger
audiences eyes once I have caught there attention they will notice
that the magazine relates to them via there music type and stories
included in the article.
Moving onto layout. Layout is one of the key
components to attract my desired audience. The
layout is the magazine itself. I try to use the
layout to advertise all my magazine offers and
what will be included in it.
For example on the first page I placed a poplar
bands name right in the middle. The use of this is
to attract the young audience whom would like
that kind of music.
In addition to that my mast head is placed in top
centre of my magazine as you may have noticed I
have used a “Z” and “X” instead “S” and “C”
this is to make the magazine more informal and
will address the younger audience.
How did you attract/address your audience?

Finally I have used certain artists whom

are famous to attract my desired
audience. If the artists music is to the
audiences taste then they will like my
magazine any buy it.

In addition to selling my magazine the

artists music is classed as “Emo” music
thus this should attract the “young
audience” whom like “Emo” music.
 What have you learnt about technologies from the process of
constructing this product?

•Starting off with Photoshop, throughout this magazine project I had to use a software called “Photoshop” at first I wasn't very
experienced in using this software and had no idea how I would make a professional magazine on it. But as time passed I picked up a
lot of new techniques which will defiantly benefit me later on in life.

•Before I could use Photoshop I had to learn how to use a professional camera camera, after I learned how to use a professional
camera I then had to round up some models and take certain shots. This gave me insight to a photographers job but In all fairness
really like it so much.

•And finally for my evaluation I wanted to show a recording of the magazine being built layer by layer so I used a program called
“hyper cam”. This program allows you to select a part of your screen and record it for as long as you like. I think this piece of
software will come in great use when I progress to university.
Looking back at your preliminary task (the College
magazine), what do you feel you have learnt in the
progression from it to full product?

Comparing both the magazines we can see

significant changes. Starting off with the layout, as
you can see in the college magazine everything was
all over the place. Whereas the music magazine has
everything in order.

When doing the music magazine I have learnt from

my mistakes on the layout of the college magazine. I
learned that if I make my mast head a lot larger it
will attract the eye of the reader more. Also that I do
need to include things such as selling lines and
barcodes.

Moving onto professionalism, if you look at the

image in the bottom left on the college magazine
you notice the top of his head is cut off, I made this
mistake when I took the image. I made sure I did not
make this mistake on my music magazine by
making sure I captured all of the model
Looking back at your preliminary task (the College
magazine), what do you feel you have learnt in the
progression from it to full product?

Moving onto house styles. If you look at the contents page

there is no sign of a house style each page has different
colours and looks like there two pages from two different
magazines.

But if you look at the music magazine you can see it has a
house style. The music magazine follows a consistent kind of
text/colour/layout through. I learnt from my mistakes on my
college magazine and made sure that my music magazine
followed a certain style throughout.

Main examples of my house style would be; the mast head I

used the same kind of design on the “Contents” headline and
the “Features” headline, the use of a red strip on both front
cover and content and the 3 font styles are used throughout
the music magazine