Question 7

Question 6

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
I have used an arrangement of different technologies I have used thought out making my magazine. I have used Blogger to keep all my work thought out my magazine in one place this is a good way to track the work I have completed. I also used InDesign to create me magazine as it was easy to develop a good professional magazine using this program. As well as this I found it hard to try and do some of the things that I need to do to complete my magazine. As well as this if I had a problem with InDesign I could go on the internet and find whatever I need to do. This is good as it meant I could learn all about InDesign as it is a complex program. Another program I used was Photobooth as it was good to record my audience feedback on this is because it is easy to use and is of very good quality. As you can imagine it didn’t take long to figure out how to use the software as you press one button and it records it to the computer to upload to blogger. With all my photos I used my camera on my iPod as this meant that with all of the photos I take I can automatically email them so I can download them onto the computer. This was good as it meant that with the photos they come out with good quality and they are able to be portable as I can email them. As well as this they were able to be moved to InDesign easily. As well as this i used photoshop which i had no idea on how to use this was a good thing as it game me the opportunity to learn a new piece of technology. As well as this i tried to use prezi and sliderocker to demonstrate the forms of technology thought my blog posts. I believe i used all my forms of technology to the best of my knowledge. With my video for my question 5 I used my ipod touch to video it and then used sony vegas pro 11 to edit it.

Question 5

I have used a video to answer this question and everyone i asked said that the magazine in a whole was a good style and a very generic rock style magazine. This is because there are many styles to making a magazine rock and the people in my video have commented of the pose of main image as he is in a rock stance. As well as this they said that the masthead looked rocky and attracted them in to the magazine as it was all scratched and made it look a bit like Kerrang. As well as this they commented on the connotation and the overall clear relationship between the pages as they all contain similar font. This is a way to draw the audience in as it shows them that you have taken care with your magazine. As well as this the contents page is meant to attract the audience as the articles are attractive. With the double page spread they have all said that it looks like a generic article and is good as i have not challenge the layout at all. They commented on the house style as it was clear an consistent all the way thought-out the magazine.

Question 4

Who would be the audience for your media product?

With the magazine I have got a age range from 16-25 this is because I believe this is the age range that will be most interested in my magazine as they may be creating bands and may need to know some of the basics. With the gender of the magazine I would believe it to be a mix of both male and female as they are both into rock. 

This means that I am able to hit both types of gender as they are massive markets. They will also have buying habits of buying music orientated thins such as iPods and I believe that they will buy the latest gadgets, alcohol and other well known brands.







They will also have live a fun style of life and be prepared to take risks to get what they want this will be good as it will show them a way to get then band singed they will have the drive to do so. As well as this they will be willing to do what it takes to reach they goal.

I believe that with my target audience they will have media interests that are sort of like rock mainstream and a bit of newly singed bands. They will also buy a lot of gadgets films and games. There lifestyle is fun and not to serious.

Question 3

Question 2

Question 1

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

When I was creating my music magazine I looked at a few other music magazines and noticed that when you have a masthead they are normally on the top of the front cover and is always behind the central images head. So I used this to try and draw the attention to the central image as he was the main attraction for my magazine. As well as this the front cover focused on the genre which don’t have a lot of cover lines on them as this is a way to encourage people that don’t read much to buy and look at the magazine. So this is what I done with my magazine as it means I can draw more customers. With the contents page I found out that it is best to try and stick to the normal conventions with the contents on the right and the pictures on the left. As well as this the link between the contents page and the front cover was the title as it was the same format and as the same colour. With the DPS I saw that they have picture on the left with the article on the right. I did this as it was relating to my research so I could make it look like a professional magazine and may draw more customers in.
Style of photography, Writing style, Pull quotes, Cover Lines

With my Magazine i have included page numbers in my magazine this is because they needed to be included. But the font i used on the page numbers was to show connotation thought the magazine as well as this it gave me a chance to show all of the information that was on the front cover. this included the date and the name of the magazine.

Will all my pages in my magazine i have shown connotation with the masthead and title as they are all the same fonts. As well as this believe that i have followed the standard type of font as mine is all spiky and looks like a rock font.

My house style a generic rock style with the conventional red,white and black. As well as this is because i wanted to not challenge the normal house style this is because I wanted people to see what genre it was from.

My magazine may not include many cover lines this is because the research i completed i didn't see many cover lines on there front covers so i followed the trend as i thought this would draw more people in to the magazine. This is because i believed that my target audience might not want a lot of information on the front cover.

My writing style was an informal style as this was the best way to get across to my target audience this is because a lot of them will be teenagers. And they will understand all of the language that is used if i use slang. So again i didn't challenge the standard language but used it to try and draw more people in to my magazine.