Seven Questions
Here are the seven questions answered for my evaluation:
In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
My media product
challenges other real media products as it offers a new design and
interpretation on news, which may offer information that others do not. It
utilizes other design techniques from various content from other magazines, and
interprets them into its own, creating a new style of design. This new style
may attract reader’s due to its unique design, challenging other magazines. It
develops not only itself but other magazines as well, promoting design styles
that may inspire new designs and offering a newer, modern magazine. Each new
magazine that is developed with its own characteristic, fresh design expands
the evolution of print media. (Add a pick of the pick used as inspiration for
mag and a pick of mag)
How does your media product represent particular
social groups?
My media product
is based on a dance & house genre music magazine. It is modern and targeted
at a young audience. Being targeted at a young audience the initial design and
layout of the magazine is inspired from their stereotypical youth lifestyle. The
style of the magazine is reflected from this stereotype, giving vitality and
excitement through an artistic approach. Using various images of people within
the targeted age group and adrenaline-fueled places. (Include images used)
What kind of media institution might distribute your
media product and why?
The media
institution IPC may be interested in my product, as the magazines published by
this company are modern and popular, one of the magazines published by this
media institution is NME which is one of many popular magazines that is
distributed. Although this magazine is different to mine, because IPC only
distribute one magazine so another magazine to distribute may become
beneficial, especially because the target audience for my magazine is quite
large and ideal.
Who would be the audience for your media product?
The audience for
my media product would be youths aged 16-30. The music magazine is a dance
& house music genre. These aspects of music are energetic and party based,
which is suitable for the selected audience. They will be intrigued on the
latest, most popular music and any party/festival events taking place
throughout the year.
How did you attract/address your audience?
The front-page
sub-headings are styled with intriguing font designs, these are used to work
with the main image used. The image is of a young person with some anchorage
text explaining what it is, this may attract the chosen audience as the picture
relates to their age, intriguing them as to who this someone is, being so
young. (Include image of pic used) This may attract readers and the content may
intrigue them to read on. On both the front cover and contents page there is an
advertisement for competing for an expensive prize, bringing curiosity to
readers.
What have you learnt about technologies from the
process of constructing this product?
Throughout the
process of making this magazine I have learnt that there is much more to modern
technology then realized. The software used in computer systems that are simply
sold to the public is more powerful and capable of much more than known. Also,
through attempting to create my magazine I have learnt that you need much
knowledge on using the I.T. software, knowledge of the functions capable, to be
familiar and skillful with the tools, and to have a artistic view. The software
iPhoto and Preview on the apple computer system are more useful and capable of
more then realized. The pictures I used for my own magazine were altered using
these applications, it was through the use of experimenting with the features
they offered was that I found they had more to them. When it came to
experimenting with font designs I used Pages and Microsoft Word. Each one
offered many designs and I found that each can design fonts to a more
personlised level for one’s self, personally I found that the apply software
Pages offered more variety and personlisation techniques. Whether it be a apply
system or Microsoft system people use, each one is more capable and more
advanced then people know.
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you
feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
From the start of
the preliminary task to progressing and finalizing my magazine, I feel like I
have learnt much about the computer software I have used. From starting off to
now I feel I have also gained an artistic perspective through a magazine
editor’s approach. Altering designs from not only my perspective but for the
reader’s perspective also, thinking about how the design and layout will be
seen as well as how it’s designed. Also, debating and considering on what
designs would be suitable and attract the targeted audience, what will catch
the reader’s attention and make them curious.
