7. Looking back at your preliminary task what do you feel you have learnt from the progression from it to the full product?

Since doing the preliminary task my ability to use technology has improved. I have learnt how to use Photoshop and InDesign, because of this my music magazine looked more professional than the college one because I could edit it more, for example, editing the colours of images and removing any smudges from the camera lens. When making the college magazine I didn’t experiment with different shot angles, whereas with the music magazine I tried using a range of shot types, such as high angles shots, low angle shots, birds eye view and close ups.

For the college magazine I did not research deeply into the target audiences likes and dislikes etc. however with the music magazine I researched in much more depth into what their hobbies are by using things like findyourtribe.co.uk, I then made a user profile including all the things that they like. This gave me a clearer view on the sort of articles and advertisements that needed to be in my magazine.

6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructig this product?

When doing the research part of my coursework I used the internet to search for other magazines.

For the production of my magazine I used different forms of technology.

For the planning stage of my coursework I used a digital camera, I tried taking pictures from many different angles to find which one would be best for my magazine, including low angles and high angles and birds view angles. Using a digital camera allowed me to use things like a flash and zoom; this helped to achieve higher quality pictures for my magazine.

Some of the work I did was on the college computer and some was on my laptop at home, I needed to use a memory stick to transfer work from one to the other.

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Once I had taken the photos for my magazine I needed to edit them, to ensure they were the best quality I learnt how to use Adobe Photoshop. However when editing my images for the preliminary task I used Adobe InDesign.



Once my work was done I needed to create a blog account to put it on. I did this by using Blogger.

To get my work on to my blog I uploaded it using Slideshare. A lot of the things I needed to upload were PowerPoint’s which was useful because they were easy to upload using this.

Some of the work I did was on the college computer and some was on my laptop at home, I needed to use a memory stick to transfer work from one to the other.

5. How did you attract/address your audience?

Use of language -  

I attracted my audience by using words like ‘EXCLUSIVE’ and ‘WIN’ in capitol letters. The capitol letters made it stand out and the words themselves helped to attract the audience. The word ‘Exclusive’ would make readers think that my magazine was the only one where you would find out about that particular issue. I used the word ‘Win’, in capitols above what the audience could win, so they had some information about it, however I did not explain how they could win the tickets on the front cover because then the readers would want to read the magazine to find out how themselves.

Content –

The content I included would make my target audience want to buy this magazine because I included things would attract them, such as tour news and reviews on their favourite bands.

Images –

In the images I took, I got the models to wear things that would attract the right audience, such as skinny jeans and converse. I also got the model for the front cover to look at the camera, so as to make the audience feel more connected to the artist and the magazine. Some of the other photos I took were of a band during a performance, this is because my target audience are the sort of people who like going to gigs and if they see that there are images from them they are more likely to buy and read the magazine.

Layout -

When thinking about the layout for my magazine I looked at other similar magazines like NME and Kerrang, I found that that most magazines layouts follow the same trends, so I did something similar to those layouts so as to follow the codes and conventions of real music magazines.

Reader Profile

Reader profile

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4. Who would be the audience for your music magazine?

The target audience for my magazine would be both male and females aged from 16 – 25. I found that on http://www.findyourtribe.co.uk/ my target audience would fit into the ‘Indie Kid’ group. They would typically be found wearing skinny jeans and converse, and if they’re not listening to their iPod they are at a gig or playing their guitar. On their iPod their most listened to artists are The Strokes, Muse and Arcade Fire.

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

Magazine Institutions

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2. How does your music magazine represent particular social groups?

The way I have taken the photograph and the Mis en scene of the photograph for the front cover shows how I have represented particular social groups. The styles and brands of the clothing that the model is wearing are casual, he’s wearing skinny jeans, a T-shirt and converse, these are all things that you would expect the readers of this magazine to wear. His posture is also slightly slouched and this also represents the social group that would read this magazine because they are relaxed and relatively stress-free. His facial expression also does this because he’s not quite smiling, that would not suit the type of audience for this magazine; instead he is looking straight at the camera with a more serious expression.