Final - FRONT COVER

This is my Final Front Cover.

Final - DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD

This is my final Double Page Spread.

Final CONTENTS PAGE

This is my final Contents page.

Evaluation - QUESTION ONE - In what ways does your media product use develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

The video below shows Lana Pierce describing the ways in which my final front over production develops forms and conventions of real media products.




This video below displays images and audio of me talking about my Front Cover Production.

This video below displays images and audio of me talking about my Contents Page Production.

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This video below displays images and audio of me talking about my my Double Page Spread Production.

Evaluation - QUESTION TWO - How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Evaluation - QUESTION THREE - What kind of media institution might distribute your product and why?

Here are a list of Links to magazines that the different media institutions distribute;

Bauer Media

http://www.kerrang.com/

http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/

http://www.qthemusic.com/

IPC Media

http://www.nme.com/home

Evaluation - QUESTION FOUR - Who would be the audience for your media product?

Profile

Name: Rebecca Sutton

Age: 16 Years

Studying For A-Level in: Childcare

Lives With: Mum, Dad & Sister

Siblings: Older Sister - 18 years old

Pets: 1 Dog - Dipsy

Hobbies: Shopping, Going out with friends, Going the cinema

Favourite Artist: Beyonce and Lady Gaga

Favourite Colour: Pink

Favourite Food: Chicken noodles

Favourite Drink: Fanta Lemon

Favourite Sport - Tennis

Evaluation - QUESTION FIVE - How did you attract/address your audience?

Evaluation - QUESTION SIX - What have you learnt about technolgies from the process of constructing this product?

Evaluation - QUESTION SEVEN - Looking back at your preliminary task, What do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Questionnaire

Questionnaire


1. How old are you?

15 and Under 16-24 25+


2. Are you interested in music?

Yes No


3. If yes, what genre of music are you interested in? Pop Rock

Classical Indie R&B Jazz Other
... If Other, Please state below which Genre it is
______________________

4. What/Who is your favourite band/Artist? _____________________


5. How often do you buy music magazines?

Every week Every Fortnight Monthly Never


6. How much would you spend on buying a music magazine?

£2-£3 £3-£4 £5+


7. What attracts you to buy a particular music magazine?________________
______________________________________________________________

8. Do you prefer to look at music magazines via the internet?
Yes No

9. Are you male or female?

Male Female


10. Do you prefer a magazine to have a limit to the use of colour?
Yes No

11. Do you like a lot of images to be on the front cover of a music magazine?

Yes No

12. What three words do you associate with Pop music?
___________________ _________________ ________________

Bar Charts Displaying Questionnaire Findings And Conclusions

Graphs And Conclusions

Conclusions; I found that the vast majority of the people who answered my questionnaire were aged between 16 and 24, therefore this would be the average target audience age for my production piece.
On the second graph I concluded that only a very small minority of the audience were not interested in music, making my production appealing and concluding that it would sell very well.

From the graph above i concluded that most people are interedted in R&B music, Therefore in my magazine i will include more R&B music information than Classical for example.
From the two graphs above i concluded that not many people buy music magazines, however the ones that do buy them monthly, therefore i will produce my magazine based on this monthly. Also the second graph findings conclude that a very small number would pay over £5 for a music magazine, also a high percentage would pay between £2-£3, from these conclusions i will base my production price on this.

These results conclude that the people in the magazines attract audiences the most, coulours and interviews also are rated quite high, this will help me in my production; now i will make sure my use of colour is appealing, and i advertise interviews on the cover to attract audiences.
From the graph above i have concluded that 95% of the people who took the questionnaire were female, therefore the results i get will be gender biased, however the target audience of my magazine is girls.
From these results i have concluded that these results are fairly close however because my magazine is within the Pop Genre, these results help me conclude that i will not have a limit to the use of colours on my production piece.

Publication plan

Publication Plan


Title: Pop Rocks

Positioning statement:

Frequency of publication: Monthly

Price: £2.20

Distribution: Newsagents and supermarkets, online.

Rationale: The approach of my magazine is to cater for people who are fans of Pop music, to make my magazine original I will allow the fans to write in with their own articles, and I will feature a page every issue which will contain a “spot the pop star” page, in which fans will send In their pictures with celebs and will receive money for it.

Style: The magazine will be informal; the magazine is aimed at all pop music fans. It will include humorous interviews with the latest pop stars. The magazine will include a lot of images throughout it; because It is aimed at 10+ therefore they will not want to read for example a double page spread without consistent images. The language used will be simple, with short paragraphs.

Regular Content

• Editors Letter on the contents page
• Pictures sent in from readers with pop stars
• A list of concerts around the UK from the featured artists in the weeks issue
• Letters sent in from readers
• Page which will focus on stories that have been sent in by readers
• Two posters of different band/artists every issue
• Freebies when you purchase the magazine E.G, Free make-up (because the target audience is Girls only)
• Gossip from the latest pop stars
• Whoops page - where there will be images of pop stars they didn’t want you to see

Feature Content

Examples of feature articles which will appear in the magazine:
• Interviews with the latest pop stars
• Articles on bands splitting up
• Articles on the latest chart toppers
• Interviews with successful pop star managers
• “pop star of the month”
• Interviews with legendary musicians


House Style

Cover lines: Franklin Gothic Medium

Headlines: Shruti

Stand first: Shruti 12pt

Captions: Shruti 10pt

Features first paragraph: First word in capital letter in larger pt than the rest of the text. In font Shruti.

News first paragraph: First word in Bold capital larger pt.

Body Text: Arial 11pt

Colour scheme: White, Pink, Green

Images I Took For My Media Product

Research

• I am going to produce a music magazine with the Pop genre.
• My target audience will be girls aged10+ who are interested in pop music
  
  
  Research
  
• Regular price of Pop magazine - £2-£3
• Frequency Of Publication - Fortnightly
• Number Of Pages - 100-150
• Regular Content - Latest music awards, New Pop bands, Charts
• Editor's Letter
• Letters from readers
• Feature articles are usually interviews with Pop singers

Q Magazine

The magazine price is £3.90
The magazine is published monthly
The issue size is 162
The regular content is who they have interviewed and Gigs
The main feature article is the prodigy



NME Magazine

The price of this magazine is £1.90
A typical Nme magazine is 70 – 80 pages long
The magazine is published on a weekly basis
The regular content is what people think about the new bands and new single releases
The main feature articles are main big bands.


Final Ideas

I have decided to price my magazine at £1.80 because my target audience is starting from a young age, therefore they may not be willing to pay a lot of money to buy this magazine.
Also for the frequency of publication I will publish my magazine fortnightly
The average issue size will be 120 pages,
The regular content will be an editor’s letter, the latest news, chart entries and competitions and letters from readers.
The feature articles will be interviews with new pop stars.

These are the images i took to use on my double page spread and evaluation

Interview Questions With A Fan

Interview with Girls Aloud Fan

Questions for my interview with a Girls Aloud fan
For my double page spread I am going to interview a Girls Aloud fan and find out what they think about the band, and I will se these questions and answers also with the research on the background of the band.
1. What’s it is about Girls Aloud that makes you like them so much?
2. Have you ever been to see the band in concert?
3. Where they entertaining?
4. Who is your favourite band member?
5. Why do you like them the best?
6. What is it about pop genre that attracts you to the pop band so much?
7. Do you find, even though you are a fan of the band that their music is all the same?
8. Do you think the band set a good example to young girls (the target audience of the magazine)?
9. What do you think about the band going their separate ways?
10. Do you think Cheryl Cole’s success reflects greatly upon the band as a whole?
11. The band was formed on reality show Pop Stars the Rivals, many years ago, do you think their initial publicity helped them succeed with their future in singing?
12. Girls Aloud are still going strong after years together, do you think it might be time for them to separate for good soon?
13. Why do you think Girls aloud still have Sell Out concerts after years?
14. What is it about the band that you think appeals to everybody?
15. Do you think the band make a good contrast between their work life and “partying lifestyle”?
16. Do you think girls aloud could cause young girls to feel conscious about their bodies?
17. Do you think Cheryl Cole leaving the band for a while to focus on her solo career will be a good thing, or do you think it would break the band?
18. Why do you think Girls Aloud appeal the most teenage girls?

Thanks for letting me interview you, I have found out a lot of information.
Also I am going to write an article featuring Girls Aloud, from a biographical point of view, going to interview a Girls aloud fan also, and research the band to find out as much as I can about them, in order to make the 2000 words possible, and it will enable me to give the audience as much information as I can.