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