MODERATOR NOTE

Welcome to my AS media blog, I am currently studying AS media as part of my A levels at college.
I started my research and planning in Septmember and since then i have created my magazine cover as well as a contents page and a double page spread.
Underneath this post are the evaluation questions.
I hope you enjoy looking through my blog.
Emma

FINAL FRONT PAGE

FINAL CONTENTS PAGE

FINAL DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD

EVALUATION: QUESTION 7

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

EVALUATION: QUESTION 6

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

EVALUATION: QUESTION 5

How did you attract/address your audience?

EVALUATION: QUESTION 4

Who's would be the audience for your media product? why?

gender: Female

age: 14

occupation: High school student

Hobbies: Shopping, hanging out with friends, listening to music

Where would they shop: hughstreet shops like topshop and new look

Favourite music artists: Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, One Direction

My target audience would be around the age of 12-16 and they would still be at high school. 

They would listen to music artists which I would feature in my magazine. These artists would be under the pop category and my target audience would get fashion inspiration from them and will look up to them so I need to make sure that I don't include celebrities in my magazine which have a bad reputation as my target audiences parents would not be okay with their child buying this. Artists with good reputations would be liked by my target audience such as Taylor swift or Ellie Goulding which are music artists which teenagers are able to look up to for inspiration.

In my target audiences spare time they will like to do shopping, hang out with friends and listening to music. This means it's important for me to include content relevant to their hobbies so they will be more interested in reading it. I will have to include content about pop artists, include competitions for concert tickets and fashion information.

My target audience would wear clothes such as jeans and leggings and casual tops for the daytime and maybe shirts or dressy tops for when going out. My audience isn't too old so they won't be wearing privative clothing and will be still int he phase of wearing plain and comfy clothes but the older end of my target audience may be starting to experimenting with their style and and wear clothes from high street shops.

My target audience will typically shop t high street shops such as new look and topshop as they are affordable and accessible for audience as they aren't old enough to have a job and if they do it will be very low pay so they don't have enough money to afford to shop elsewhere. This means I included clothes in my magazine from these shops.

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EVALUATION: QUESTION 3

the linked pictures below include my answer to question 3

EVALUATION: QUESTION 2

                                   How does your media product represent particular social groups?

On the left is the original image which I used for my cover page but without the background took out, on the right is a picture from top of ht epos magazine of Ariana Grande. The images are fairly similar in a few ways. One of the ways which was very prominent to me was the fact that they have similar facial expressions! Both Rebecca and Ariana Grande have a cheesy grin and are looking directly into the camera which will engage the reader.

Another thing I noticed was the posture of both the models. They are both stood upright and have a straight posture but are both leaning slightly to the side which could show that they are casual and normal people just like the readers. It also shows they are not 'perfect' which most magazines pot ray celebrities as.

Also, I used the same shot type as the top of the pops shoot as I did my research and realised the majority of shot types are mid-shots to show off the models face. This may result in the audience not being able to relate to the models as they have no spots and have very clear skin as they have been photoshopped. On the other hand, as it is a mid-shot it means the image is at the same level as the reader and could also represent that the models are down to earth and regular just like the audience reading it.

I decided to dress my model in 'up to date clothes' which you can buy from normal shops such as top shop and new look which is generally where my target audience would be able to afford to shop. Also I didn't want to dress my model in provocative clothing as it would not appeal to my younger audience and their parents may not buy it them which may be the case for some of my target audience.

EVALUATION: QUESTION 1

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

Contens page feedback

Front cover process 23

I also added an issue number to the top right under the title in the same font as the price is in. I did this as I thought it would make it look more professional.

Front cover process 22

After doing a bit of research and asking opinions of my peers, I came to the conclusion that my title did not look appropriate. As it was in lower case it did not look suitable for a title. I decided to change the font to 'BEBAS NEUEU' as it looked more professional and suitable for my magazine and its genre.

Contents page feedback questionnairre

Contents page process 9

Next I added the titles of the boxes which I did in white as it stood out against the pink background. I then added the page numbers wight he titles and also added a bit of a description as it tells you more about that feature.

Contents page process 8

I decided to change my contents page as I felt as if it was very childish and unprofessional. I kept the image, purple circle with the writing inside, the masthead and all I changed for the images was to change them to my own an to change the colour of them to match my title.

I then added 3 rectangular boxes with a pink to white gradient (the same pink as the masthead to make it look professional). I also added a drop shadow to make them stand out where it turns to white otherwise it would blend in with the background and you wouldn't be able to tell when the box ends.

Contents page small images

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Weekly plan

• re-design contents page
• get feedback on contents page
• upload pictures i took myself for the contents page

Front cover process 21

From getting my interview responses I went and took images for the poster images on the banner a the bottom of my cover page and replaced them with the images i previously had of celebrities.