Sunday 27 April 2014

Thursday 24 April 2014

Evaluation part 5

I attracted/addressed my audience by exploiting a number of different theories.

  • Uses and gratifications 
  • Naomi Wolf
  • Marjorie Ferguson 
  • interactivity

Evaluation part 5

  • How did you attract/address your audience?

Wednesday 23 April 2014

Evaluation part 4- Audience response

 
 
This is a response to my questionnaire from a member of my target audience.

Tuesday 22 April 2014

Evalation part 4 - Audience Feedback


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To collect some audience feedback I have created a survey. Audience feedback is vital as if the audience don't like what they see they are less likely to buy the magazine.

Evaluation part 4 - Reader profile

Earlier in the year I created a reader profile for my magazine. It shows who my ideal primary target audience is, Females around 15-22 (as 30% are still in education) who are working class and it also shows my ideal secondary target audience, older men also of working class. As well as showing the primary target audience and the secondary target audience it also shows the interests of my ideal target audience. 

Evaluation part 4


  • What would be the audience for your media product?

Sunday 20 April 2014

Evaluation part 3

After doing research into different media institutions that publish music magazines I decided that it would be between Bauer Media and IPC Media. After comparing the two against each other I have decided that Bauer Media would be the better choice for my magazine.
The company already publish a few very successful music magazines like Q and Mojo so its obvious they have a lot of knowledge when it comes to publishing music magazines. On top of this the music magazines they do publish are a different genre to my magazine. They also have quite a few magazines that are targeted at my secondary target audience however, not as many targeted at my primary. 

Making and distributing my magazine would also be very beneficial to the company, as they don't have many magazines targeted at my primary audience distributing my magazine will broaden their audience and increase their profits. My magazine wouldn't be in competition with any of their current magazines as it is a different genre it would only be in competition with other media institutions like Prometheus Global Media who distribute billboard .

Although IPC Media is a good publishing company they produce very few magazines that are targeted at the younger generations so therefore I believe choosing this publisher would be a risk. 

Evaluation part 3

  • What type of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Wednesday 16 April 2014

Evaluation part 1- My feature article compared with a Q feature article



The typical conventions are listed in the previous prezi.

Evaluation part 1 - My contents page compared to a Q contents page

Evaluation part 1 - My front cover compared to a Q front cover


Forgot to mention in the prezi but both magazines feature catchy taglines of stories that will attract the attention of the reader.

Evaluation part 1


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

To answer this question I have decided to compare my front cover, contents page and feature article to those produced by an actual music magazine the magazine I have decided to compare mine to is Q as I used this magazine as a style model.

Monday 14 April 2014

Feature article progress

 
I have now finished the second page of my feature article I have including a quote from the artist which is red (keeping the house style) and have written the rest of my article.

Feature article progress

 

I have completed the first double page of my feature article I have added a quote from the artist in the left hand corner and have added page numbers to make the article look more authentic. I have now moved on to the second page where I have used the grid to locate the middle of the page then put text on one half and an image of the artist on the second.