Powerpoint presentation

The link below shows my final power point presentation. On this you will see how I went about the production for my magazine and see analyse on my product as well. I will also link my research power point shorty to show where I gathered most of my ideas from.

http://www.slideshare.net/mikey305/indie-mag-12127218

Question 8

Question 7

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

In hindsight I believe if I had the knowledge of the programs I have been using during my task so Photoshop as well as InDesign as at GCSE I did not really use Photoshop as I did not do Design or Graphic art which from some of my other classmates gave me disadvantage at the start of the year but the one thing that helped me use it better is I used a trial and error system just taking a normal photo and adding effects or cropping it so that it was easier later or in the production of my magazine.

Question 6

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

I have learnt a lot about InDesign and also learnt how to make my product as appealing as possible. For example I learnt how to over lay certain aspects so where I have put my main photo over the title and how it goes over certain parts of text. I also enhanced some of the skills I had already which helped my product look ‘professional’ not ‘something that had been made by a media AS student’

Question 5

How did you attract/address your audience?

I have attracted my target audience by putting aspects such as a guide in the magazine for festivals and concerts that are the best parts of music and it’s proven that the vast majority of all music lovers enjoy concerts and festivals as well as any other type of live music. I also attracted my target audience by adding aspects such as the new bands/rejuvenated which will help my promote my magazine as if people like the bands they see in here or like the music they make or have made in the past.

Question 4

Who would be the audience for your media product?

The target audience I have decided to promote my product to is the middle class and really people who like the genre of music(indie rock) as well as people who are a bit outrageous people due to the who genre and what it stands for. So my target audience are mainly males aged 12-18 that like indie rock music as well as going to concerts and festivals as that is something the magazine focuses on.

Question 3

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

I think from the research I had done before and during my task about the sort of instantiations there are I believe that the one I will use to promote and distribute my product is time inc who are also known as IPC media which distribute the NME magazine which I have based most of my products on. So that is the sole reason I would chose this specific institution.

Question 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

My media product represents social groups in two ways. One through the type of music it is on (indie rock) which can be stereotyped to be for middle class people and usually teenagers as they are the most rebellious type of people ‘apparently’. But with indie rock the type of people who listen to it are usually quite happy people due to the aspects of this genre for example the bright vibrant colours that are used by a lot of bands and this can be relayed into the type of clothing people where. Although many people believe this it could be contradictory to say that some types of indie rock can be quite depressing as the music is very slow and not up beat like the main type of music.

Question 1

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

I believe my products kept to some codes and conventions as well as challenging some. The ways in which I kept to the codes and conventions was by keeping to the same layout as most of the professional magazines use. This was certain aspects such as a strapline somewhere on the page as well as a big, bold masthead that usually has part of a picture covering it. After using these codes and conventions I then developed on them by changing certain aspects such as the font and colour of the masthead to make it unique to my product. I challenged forms of convention in one way which was by having my earpiece as just a bit of text as I wanted the main focus to be on the main picture as well as the masthead to make it so that people will be drawn to the main parts of my product and not an earpiece.

After feedback

After I gathered my feedback on all the aspects of my magazine people said that it did not quite look like a magazine more of a poster, so I decided to change the certain parts of my front cover, contents, double page.

Front cover:

On my front cover I decided and was advised to change the colour of title from using a very bright picture that was like an ‘explosion’ of colour. So I used more basic colours that would still stand out and be noticed if they were placed on a shop shelf. As I changed the title colour I decided to also change the overall colour pattern as I first started with blue as a main colour but then with some help from the feedback I decided that red was a better colour to use as well as have a bit of a stand out colour of yellow.

Contents page:

Again in the contents page I had to change the colour of the background and the overall colour scheme to add the fluidity in my work. I also changed the overall layout to make sure I stuck with my codes and conventions and did not stray too far from the concept. I added some features such as the picture of the front cover in the corner to stick with codes and conventions as well as adding a subscription box and an editor’s box to add more codes and conventions and make it look more like a contents page for a magazine.

Double page spread:

On my double page spread I again decided to stick to more codes and conventions and had realised that on a double page spread there must be a clear divide as when it comes to print there will be a loss of writing if they cross the page. So I then had to move the pictures as well as the title into places where it would not get cut off. I also added an introduction to the interview as well as adding a quote that is located above the left hand side picture. I also decided to add another free track in the right hand corner of the page to make it more realistic.