- From an overview my audience would be that of young people, more specifically mid-late adoloescents.
- There is no specific gender in which my magazine is intended for, in this m magazine will not seem controversial, further, in sales my magazine would generate far more money as there would be twice the amount of peole buying my magazine rather than if there was only one gender buying.
- Plus, only selling to one main gender would restrict productivity in my magazine as it would become labelled meaning it would be able to grow as a brand.
- Without trying to seem arrogant my magazine would most likely appeal to people of middle-upper class. Not dismissing people of lower-class as they would be more than welcome to buy my magazine but through presentation and fashion used by artists it would seemingly not be suited to them.
5. How did you attract /address your audience?
- In order to add real insentive for my readers, I have implimented prizes for competitons, for example winning a trip to another country or winning clothes. The clothes idea I found to be fairly crucial as my magazine has the intention to be quite fashionable, and the youth reading my magazine will most likely as it were 'be in the know' fashion wise, therefore this aspect will or should appeal to them.
- To attract my audience I have used a contrast in colours. I have used a vibrant explosive yellow as well as using a black to compliment it. Using yellow as a main colour hopefully should engage the reader's eye and stand out.
- To relate to new media devices, I have expanded my magazine on to multiple media sources, for example through instagram, twitter, facebook and through the use of an app also.
- My use of expanded media is in keeping with the uses and gratifications theory. This is as all of the media sources I have placed 'POWER' magazine in/onto are all for audience manipulation, meaning the audience have the ability to explore and investigate everything about 'POWER' on their own accord.
6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing the product?
- In order to produce my magazine I used the software 'Adobe InDesign'. This software allowed me to formulate and edit my magazine, whilst also giving it a professional feel/look.
- To capture my photographs I used a canon camera, for me this camera was great insight into new technologies, as it showed me how indepth and detailed production can be in the modern era.
- During the use of the camera, postioning and lighting became two major factors. Positioning in relation to this camera was very good as the camera was dynamic and diverse allowing me to take quality images from a wide range of different angles.
- For my final product I did use photoshop as I felt my photos would stand out greater with added effects. Photoshop as a software itself is very useful as it has a large library of devices in which one can enhance their work a great deal. Features; include effects...........
- InDesign I found to be of great use. The amount resources within the programme is outstanding. I used my techniques during the process of creating my magazine. These techniques included
7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
- Since starting on my magazine I have gathered many technical skills
- When first approaching my school magazine task, I was skeptical about how to make the magazine detailed and how to make it stand out.
- I did however gather the basics of the program and simple conventions of magazines. For example in the school magazine on the front cover I used a bold main title and used thumbnails for other articles.
- However for the contents page, the layout was very basic and lacked character. As I used a non-appealing font alongside few pictures.
- In comparison to my music magazine the 'Haydon Weekly', looks under developed and weak.
- Through the extensive use of 'InDesign' and teacher discussion, I have managed to understand techniques and features to add to my projects in order to improve them, therefore the reasoning behind why my music magazine is so much more detailed and bolder than my original school magazine.
Original School Magazine:
New Music Magazine:
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