Question 5

How did you attract/address your audience?

I tried to make my front cover as intreging as possible to attract my audience to my magazine. Its the first thing people look at when they pick up a magazine, so it has to be the most attractive thing. Looking at other magazines, I noticed the masthead was a outstanding colour mostly to others. So thats why I made my masthead red. I also thought it went with the black and white theme. I used the front cover picture to make the audience look more into his eyes. They are intense and it makes people wonder and interests them to look inside the magazine. I was told on audience feedback that it looked interesting and that they would buy it if it was being sold. Also I thought the title was attractive and funny. Like I said before its an urban term so thats how it appeals to my generation and target audience.

With the contents and doublepaged spread, I tried to use decent pictures and use different graphics so it attract the audience. I made the pictures so they look profesional and eye catching because black, white and red stand out. I thought using bright colours would make it look for a more younger audience.

Question 4

Who would be the audience for your media product?

I want 16 - 20 year olds to read my magazine. I'm aiming particuly at college students, whom are more mature. Like I said in mytreatment sheet, Eargasm is for teenagers who like a mixture of music and don't follow a specific genre. Its a unisex magazine. I havn't tried to make it more femine or masculine, however I had only used men for the pictures because its a jazz music special and there are more male jazz artists than female. I used the black and white colours to symbalise the jazz music feel.

I'd only be charging £2.50 for my magazine so the audience would have to pay much for it. In my audience feedback they told me that its a good price.

Question 3.

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

The Bauer Media Group publish magazines like Q which I tried to make mine like, so I think they could publish something like my magazine. They publish Q, Mojo and Empire which are very succesful magazines. They have the most sold magazines so far in the UK and thats why I'd choose them to publish my magazine. I researchedc the figures and they are currently the top, Empire magazine being number 1 and Mojo being 2nd and Q being 3rd.They also Kerrang which is a rock magazine that isn't as popular but alot of teenagers read it. My magazine doensn't just focus on one genre but it does contain some. They also run their own music channels so they'd advertise my magazine on televsion too. I'd want my magazine to be sold in Newsagents, Supermarkets and music shops just like any other magazine. Places where people would see them and want to buy them. The publishers Future publish Classic Rock magazine which is popular among older audiences so I wouldn't want them to publish my magazine thats for younger adults.

Evaluation Question 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?


When making my magazine I wanted to do something that any teenager could like. I took inspiration from magazines like Q and Rolling Stone that feature many artists and bands from different genres. I think teenagers should have open minds when it comes to music and giving them a magazine that has a mixture so they can discover new music. Thats why I displayed different artists on the front cover.
I wanted to present a jazz kind of music like Michael Buble who is popular with young adults these days. Plus I didn't want to represent a sterotyped teenager who is only into rock music or pop music. I used black, white and red to give it that smooth edge and profesional look so my target audience would think so. I thought the red masthead would attract the audience and make the name stand out. As for the title "Eargasm"  I thought teenagers would like it because its an urban term for the pleasure you get from music and they'd think it was humourous. I got loads of feedback from my target audience saying how they liked that I tried to make it look profesional and that they'd actually buy it if it was in a shop. They said they liked the red masthead because it looks attractive. On my doublepaged spread they said they liked the picture because again it looks profesional and good quality and thats what they want to see. They commented on the theme saying its different and interesting.
Thats what I tried to do and I think it worked. I used a language thats not slang but formal enough for a young adults magazine. I wanted it to be as profesional as I could make it. Also, I tried to limit my text and pictures so that they're could be an equal amount because everyone gets bored with just plain old text so I tried to make it more attractive to look at by adding some images but also some text graphics so that its not boring.

 

   My audience feedback said they liked the name of the magazine and that its creative.

Evaluation :)

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

I have answered this question on the pictures displayed here. This includes what should be displayed on a front cover, contents page and double paged spread.

Many of the ingrediants I have mentioned in the answers here I have displayed in my magazine. I tried to make it as attractive and profesional as I could make it. I used many of the traditional conventions but also some of my own like adding the name of them magazine in the corners of my pages.

Audience Feedback.

What do you think of the magazine?
( from different people)

•  I like the red,black and white colour scheme.
• Good font, its bold and stands out.
• Creative Name
• Images go well with the theme.
• Interview on doublepaged spread makes it look profesional.
• Quotes go well with the pictures.
• Looks profesional
• Good use of masthead
• Good quality pictures
• Is full but it doesn't look cluttered or messy.

Do you like what it looks like>

• Really good design and it looks profesional.
• Looks like an actual magazine.

Any improvements?

• Maybe add some more colours
• Bit more contents on the front cover.

Would you buy this magazine and why?

•  Yes, the design is eye catching and good.
• Yes looks interesting and different. It doesn't look like an average magazine. The price is good and its all good quality.

My Final Pages :)

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I'm really happy with them!