Contents Page

1.     Brief
2.     Key Features of a Magazine Cover
3.     Powerpoint Presentation – Deconstructions of 3 Music Magazine Covers
4.     Blog Post – Deconstruction of 3 contents pages
5.     Preliminary Task Flat Plans
6.     Preliminary Task
7.     Deconstructions of Double Page Spreads
8.     Main Task Proposal Table
9.     Inspirational Texts – Music Videos
10.   Previous Students Work Table / Evaluation
11.   Photoshop Skills Development 1 – Jarvis Cocker Task
12.   Photoshop Skills Development 2 – The Simpsons Poster Task
13.   Stage 2 Magazine Proposal
14.   Institutional Research
15.   Proposal Table with Potential Problems
16.   Audience Research and Analysis of Data
17.   Front cover, contents and DPS flat planswith written rationale
18.   The Recce
19.   Photoshoot Planning
20.   Emails organising models / locations forphoto shoots
21.   The Conventions, The Producer and TheTarget Audience of My Text
22.   Fonts with commentary
23.   Colour pallette
24.   Photographs – which ones used, which onesyou haven’t used and why
25.   Final Front Cover / Contents Page / Double Page Spread
26.   Evaluation ( 1 2 3 4 5/6 7 )

Evaluation 7: Looking back at your preliminary task , what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from that to your full product?

Evaluation 5 & 6

Evaluation 4: Who would be the audience for your media product?

The target audience of my magazine will be mainly females from the age of 15 to 25. However, the magazine will also be accessible to males as the articles will have variety in genres. I chose to have the age 15 to 25 as i see this as the main age for people to explore different types of music, as they are usually still in education and have free time to enjoy them. I have aimed the magazine at people, who attend concerts regularly; hence the live reviews that will be included, as well as they being more interest bases people who are opinionated and do not usually follow society’s trends. From the graphs I created from my audience research, I have gathered information which would shape who i would aim my magazine at. These graphs can be found below.

Evaluation 3: What kind of media institution might distribute your product and why?

Make a video of your own at Animoto.

Evaluation 2: How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Evaluation 1: In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

The title of the magazine “SHADE”, shown in photo 1, uses the typical conventions real media products. The use of one word is simplistic and easy to remember, similar to most magazines. The placement is typical in western cultures as people who read the magazines read from left to right; therefore it is placed in the top left corner. Having it placed there will allow it to be identified easily as it the first thing the reader would see. The mise-en-scene uses some elements of the typical media products but also challenges them. Photo 2 and 3 shows my front cover which contains elements of mise-en-scene such as having the image centred and having a lack of props and extravagant costume. These elements will entice the reader while not overwhelming them with too much visual imagery. However, it also goes against the usual conventions by having the image in black and white and making sure the model wasn’t looking at the camera. Usually magazines have their text unique and different depending on what it is being used for, so i went against this convention. Instead of using a unique text i used, shown in photo 4, is very similar to the masthead which shows continuity. However, it is also obvious when the text is different by using several colours that one colour is more important than the other. In picture 5, the written article is shown which has a mostly formal feel to make it appear professional, similar to other magazines of the genre. My magazine follows the trend of covering the indie genre as well as some of mainstream culture, which combines elements of different magazine types. The coverage inside the magazine varies to allow a larger audience as there are potential articles about underground, alternative and mainstream music. The layout of my magazine is simple and follows the usual conventions such as having the subheads and sell lines frame my image on the front cover. The contents page also follows the conventions such as using an equal amount of images to make it appear neat. It also has the content box on the right of the page and has a subscription box close to it, therefore the reader will see it and be tempted to use the subscription service.