Monday 28 March 2011
Lesson 10
In today's lesson I completed questions 3, 4 and 5. I've done question 3 as a bullet point case study on IPC and why it is suitable for my magazine, question 4 i did a profile on my friend Harriet who would read my magazine and question 5 with an annotation of my magazine.
Evaluation- Question 4- Profile of audience
Who would be the audience for your media
product?
Name: Harriet Hender
Age: 18
Occupation: Student
Favourite bands/ singers: The Pretty
Reckless, NickelBack and 30 seconds to mars
Likes: Festivals, clubbing, house parties
and going out with friends.
Dislikes: classical music, exams, teachers
and being controlled by her parents.
Other magazines she buys: NME and Kerrang
How she spends her time: Playing the guitar
in her rock band and trying to get tickets to festivals.
Evaluation- Question 3-Bullet Point case study
What kind of media institution might distribute your
media product and why?
I will be
using IPC Media as my distributer because:
·
They are the UK’s leading magazine publisher.
·
They produce over 60 million brands of
magazines, including NME (a music magazine with the same genre as mine).
·
They cover a diverse range of genres of
magazines.
·
A big gap in their portfolio for more music
magazines.
·
NME has a really limited audience (only appeals
to men) whereas Fierce appeals to both genders so therefore we have widened the
audience.
·
Appeal to the younger generation as there is a
magazine purely written and dedicated to them.
·
NME is a popular music magazine, so if Fierce
is under the same publisher as NME, people will most likely buy Fierce to
compare it to NME.
·
Has unveiled a 24 mobile optimized- site
(appeal to the teenage market as they are always on their phones, appropriate
for my music magazine to be published by IPC).
Lesson 9
In this lesson, we were beginning to write out our evaluation. I have done question 1 in a slide share format to show some creativity to the examiner, and question 2 as a essay to show that I also have an understanding of the music magazine market.
Monday 21 March 2011
Evaluation- Question 2-Essay
How does your Media product represent particular social groups?
The main genre for “Fierce” magazine is rock and roll. The main target audience for “Fierce”
magazine would be aimed at teenagers, as there is a teenage rock star on my
front cover whom people might aspire to be like or even fancy. Her hair is
covering her eyes and she is glaring at the camera giving off a moody persona.
The way she is posed shows what type of people may be interested in reading
“Fierce” magazine. As well as this, the title acts as a describing word not
only for the model that I have used, but also for the target audience: Young,
Fierce and independent individuals.
For the front cover, the rock star is standing in front of a grungy
brick wall, which gives off the view that this is the sort of place where
rebellious teenagers may hang out, and they can relate to Vicky (the model) due
to where she is standing. So they may read this because it catches their eye
and is similar to them. The way that I represent my Target audience by my
magazine is that they are moody teenagers
(The star on the front cover) who are independent
(Vicky is standing in a confident position and is photographed on her
own). It could be debated that I’m representing teenagers in a negative way,
but the truth is not all teenagers are happy with themselves, and this magazine
is about opening up to who they are and being proud to be an individual and not
a follower.
My magazine front cover is not in the same style of a stereotypical
rock magazine. I use a girl on the front cover as for a rock magazine; they
normally have men on the front cover. This may be different to a normal rock
magazine, but this simple change also supports the message of my magazine,
which is about being an individual and not following a crowd.
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