Q7.Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Q6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Q5. How did you attract/ address your audience?

Q4. Who would be the audience for your media product?

Q3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Q2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?

I have learnt about the importance of social groups by doing my initial research and seeing just who would be interested in my magazine and the genre of my it. It is important for me to know my social group as that is who my magazine will be based around and advertised to and if the social groups do not like the magazine they will not return to read it which means that no one will buy my magazine in the future or recommend it to anyone else.

I set up to appeal to 16-25 year olds as thought this would go in the catchment of people in their last years of school, A-Level students and University Students who all are normally interested in music and socillising which is why I thought I would choose to use this age bracket and social groups.

I found out about the social groups that would have an interest in my magazine by doing research in the form of surveys and focus groups within my class and friend group. I also looked at NME and Q magazine and seen who their target audience was and tried to see if my target audience related to that and it did, this was good as I then knew that I was on the right track.

The social group that my audience belongs to is teenagers and young adults. I am representing them in my magazine by using fonts that I think will appeal to them, this being bold and bright dots that really catch the readers eye. I have also used the colors that have been used in magazines that are in relation to one. So I used colours like black, red, grey, yellow and purple. I did this because all of the colours complemented each other well and in the research that I did the feedback for the three base colours (red,black and grey) was good and people said that they thought it would work well with the audience and overall look of the magazine. The images that I used were simple yet effective just like the research that I did as I looked to see what type of images other music magainzes used and the research that I found was that it is very similar to the photos that I have taken. The style of the magazine is contemporary and modern which is what I wanted as it is aimed at the younger generation and the bands and people who I have put on the contents page are all in the charts today and is what the younger generation seem to like when I did my research.

Q1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Final DPS

This is the final of my double page spread.

Changes to DPS

As you can see I have made changes to my DPS to make things row better and make it look accurate.

final contents

This is my final contents page.

Change to my contents page

On reflection when looking over my double page spread with my teacher I decided that the overall look of my contents page was just not right, so we decided upon changing the color of the banner at the top.

Final cover

This is my final front cover.

changes to DPS

As you can see I have made changes to the way my DPS spread looks. I have done this on reflection of my work and comments and suggestions made form my teacher and peers. I have changed the colour of the background so that it blends into the overall look of the magazine.

Feedback from Kay

This is the feedback that I got off a media teacher that was helping us on. As you can see the feedback that I got gave me a clear indication of what I have to do.

2nd feedback for my double page spread

This is the second feedback that I have got for my double page spread, as you can see I need to make improvements on my double page spread. These improvements are changing the centre line of the magian to ale t loo like the layout of and actual magazine.

location recce

This is where I chose to do my photography at the University of Sunderland Media Centre. I chose to use this location as it has great reviews of the studio that is there and it was in a good location for me as it was close to my college. I contacted the person that is in charge of the studio there and got a date and time so that I could go and the studio would be set up as it is normally used by university students so I also had to check that it was not being used by the students.

4th draft of contents page feedback

This is the 4th draft of my contents page as you can see I have a lot of changes to be made on my contents page.

3rd draft front cover feedback

This is the third draft of my front cover and as you can see I have got a few improvements to make. The space on the top of the page needs to be filled.                                                                                                  

Feedback on DPS

This is the first piece of market work that I have had back that has been marked and given a grade on my double page spread. As you can see it has a lot of improvement that can be done to move the grade of the work up further.

1st draft of DPS

This is the first draft of my double page spread. I have handed it in to be market and get feedback on. Also to see what improvements I can make.

2nd draft of double page spread.

As you can see I have changed some of the wording as it needed to be appropriate for the magazine and the interviewer.

1st draft of written piece DPS

This is the first draft that I asked to be marked so that I can get feedback and improve. When it was marked and gave back to me I noticed that I needed to change it so that the interviewer was not asking all of the questions.

3rd draft of contents page

This is the 3rd draft of my contents page that's been marked I need to make improvements on the image at the bottom of the screen and also the interviews section.

Organisation contacts

When I was planning to take the photos for my magazine I had to get in contact with the person who was in charge of the photo studio at my local university. Here is the evidence that I emailed the person and the confirmation that I could use the facilities that are there.

Double page spread

I have decided to change the look of my double page spread as I think it will benefit the way it looks as I can fit more aspects in and rearrange things better wen it comes to adding the contents.

Double page spread influence (draft 2)

When revisiting my choice of influence for my double page spread I changed my mind as the flow of the magazine did not flow correctly. I instead chose to use this, as I thought the layout was better suited to my magazine as I had a image that I wanted to use on it,which goes a lot better with this layout.

2nd draft of contents page

This is the second draft of my contents page, as you can see I have improvements to make. For example I can move the name and page number for the featured person up to the top left of the image to use up the space that is not used. Plus I need to use a range of texts, so I need to change the main header and the columns. Plus with if I rearrange different items on the page it will make it look better and more polished.

Colour samples

Contents page first draft.

This is the first draft of my contents page, I have handed it in to get market and that will tell me when're my strengths and weaknesses are and where I can improve to make it look better/ more professional.

2nd Draft of front cover

This is the second draft that I have for my front cover as you can see I have changed the masthead so that it is bigger and is a lot easier to see plus I have also changed the text so that it does not blend into the other texts on the form of the magazine as a lot were the same . I have also canceled out the stray bits of hair that were at the top of my models head, just so that it looked more professional. Plus the size of the actual meaning of the name and Issue number have been reduced in size so that they are still easy to see but are of a better size.

Photoshop planning

I don't necessarily want my photography to have an emotional impact on the reader but I do want it to stand out and to capture the reader when they pass by or when they start to read the magazine. I want them to instantly know who the magazine is based upon and what it is about. The personnel that I will need is one model as that is the main image for the magazine. I am going to photography one of my friends who has accepted to be the model for the magazine. I will not need any props as I will be getting central shots. I may need a chair but the person at the photo studio has informed me that he has a chair that I can use which I have seen and is suitable for the photo shoots.I am going to emphasise colour by using different lights and shaded which make different effects. Yes I have briefed my model on what I want her to wear and what her hair and makeup should be like. Plus we have discussed what would look best and what would appeal to my audience. Also I have had to inform my model on what day that I am going to the studio and what time that I have booked it for. When I am there I am hoping to try a variety of lights to see what works well and what does not with my model, with the lighting it can either make it look to bright or to dark so I will have to find the right consistency works well and which one does not. I can also use colures lighting which could make the effect of different colors shining through. I will be shooting at the local university that is situated not far from where I am based. My teacher had informed me and my class that previous students had used the photo studio and we would be allowed to use it again. This was very helpful as it was very close and accessible for me to use and all of the equipment was there and already set up which helped me a lot. For my backdrop I want it to be plane and white, this is so that it can act as a blank space meaning that I can create any image that I want. If I had chosen to use a pictured backdrop or an outdoors area it would have been harder to get the right photo that I want as other aspects, such as tress or traffic may have been a problem. For the makeup and costume I had done a lot of research into what would fit onto my magazine and the whole look of it, because my magazine is based on alternative rock, I wanted it to look maturer than a pop magazine would, I had to make sure that the model that I am going to use dresses appropriately for the shoot, I have chosen to go for quite a minimalist look with black jeans and a plain white top as this is what a lot of the celebrities are wearing as they go for the more casual look yet still trying to be smart. For the makeup I have decided to go for plain but effective colours.

The Recce for photo shoot

Hazards
There could be possible hazards when I go to take my photos for example there will be a lot of wires that will be exposed as the equipment that will be used all have wires, this being one of the main hazards as it could lead to tripping over the wires or getting caught up in them which could lead to further hazards. Another hazard could be the traffic on the way to the location of the photo shoot. Outside of the building is a large car park which will be full of cars moving as it will be at a busy time of the day. Furthermore bulbs in the ceiling could pop/blow which could cause them to smash meaning that the glass may fall on my self and whoever else is in the room. Plus the equipment that will be in the room at the time I will be taking my photos may not have been PAT tested this stands for Portable Appliance Testing, this means that they may be unsafe to use which could be dangerous when it comes to using them if necessary. Moreover a lot of the big objects in the room may fall over which could be extremely dangerous if they fall on someone or other valuable items.

Minimised
The actions that need to be taken to make sure that he wired to not become harmful would be to be sure that they are taped down with brightly coloured tape to make sure that it is clear for people to see. With the traffic it is safest to stay on the path away form any potential traffic cars that may be approaching. If the bulbs do smash I will have to make sure that I have a protective coating on them is that it will catch the bulb and the broken glass. One way that I can check to see if the equipment has been PAT tested is to ask the building and see if they can tell me if all of the equipment that I will be using has been tested. If the objects that I am going to be using fall, I will have to be cautious and know my surroundings when I am in the building.

Climate
The day and weather will not affect the photo shoot as it is indoors and all of the lighting is created by the lights that the building sue for normal photo shoots or video that they do.

Background
The background for my photo shoot will be plain white as I wanted to keep it minimal so that it allowed me to create a different look when it comes to actually creating the  magazine and also so that I have a plainer background to change things with later on in the process. My photos are not going to be taken outdoors so that does not affect me.

Lighting
The lighting will not affect my photo shoot as I am doing it in a photo studio that has no natural light or any things that light could reflect off. Plus the lighting that I will be using will be able to be adjusted and changed to cater for the lighting that we need.

Permission 
In order to take the photos at my chosen location I firstly had to contact the place and the person that is in charge of the photo studio and see if I could use it on the date and time that I want to. Then they will get back to me and inform me on what times are available and give me permission to use the building.

Other People
Other people will not affect the my photo shoot as it will be in a privately booked out room.

Other Aspects
I have a model to use for my photo shoot but I have already thought ahead to if the model cannot do it so I have got another model just in-case. I do not need props as I know what photos I want to take and non include props.

Feedback for my initial draft of front cover

 This is the initial feedback that I got from my first attempt at my front cover. As you can see there was a lot of improvement that I need to do to ale my magazine better. By doing this it will hopefully increase the final grade that I get for the overall magazine. The areas that I needed to improve on were that I needed to improve the use of texts used as there was not enough variety in the texts used. I also needed to adjust the masthead as it did not stand out enough which is one of the main part to the magazine.

Feedback for the perliminary task

This is the feedback that I got back form my teacher in regards to my preliminary task. The reason that I have has the feedback from this is to identify the key areas of where I had gone wrong and where I can improve. The areas that I did well on were the style of writing that I used and the columns were accurate when I out text onto it. On the front of my magazine the feedback that I received was that I had used a good central image and the colors that I used were appropriate for the magazine.

The improvements that I could make are that the image could have been moved up or positioned differently as there was a lot of unused space at the top of the magazine which looked unprofessional. The sell lines could also have been cleaner and closer together.

Magazine front cover first draft

This is my first draft for the front cover of my magazine, the reason that I have done this is because it is part of my coursework that has to be completed along with the contents page and double page spread. I will be getting feedback on this when it is marked and I will be improving on certain areas that have been looked at. The areas I found difficult were finding what colours to put the side lettering   and how to place them so that they all fit in. I found that by following my plan it made it easier to create the cover of my magazine.

Questionnaire

I have created a quiestionaire that I think will help me in my research and planning for my magazine. I have asked questions that I think will help me in making my magazine more accessible for my target audience.

I firstly started off by asking people if they were male or female, I did this to see what type of people would be my target audience whether it would be majority male or female. Here are the results. The red is female and the blue is male.









I secondly asked what age people were, I did this to see who my target audience was and who I would have to aim the contents of my magazine to.As you can see the blue is yes. It was the highest percentage as there was no one that filled in the questionnaire that was not aged between that.









I thirdly asked people what music genre they listened to, the reason I did this was to see if people would like the type of music that the people that are in my magazine is based on. The main genre of music was rock(red) and the second most popular was pop(blue) and the rest were all of the same, the catagories were R&B,Dance,Chart music and British pop.

The next question that I asked was do you read magazines. This was because if the people that I asked did not read them there would not have been much sense to make a music magazine to that particular audience. But the results showed that there are more people that do not buy them but would be willing to start buying them if the magazine was interesting and informative. 

The following question was how much would the people who are reading the magazine would be willing to pay. When I had done research I found the prices that other magazine were charging at the time and that is what i based my pricing around when i asked what the ctoemrs would be willing to pay the options were £1,£2,£3. The results show that the majority of people would pay £2 for a magazine and only 1 person would pay £3. With this I now know how much to charge for my magazine

The next question is if you are at either college,Sixth form, University or Work. The reason I asked this is so that I know who is reading and when they will probably be reading it and also if there is anything I can put in the magazine to help with their studies or work.The majority go to college and only 1 person goes to University and sixth form and non work.

The next question I asked was what social media do people use. The reason I asked this was so that I know other technical devices that I can use to connect with the people who read my magazine. Plus I can create apps and a website that can be used to keep in contact with my customers. As you can see from the results the most popular choice of technology was Twitter and then it went Instagram,Facebook and snapchat. I will use the two most popular which is twitter and Instagram, this will help me interact with my audience.

The next question is what technical devises do you use. The reason that I asked what technical devises people use is so that I can see how I can get in contact with people and what ways people could either use the website or the online app. From the results the one that came back as the most popular is a mobile phone, this is helpful as i now know what is the best method in communicating with my customers. The mobile app will be a good idea as most of my cutovers have a phone and are accessible to a technical devise that can access the app.

The final question that i asked was if the customers/ readers liked the colours red, white and black as these are the colours that I am going to use when I create my magazine. The results were that everyone who has taken the questionnaire came back and said that they liked and agreed on the colours.

Flat plans for magazine.

This is my flat plans for my magazine (M.NOW). I have chosen to do a flat plan for each page so that I can have a clear idea of what I am going to do when I create my magazine. Plus it will save me valuable time when creating the magazine as I will need to create the magazine in a certain amount of time and if I know what I am going to do I can then get on with the magazine  straight away.

Original questionnaire.

This is the plan for my paper questionnaire sheet, I have chosen to do a survey so that I can base my magazine around the feedback that I get from the questions that I ask. The way thatIi will show the results is in pie charts.The questions I have asked are as follows.
The reason I asked the person if they were aged between 16-25 was because I wanted to know who my target audience was and who I had to aim my magazine at and what would be more suited to them. The next question was for the type of music and this was vital as if the results came back as my target audience liked other music than what my magazine was based around I would have to change the concept and music theme of the magazine. When I asked what was the persons favourite band/ artist was it was so that I could then get a feature on that particular person. I wanted to see who actually read/ bought magazines and if how much they would be willing to pay this is so that I know how much to price my magazines at and what not to charge my customers. I asked if they were still in education of if they were working so that I could see what other aspects I could put in my magazine whether that be revision or educational help. The purpose of asking about the social media is so that I can communicate with my audience through different sources of technology i.e. apps, internet, phones. The final question is on if the audience likes the three colours that I am going to use when I create my magazine. I had done this so that I know what people will want and if the colours will work.

Reader profile

This is my reader profile, I have created this to show what the readers of my magazine like and what type of music that they listen to and what influences they have. It also gives me a better idea of how to improve my magazine and how to get to the target audience and see what they like. Plus for new readers of the magazine it allows them to see if they will like it and might persuade them to read it. The reason that I choose to use red,white and black for the colour scheme for the reader profile is because on the survey that I have done I ask if they like them three colours and the overall answer was yes. Plus I asked them what type of music they liked which was rock and pop which is why I have CD covers of bands/artists who fit that criteria.

Cover Influences

For my magazine front cover the influences that I had were from popular magazine such as NME and Q magazine The reason I have chosen to use this example as my cover influence is because I like how the title is behind the persons head yet is still visible to the person that is reading the page. Plus the colours are minimal and well used making it easy for the reader to understand and not get bored when trying to read the key information that they need to know. Plus the image that is used is very simple yet affective, it stands out and still keeps in with the music theme with the record that the person is holding. This is what the front of my magazine will look like as this is my cover influence.


For my contents page I have chosen to use this as my influence page, it is form the popular music magazine Q. I like the way that there is one main image to the right which immediately catches the readers eye and one again shows them clearly where to go to read that article. I also like the simplicity of the page and how it uses very few colours but still has a good effect. Plus it makes it easier for people to navigate around the magazine and be able to go back to where they want to go with ease. Also there is only two images on the contents page which why I like it as it keeps it minimal and informative and straight to the point.




For my double age spread I have chosen to use this article for the magazine NME. It has one main image and then a lot of text on the right which is what I wanted as I want to be able to get a good interview in with enough space. But I also want to make sure that the image has enough of a space to make an effect when you turn to that page. It is very simple the layout but i think it shows a good way of laying my magazine out and what I want it to look like when I create it. Plus the colours I have chosen to use will go well with his look as they are minimalistic.