My finished magazine

Question 7 Looking back at the preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

I feel like I understand the conventions of music magazines a lot more - I feel like I’m now able to produce something that is akin to looking professional and is able to appeal to a target audience. I feel like I've come a long way from the preliminary task's music magazine and as a whole I understand it a lot better. 

Question 6 What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Drawn in Paint tool SAI

Question 5 How did you attract/address your audience?

Evaluation: Question 4

 

4) Who would be the audience for your media product?

Roughly ages 16-20, I want my magazine to appeal to all genders. They should at least be in education or employment though I don't want to stereotype a group of people and certain people outside the age range, or those who aren't in education or employment might enjoy this magazine. My audience should have an interest in Asian culture and media or an interest in comics, (such as Marvel or DC to name a few) games - I want my magazine to be able to cover a wide variety of games including information on long running games' new releases e.g Pokemon- films and a general interest in music. I want the people who buy this magazine to be able to connect with and share their interests with other people.

Evaluation: Question 3

http://www.powtoon.com/online-presentation/c3zR8C7jY37/question-3/#/ - The direct link if the embedded Pow Toon doesn't work.

Evaluation: Question 2

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

 Originally done in powerpoint - then exported

Nearly Finished Magazine

  Front Cover

 Contents Page 1

 Contents page 2

 Page 3- DPS

Page 4 - DPS

DPS In Development

Image Manipulation

Contents page - In Development

My Current contents page

Article Ideas and Language

Article Ideas

1.     Top Music lists

2.    Hottest ‘Independent’ labels – could make up a name

3.    Cross-over artists

4.    New and upcoming bands

5.    Album Reviews

6.    Covering concerts – could have a personal account of the ‘concert’

7.    A certain group or a new album by a certain artist

8.    Any upcoming music festival updates – comic-cons?

9.    Movie/Game soundtracks – reviews of the ‘hottest’ soundtracks from recent movies or games.

10. An interview with an artist

11.  An Informative or Service article – e.g. How to not get yourself murdered by fan-girls/fanboys survival guide.

12. An Exposé article – e.g. How extension cords can kill

13. Human Interest Article – an anecdote – e.g. So-and-So shares their experience of being a superstar

14. Historical Article – e.g. how the band came to be…   

15. Round-up magazine articles – Where you gather a collection of information – focus on one theme – offer opinions, quotations, anecdotes etc. An example of this kind of article would be something like: 10 Tips to become famous on Instagram

Language:

I want to use language that’s not too informal, but I don’t want it to be too ‘chatty’ either – I want it to sound familiar/friendly but not too intrusive.

I could use puns within my article or the article’s heading to draw in readers – I could perhaps use some goofy fonts to emphasize certain features to perhaps maintain the joke-like article. I want to use a wide range of both vocabulary and punctuation in my articles and my titles so that it can create a sense of variety within my work.

Contents and Double Page Spread Analysis