The Finished Product

Preliminary

Main Task

Double Page Spread

Question 1: How does your magazine use the codes and conventions of a music magazine?

Question 2: How does you media product represent particular socials groups

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

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

This is an example of the type of person my music magazine is aimed at. She is 17 years old and is in a sixth form college. She studies A level music and plays the guitar and bass. She is also in a local band that plays gigs regularly. She rarely watches TV as she is usually on the internet or out with her friends but when she does watch TV she mostly watches programs like Scrubs and Skins. She has a little sister and lives with her mum and dad. She has a part time job in a corner shop and she is taking 4 A levels and plans to go to University.

Question 5: How did you attract/address your audience?

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

I used different types of technology in the process of creating my magazine, some programs and techniques I had never used before, such as Quark express. I have learnt how to used Quark Express to the level of making a contents page and double page spread. Using photoshop before I was confident with using the software but during making my magazine I learnt lots of new processes such as adding drop shadows, how to put models infront of titles and how to merge pictures. Learning these techniques made me a lot more confident using these programs and made my overall product look better. I used the microsoft office programs to make graphs and type up written work, I learnt how to make different types of graphs on excel and how to make them more understandable. I now understand how the process of desk top publishing works and how easy it would be for a people to make magazines using computer programs.

Question 7: Looking back on your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learned from it in the progress from it to the full product?

The Finished Product

Double Page Spread Production

This is the text box from my title, it shows that I changed my title to be outlined

and to have a drop shadow.

This is the modifying box from my Double Page Spread main picture, I flipped the picture

so that she was facing her article.

Contents Page Production

This is my completed magazine with guidelines still in Quark Express.

This is my magazine in Quark with the guidelines and the picture boxes.

Front Cover Production

This the magazine the middle of my rubbing off the top layer so my cover model is in front of the title.

This is the merging of the layers this shows 2 layers conbined as one.

These are the effects one the title of my magazine.

Contents Page Photos

This is the picture to go with the story about ticket touts.

This is the picture I chose to be on my contents page.

I made this photo negative as the original photo was too dark to put in my magazine. I then lightened the first photo and used that as my contents page image rather than the picture in negative.

Front Cover Photoshoot

This is the picture i chose for my front cover main image.

This is the picture i chose for my

contents page

Lily Allen Photos

I took over 200 pictures at the Lily Allen concert. These are the pictures i considered to be in my magazine.

This is the picture I chose to be on my double page spread

This is the picture i used for my contents page.

Interview Questions

I am going to qrite my article on Lily Allen and her Life. I conducted a short interview with a fan of Lily Allen:

1.What do you think of Lily Allen?
I think she is amazing, I love her music and I have been to see her twice hopefully more times
in the future.
2.What do you think on her decision to quit music?
I am gutted, I have a feeling her quitting music won't last for long, I can't see her upsetting her
fans.

Production Plan

Production Plan

Title: Sound

Positioning Statement: The latest music, the latest sounds.

Frequency of Publication: Weekly

Price: £2.50

Distribution: Newsagents, supermarkets, music shops (Music Equipment), CD & DVD shops (E.g. HMV)

Rationale: The magazine offers reviews, interviews and the opinion of the public through letters and guest reviews from the public. The magazine is aimed at Indie music fans but it is slightly more aimed towards women rather than men as there is not an indie music magazine primarily aimed towards women.

Style: The magazine, as it is aimed at 15 – 20 year olds, will not contain complicated language and will use related slang. Reviews will be honest and interviews will not be edited to delete inappropriate language unless completely necessary. The fonts will be large and easy to read and pages will look appealing to a younger reader by using pictures to break up text and plenty of colours.

Regular Content

• Editors Letter
• Single Reviews
• Album reviews
• Gig reviews
• Your letters – Letters sent in my music fans.
• Your reviews – Letters from music fans to review the latest albums and singles they have bought.
• Music’s iPod – Musicians talk about what is on their iPods and what new and old music they enjoy.
• Meet and Greet – Fans send in pictures of them meeting musicians.
• Just announced – News from bands and artists announcing their new albums, singles and tours.

Feature Content

Some Example of Feature Articles that will be in the Magazine

• What is the greatest song of all time?
• Who are the greatest bands of all time?
• Our Gig. – Artists talk about who would be in their perfect concert.
• Ticket Touts – Information about how to dodge the touts.
• Merchandise – Where does all the money go and why you shouldn’t buy from outside.
• Interview with Lily Allen
• Music Tips – Will be a regular article with a different type of musician each week and a different artist or band.
• Drinking at gigs – is it right?
• Violence – A plan to stop mosh pits.
• What is the best venue for music fans?
• Your say – A regular article each week with musicians and the public writing in with their reviews on the topic.
• Support Acts – Do they need to be better?

House Style

Cover lines: Arial

Headlines: Tahoma

Captions: Tahoma

Features First Paragraph: Tahoma, drop capital is 4 lines deep.

News First Paragraph: Tahoma

Body Text: Arial

Colour Scheme: Blue, Red, Pink and Black.