My Final Products

7) Looking Back At Your Preliminary Task, What Do You Feel You Have Learnt In The Progression From It To The Full Product?

Overall I have learnt to use softwares to enhance my magazine such as Photo Shop. This enabled my magazine to look less simple causing it to be more eye catching.

6) What Have You Learnt About Technologies From The Process Of Constructing This Product?

PhotoShop

Throughout the process of constructing my product I used PhotoShop to create the full thing. I also developed my skills by manipulating images such as brightening colours of clothing. I learnt how to use many things on PhotoShop such as changing the saturation of an image. Using this online application had a few flaws as I was unable to access it at home. The application itself is also very complex and caused confusion a few times but I was able to overcome these problems.

Internet

The Internet played a huge part in constructing my product as I used it for all my research. I was able to find existing indie music magazines to work from to develop my creation. This was very helpful as my magazine would lack a few conventions causing it to be unsuccessful. I also used the Internet for online websites such as:

• Prezi

This website was new to me therefore I learnt how to collaborate the information to present my work in a more fun and unusual way. Prezi was very challenging and difficult to get used to which was a problem I faced, unfortunately I only used this website once for my blog but the I was still able to post proof of my experience using it.

• Survey Monkey

Survey Monkey was a brilliant website as it contributed to the creation of my product a lot. This is because it enabled me to set my own questions for others to answer. The website provided a mixture of different ways to ask a question such as tick boxes, bar graphs and pie charts. The questions I set provided me with a bunch of information about my audience which allowed me to create a magazine to fit my audience's needs. Using this I learnt to save time by sending a singular email to a group of people at once. Survey Monkey did not cause any problems as I had my own login details so I did not lose any unfinished work.

• Blogger

Blogger is an online document provided by Google where I have posted all my work. Blogger has taught me how to create a presentable blog packed with information and specific detail.  I had no problems with this document and was able to access it on any device as it is run by Google. By having a username and password I knew that my work is secure.

5) How Did You Attract/Address Your Audience?

To attract my audience I used bright bold colours on my front cover such as different shades of yellow. This is because it will be the most eye-catching magazine on the shelf when placed next to others. I decided to use the conventional plug to attract the audience by creating a competition. The words 'win' and 'tickets' are written in bold; attracting the readers attention. Once they notice that purchasing the magazine could give them a chance to win a competition; they immediately want to buy it. I created a survey for my audience to get to know their interests, the results showed that most of my audience are female therefore I used a male model for the main image. The model would portray a teen heart-throb to my audience, as he would be a popular artist; the image of him would attract his fans which would increase my audience.

To address my audience I needed to use my research to see my audience's interests. I used their favourite bands and promoted their events on my front cover, as shown in the image blow:

4) Who Would Be The Audience For Your Media Product?

By creating a survey I was able to find important things about my audience. I had found that most were female and all were between 14 - 18 years of age. This was great as most indie music is targeted for teenagers. The genre indie does not aim towards a particular gender so, luckily, my audience is a mixture of each gender.

Through research I came across NME's reader profile where I could collect information from them as their genre is indie like mine. By taking note of this, I found out the basic information about the complete genre's audience from gender to average age. NME's reader profile also stated what devices their audience use and how they access music. I had taken this idea for my own reader profile so I could get to know my audience more. By doing this, I could make my magazine more interesting to fit my audience's needs.

My Reader Profile

 Existing Reader Profile

3) What Kind Of Media Institution Might Distribute Your Media Product And Why?

2) How Does Your Media Product Represent Particular Social Groups?

Through research I have found that models on existing music magazines that the artists create an uncaring look as their facial expressions are serious. It is unusual for an artist to smile for the cover image.
I have used an indie stereotype for my magazine through clothing. I insisted the model to wear baggy clothing to create a careless look enabling him to fit with the indie criteria; connecting to my audience. After taking my survey, I found that 100% of my audience were ages 14 to 18 and mostly female. I decided it would be a good idea to use a male model to act as a teen heart throb for my audience making my magazine more approachable.