Question 7:Looking back at my preliminary task, what do I feel I've learnt in the progression from it?

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Question 7: Looking back at my preliminary task, what do I feel I've learnt in the progression from it?

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Question 7: Looking back at my preliminary task, what do I feel I've learnt in the progression from it?

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Question 6: What have I learnt about technologies in process of constructing my product?

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Question 5: How did you attract/ address your target audience? - Double Page Spread

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Question 5: How did you attract/ address your target audience? - Contents Page

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Question 5: How did you attract/ address your target audience? -Front cover

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

Who would be the audience for your media product?

My ideal reader for my music magazine is going to be aimed at mainly females. They are going to be aged between around about 13-18. This is because my music magazines genre is pop and chart music and this age group is very attracted to this sort of music. This means they are going to be mainly interested in the well known artists such as One Direction, Little Mix, Jessie J, Pixie Lott, Justin Bieber, The Vamps etc.  The charts now are mainly dominated by females or boy bands of a young age which is targeted at females. My magazine could also appeal to a very small audience of males due to them also being interested in pop and chart music but the majority of my music magazine appeals to the female audience. If my audience age group is 13-18 they will still be in education, this means they'll either be in school or college.My audience will shop in places such as H&M, NewLook and Primark. There style will vary from wearing things such as jeans,leggings and skirts. They will also wear a variety of different tops starting from peplum tops down to just plain and simple vest tops. My audience will still be living at home in a house with there parents. When socialising my target audience will go out shopping with with friends, have girly days out, go to the park and cinema or simply just go to a coffee shop for a chat and a catch up. When spending money they will mainly buy things such as new clothes, makeup, hair products, shoes, a lot of the girly items. My audience is interested in a lot of bright, loud, colourful, interesting things that stand out and grab there attention. My audience will tend to be listening/downloading music on things such as Spotify, YouTube, Itunes and Sound-cloud.

I am going to do a small interview for my 'ideal readers.' I will be showing them my final products for my magazine to see what they think of it.

The questions I will be asking:

  What do you think of my magazines?
      Would you buy this magazine?
       Are the images, font and colour scheme appealing to you? Do they fit with the theme of the magazine?
       Do you think YOU would read more of my magazines, is it aimed at the right audience?
       Whats you favorite part of my magazine?
       Is there anything you would change?

     

 

Question 3: What Kind of Media Institution Might Distribute Your Media Product And Why

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Question 2. How does your media product represent different social groups?

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

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My Final Products.

My Front Cover.

My Contents Page.

My DoublePage Spread. 

How I edited my images.

When editing my images I used a free website that was called BeFunky. This website has a lot to offer as you can go from your basics such as cropping to maybe more advanced things such as things like blemish fixes etc.

To start with I simply uploaded the image I wanted to use and selected the 'Essentials' tools. I mainly just used the 'Crop' tool to get rid of any unwanted areas on my images so I could just focus on the main point. I could also adjust the lighting and contrast if needs be. I only used this if my image was too bright or too dark.

Next I selected the touch up tool. This is where I was able to do things such as touching up my models makeup, getting rid of blemishes and wrinkles, whitening teeth and softening the skin if needs be.

After if I wanted to change the over all effect on my image I selected the next tool box which was an image of a little magic wand with stars coming from it. Here you are able to pick from a number of effects for your images this can range from black and white to Vintage colours etc.

On some images I sometimes wanted to add some special effects to them effects such as different lights going across the image to give it more of that edgy sort of unique look. I did this by selecting the very last tool box which is in the shape of a square and seeing which effect best with my image.

Here I have added some examples of an image I have edited by using BeFunky. This is the original image I started with.

Here I have simply used the 'Colours' tool which comes under the 'Essentials' tool bar. I then simply changed the amount of 'Hue, Saturation and Temperature' I wanted.

Here I have simply whitened my teeth and changed my lip colour. I have done this by going to 'TeethWhiten' and 'LipStick' this comes under the 'Touch Up' tool bar. With the teeth whitening you simply have to select it then set the brush size, hold down the button on your mouse and rub over your teeth. With the lipstick you simply need to select it, pick the lipstick shade you want, set the strength and  hold down the button on your mouth and rub over your lips.

 Here I have used 'Blemish Fix.' This comes under the 'Touch Up' tool bar. This isnt the best picture to use to show an example of blemish fix but on my chin you can see very small spots. You are able to get rid of these by using the blemish fix tool, you simply need to select blemish fix, select your brush size and then hold down the button on your mouse and rub over the area you want to cover.

 

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After

 Now I have simply changed to the 'Effects' tool bar so I can change the whole effect of my image, here are some examples.

Here I went to the 'Chromatic' option box and selected the 'Chromatic 1' effect, I then simply played around with the Effect amount to see how much I wanted to apply to the image.

Here I went to the 'B&W' option box and selected the 'B&W 8' effect, I then simply played around with the Effect amount to see how much I wanted to apply to the image.

Here I went to the 'Summer' option box and selected the 'Summer 2' effect, I then simply played around with the Effect amount, Highlights and Shadows to see how much I wanted to apply to the image.

Here I went to the 'Vintage Colours' option box and selected the 'Vintage Colour 2' effect, I then simply played around with the Effect amount, Highlights and Shadows to see how much I wanted to apply to the image.

The last thing I did was add some special effects to the Image. I simply went to the special effects icon and selected it and this is what comes up.

To get this effect on my image I simply went to the 'Light Trails' option and selected the first light trail, I then played with the opacity and the positioning of the effect.

To get this effect on my image I simply went to the 'Bokeh' option and selected the last effect, I then played with the opacity and the positioning of the effect.

Double Page Spreads

Conventions of a double page spread

Conventions of a double page spread: 

• Large image, 
• Pull quotes, 
• San serif fonts, 
• Columns, 
• colour schemes,
•  other smaller images, 
• Large masthead, 
• Bold headings,
•  Organised,
•  introduction to the artist,
•  Lots of text

Double Page Spread Analysis

Page Furniture.

Page Furniture is in place to make a double page spread look unique compared to all of the other pages that are in a music magazine. Page furniture is used to make the page look more exciting and interesting to your audience. A variety of colour and different text styles can be used to help make it more eyecatching for your audience. These are some things that page furniture include...

Double page spread layouts

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