Who would the audience be for your media product?
Len Ang (1991) shows Media Institutions view audiences as a group of imaginary individuals. Therefore this tries to create a generic, typical member of this person to help them to create a demographic group.
The target audience of my magazine is around 14-21 year olds which means that this audience will still be in some sort of education like second school, college or university. To draw people to my magazine I made it look colourful which is what Pop-Punk music is mostly all about. To do this I made my text bright and made it stand out.
Kerrang is a similar magazine and they have a large group following in the UK with having a Radio station and also a music channel to go along with the main magazine. I have tried to base my magazine around a similar group of people because when Kerrang first started publishing it was more a Metal magazine but has changed over the years slightly with now Green Day and Blink 182 on the front. More Pop-Punk mainstream bands are making it to the front covers of magazines like Kerrang.
This is the type of audience I have tried to aim for I and think I have achieved this by using a typical stereotypical group of people for Pop-Punk music on my front cover.
Friday, 8 May 2009
Evaluation Question 3
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
The company that will most likely want to publish my magazine will be the likes of Bauer because they have a huge weeky buyers. For example with Kerrang they get over 55,000 readers each week which is pretty large numbers for a weekly magazine at £2.20. I think mine would fit in with this perfectly due to how my magazine is also based around other mainstream magazines and Bauer publishes a few like Q and MoJo. It will take part in synergy to make sure that the magazine will be well marketed and will get the recognition
The company that will most likely want to publish my magazine will be the likes of Bauer because they have a huge weeky buyers. For example with Kerrang they get over 55,000 readers each week which is pretty large numbers for a weekly magazine at £2.20. I think mine would fit in with this perfectly due to how my magazine is also based around other mainstream magazines and Bauer publishes a few like Q and MoJo. It will take part in synergy to make sure that the magazine will be well marketed and will get the recognition
Final Project Magazine
This is the final outcome of the project magazine. I am impressed with how it turned out.
Evaluation Question 2
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
I do think my magazine does represent a particular social group. This is because it features a lot of mainstream bands that you would expect to be featured in this type of magazine. I aimed to reach Pop-Punk fans I do believe I’ve achieved this but that doesn’t mean would only be read by them fans.
My masthead is all abstract and is bright red. This encodes the magazine is trying to reach out to that audience. The masthead looks like it’s had some wear and it looks like a logo you would expect a clothing line from that specific stereotypical readers would wear.
The main cover shot image I used on my front cover looks like a typical stereotypical Pop-Punk group because of the camera medium close up and the way they are positioned in the photo. This is lead to draw in not only Girls but also Guys as well because of the Male and Female members of the band.
Representations can be read in a number of different ways and its not just how they are portrayed to the reader its also how they are shown in the forms of text is used.
I do think my magazine does represent a particular social group. This is because it features a lot of mainstream bands that you would expect to be featured in this type of magazine. I aimed to reach Pop-Punk fans I do believe I’ve achieved this but that doesn’t mean would only be read by them fans.
My masthead is all abstract and is bright red. This encodes the magazine is trying to reach out to that audience. The masthead looks like it’s had some wear and it looks like a logo you would expect a clothing line from that specific stereotypical readers would wear.
The main cover shot image I used on my front cover looks like a typical stereotypical Pop-Punk group because of the camera medium close up and the way they are positioned in the photo. This is lead to draw in not only Girls but also Guys as well because of the Male and Female members of the band.
Representations can be read in a number of different ways and its not just how they are portrayed to the reader its also how they are shown in the forms of text is used.
Evaluation Question 1
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
I think my magazine uses many features of a real life media magazine. Some of the mains features I have included is a masthead that would fit under a similar based media magazine. I made the masthead different and also colorful to pull people in passing by. This is done by many mainstream magazines. They use a simple yet effective logo and I have tried to recreate this with my “Absolute Punk” masthead. Also another strong point to pull readers in to the magazine is the main photo shot and the anchorage with it. I chose to use a group shot of people and use them to act like a normal Pop-Punk band.
I also added other features that you would expect to see on a magazine front page like “free posters” and other news section. I had to make it for other users that might not be interested by the cover shot but drawn in by something else.
I made sure the text on the front cover was bright and colourfull because this is what Pop-Punk music is considered to be. Songs based around a specific genre in music and this is how its portrayed with bright colours
I believe my front cover has challenged the forms and conventions of a magazine I would expect to see in that genre and would reach the target audience I have aimed for.
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