Question 7 - Looking back at my preliminary task what do I feel I have learnt in the progression from it?

Twyla Isles's Slidely by Slidely Slideshow

This slide show shows the differences between my school magazine and my music magazine. The slide show shows how well I've improved for creating magazines. This is shown by the layouts I have used. I have also learnt about the use of fonts and colours I use and how important that is because some fonts and colours can make my magazine look professional and others can make it look childish. With using colours, i have also learnt how well which colours contrast with each other the best. With using fonts I had to think about how big or small my text is on certain pages to create emphasis with my audience. Whilst using fireworks, I learnt about how to use guidelines properly. Guidelines are very important because they can make your magazine look professional.  Another thing I found important, was choosing the right target audience and how to aim it towards them. This is important because for example I wouldn't aim my school magazine at pensioners because they wouldn't need to read and it would be appropriate. Lastly, I had to think about how my models/artists represented themselves towards my audience. For example for my RnB music magazine I had to think about how my models dressed for the photo's. This is because of how my audience would stereotype them.

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

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

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

My magazine is aimed at teenagers and young adults aged 16 - 25 who are students.  My magazine is mainly aimed at females who are in love with R&B music. My magazine is also aimed at a mixture of ethnicity's. This is because many ethnicity's are listen to this genre of music and they usually are involved in this genre of music. I decided to aim it at students because they usually follow R&B artists style. By this I mean, a lot of students look up to R&B artists, by copying the way they dress and the way they act.  I have also mentioned a lot of popular R&B artists on my front cover. My audience is also for people who are interested in fashion, because they could copy what the celebrities within my magazine are wearing.

I have asked some people, that are related to my target audience, some questions about my magazine. The questions I have asked my audience are: What do you think of my magazine? Would you buy my magazine? Does my magazine suit my target audience? Are the images I have used right for my magazine? Would you pay £1.99 for my magazine? How did I attract my audience? Is there anything you would change about my magazine?

This first response to my questions is from a teenager aged 17 called Trish Masamvi. 

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

Question 3

Question 2 - How does your media product represent social groups?