My media product I believe challenges the forms and conventions of real media products by introducuing amagazine to a gap in the market. After much research it became apparent that since the end of Top of the Pops and Smash Hits magazine, there seemed to be no sunstitute for a music magazine soaked in pop/chart music aimed at younger girls aged around 11-17.
My media products represents the particualar social group of younger teens, in a worl today where much is revolved around the media and what we see on television, I believe its important to give the best example possible to new generations, in my magazine I would hope to covey a friendlt, chatty appeal and for young girls to look forward to reading it.
A media institution that might distribute my product may be the BBC - they were behind Top of the Pops magazine and tv show amd also a popular girl magazine Girl Talk, which I also took as inspiration for my magazine. the BBC also appeals to a wide audience, old and young so I think they would be interested in distibuting an up to date glossy magazine to compliment their modern style.
The audience for my product is young female teens, to encourage younger teens to read rather than watch television all the time but make it enjoyable. A magazine full of recent music releases, charts, interviews I think is a perfect reading companion for a young girl.
I tried to attract my audience by putting relevant subheadings on the cover to intise the reader - I also tried to use attractive colours to catch a young persons eye and the front image to be friendly and inviting. I adressed my audience in a way I hope to be friendly and coversational - not in any way trying to talk down or exclude ay person who may be of lesser education or social class.
I have learnt about the technologies from the process of constructing this product. those being the use of in-design and Photoshop, also the format and what consists of a magazine. Also the use of editing photos and manipulating them. In the process of making my magazine I learnt the rules to what consists of a magazine and the importance of colour, font, style and size.
Looking back at my preliminary task I feel I have learnt from the progression from it to the fill product a in depth understanding of Photoshop, also I feel much more awre of what goes on in a magazine and how important the mode of adress is to attract the audiece and how the way you speak to the audience reflects on the target audience. I also feel much more aware of how much more there is to think about to put in the magazine since the preliminary task and how much of an impact the front cover picture has - it reflects the whole attitude and implications of what the magazine is trying to achieve.
