Friday 31 March 2017

Evaluation Activity 2



2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?

I have found that one of the many important tasks in creating a magazine is finding the right model and picture to go on the front cover. This is because it is the first thing that my intended audience will see so it has to grab their attention and encourage them to read my magazine. If the image is not good, then the reader would not pick it up to read it as the image on the cover represents what the rest of your magazine will be like. From my audience research and profile I was able to find a suitable audience that would be interested in reading my magazine; my target audience is aged 13-18 and it is mainly focused on women than men, I decided on this by researching some audiences on websites like ‘UK Tribes’ which had a wide variety of social groups that I could target my product to by looking at what most people like and outing them into according groups. I chose this age group as older people are more interested in a unique style of music e.g. indie/ classical. Some of my images are taken with different outfits and models to see which ones would look best on my magazine. I used a mixture of camera shots and considered using a close up for my cover, instead I used a mid-shot and also made the model have eye-contact with the camera so that it feels like they are looking at the reader.

When making my pop music artist I considered other artists that my audience would want to see and read about, finding out what it is that makes them look appealing to my intended audience. This would be easy as there are a lot of pop magazines with similar styles that I could’ve borrowed, however it would be hard for me to attract an audience if they already have a preferred pop magazine. Billboard is a very popular magazine that is looked at by many people including my intended audience so by comparing and borrowing some ideas for my magazine I would be able to attract to my target market. Looking at my cover photo and a photo from Billboard magazine I can see that there are many similarities but also some differences that could’ve been improved on my magazine to make it look better and attract to my intended audience. The colour of the billboard magazine picture is in black and white whereas mine is in colour with a focus on the colour red. The colour of the text is white and yellow on the Billboard magazine so that it goes with the black background and is easier to read. I also used white text on my cover however the background wasn’t black, I could’ve changed this to make my product look more sophisticated, throughout my audience research I have found that some teenagers like vibrant colours but also a sophisticated look to a magazine.

The fact that I didn’t think about the mise-en-scene in my photography would lower my grade therefore I should’ve done a block colour in the background and cut out the picture to put over it, this would make my picture stand out more and look similar to other pop themed magazines, attracting to my audience more as it is what they’re used to seeing. Both models are making eye contact with the camera which draws in the readers’ attention as they feel like the artist is looking at them which makes my audience want to pick up my product. They are both similar with a relaxed facial expression and not to be overly posed however billboard’s model has positioned her arm in a different way. It took a lot of changes for my contents page to be finished but the final look is quite similar to most pop magazines, however I have added thin rectangles to surround my pictures and separate the text. The colour of my text is black and red due to the white not being seen with the white background. I have incorporated red somehow in all of my pages so that they all link together as one whole product. The language of my contents page and article is mostly informal and written in Standard English. This way every person who reads my magazine will be able to understand what it is saying without struggling to read it with the use of any slang or jargon. 

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