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My magazine is aimed

at young teenagers

aged between 12-15.

It is for teenagers that

are into pop.

Therefore I have made

my magazine bright

and colourful to make

it stand out from the

rest. I did this by

using block colours.

Who would be the audience for your media product?

As my magazine is for young teens, I have added free gifts and fun stories to get them interested so they will choose my magazine over another. Also the questions in my interview on the double page spread are quite fun and the background is also fun with the dolly mixtures to make it more appealing.

The price may be a bit more than magazines such as Look and More, but for a magazine that comes with free gifts , young teenagers will be willing to pay for it as they think the gift is free.

My music magazine is very specific to target an audience that do like pop music, looking at the cover it is mainly about music. But there is a section that I decided to add as a lot of the music magazines are now to do with fashion.

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I also used the word

‘Free’ as it is what

young people

respond to and one

of the first thing

that they will notice

about the

magazine.

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

My media product is a magazine that is aimed at people aged 12-15. The band is also a very stereo typical girl band as they are all white British girl group.

Teenagers are represented in

my media product by using

an all group girl band on the

cover as there are many

successful girl pop groups

around. These are bright

colours on the front which

appeals to the young reader

and there is a strong use of

pink.

The language I used in my magazine is not complicated so it will appeal to the young audience and it is not overly formal I also kept it up beat in the punctuation as I used lots of exclamation marks.

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How did you attract / address your audience?

I attracted my audience by

using right colours on the

front to make it stand out

and grab the attention of

the audience.

I added pictures to the front

to make it appealing.

I used the word

‘free’ to grab the

readers attention.

I also made it a

different colour.

I created a rhetorical question in the form of ‘Who is this?!’ to get them thinking and make them want to pick it up. This addresses the audience so they feel involved.

Also by having free gifts, they are more likely to choose my magazine over on without gifts.

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In what way does your media product use, develop or challenge

forms and conventions of real media products?

The use of a big

picture on the

front is a typical

convention that

I used. Many

magazines that

I have looked at

use a main big

picture of the

main feature in

the middle with

some other

surrounding

pictures. Magazines that

are aimed at

the same age

group as mine

use lots of

pictures as it

appeals more to

the audience.

In almost every magazine that I research of the magazine, there were specific house styles and colours used. This then carried on throughout the rest of the magazine. I did this by keeping to the main colours of pink yellow and blue.

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I created my title using

block rounded letters.

This gave my

magazine a fun feel. I

choose the word pulse

as it is the back beat

to all music and is a

short catchy name.

Barcodes are typical

on magazines as they

are used when being

sold. This was a

typical convention

that I used.

I created the price label big and central. This is so it stands out for the younger audience. This is used in many other magazine to grab the readers attention. The price is quite expensive for a magazine but as there are free gifts the price is justified.

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In a lot of contents

pages that I looked at,

subheadings were used

under the title to

explain a bit more

about that section. I

used this idea in my

contents page.

Also on my contents page I have added a new section which is about fashion. This is a new take on an average music magazine as it is what I think more and more music magazines are heading towards in the future.

In a lot of magazines aimed at teenagers they always include lots of pictures of the band. I did the same but I did it by making them look like Polaroid pictures.

I split the interview up into different colours when each of the girls in the group gives an answer. This is sometimes used in interviews to tell when the interview question stops and the answer stars.

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There are many publishers of magazines. The main area that I am focusing on are magazines aimed at young teenagers. The ones I have chosen to look at are;

Top Of The

Pops

Sugar

Bliss

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

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Top Of The Pops

Top of the Pops magazine is a monthly magazine which is published by the BBC. It is aimed at young girl teenagers.

It was originally marketed as

the missing link between

Smash Hits and NME, but its

format was gradually

changed, with less music

content and a demographic

shift to young girls.

It features chart information, star gossip, fashion and beauty advice, quizzes, song lyrics and posters.

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Sugar

Sugar is a British magazine for teenage girls. Its content focuses on boys, fashion, celebrities, real-life stories about teenagers and other similar matters.

Sugar deals with the concerns of teenage girls. The magazine features an advice column that answers questions sent in by readers, typically dealing with relationships, body image and health issues.

Sugar magazine is published by Hachette Filipacchi UK LTD. This company is committed to creating great magazines and websites that inspire, compel and entertain readers. ELLE, ELLE Decoration, Red, Sugar, Psychologies, Inside Soap and All About Soap.

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Bliss

The content covers candid

celebrity gossip,

latest fashions, hair and make-

up looks, a problem page on

puberty, boyfriends, friends

and sex, interview with the

female celebrity cover girl,

entertainment reviews,

romance advice, psychology

for friendships and real life

stories.

Bliss is a monthly British magazine which is published by Panini UK LTD. It is aimed at teenage girls aged between 14 -17. It currently retails at £2.50 and often comes with a free gift such as make-up or a bag.

It currently retails at £2.50 and often comes with a free gift such as make-up or a bag.

I would choose this company as it distributes magazines for the same age group as mine and also uses around the same price . This magazine also touches on music, and mine does the same with fashion so there could be a link between the two. Also the company does not yet produce a music magazine so there is a gap in the market for it.

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What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

I can now use Photoshop as my

skills on Photoshop have

improved a lot. I have learnt

about the different layers and

how to re-edit text and how to

edit pictures. I have also learnt

several methods of editing

backgrounds out on pictures to

keep it looking as natural as

possible.I can also use a Nikon camera with all the lights set up for the lighting. This helps to give it a professional feel to it as it helps the lighting to look natural.

I also have learnt to lighten pictures whilst keeping them natural, shown in the pictures below. I did this because when it is in my contents page, it looked dull and represented more of a indie band. By slightly lightening the picture it makes it fit within the magazine.

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Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

I have learnt that you don’t always have to stick to the original plan if it means a change for the better. Also I have learnt how to do better research and to research key things. I also get a feel for how most magazines are set up and how the most simple looking ones are sometimes the most complicated to make.

I have learnt to

organise my time

better as when I was

creating my

preliminary piece I

rushed it so I didn’t get

the correct fell or the

correct look for the

pictures. I have also

researched more about

other magazines to get

the right feel for mine.

I have also learnt about the setup of small studios. I have learnt about the lighting and about the

direction to shoot from to get the best picture to suit what I want.

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