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Olivia ConchieOlivia Conchie

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Audience FeedbackI Created a questionnaire so that I could decide whether or not my project had been successfulin the eyes of my initial target audience, here is the questionnaire that I have created;

1) What does the title suggest to you?2) What genre/type of music does the magazine focus on and how do you know this?Pop/Indie/Dance.3) What makes the pages look professional and what stops them from looking professional?4) How genuine would you say the front cover is on a scale of 1-10?5) Does the contents page simply inform or does it also manage to interest you in reading therest of the magazine?

6) Does the article sound like a piece of journalism? If not what bits dont sound right?7) Does the article layout make you want to read it? If not why not?

I gave the questionnaire to 8different people of my initial target audience to see what theythought.


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AUDIENCE FEEDBACK!

What does the title suggest to you?

ANSWERS1. Not sure.2. That it is a fashion or music magazine.3. Dont really know, it sort of relates to music.4. That it is a music magazine.5. Music Magazine.6. Dont know.7. That is a magazine related to music maybe.8. Feels current and up to date.

From my results it shoes for the title that it doesnt exactly relate to the type of genre I have chosen, howeversome people noticed that it would relate to music, if I was to do this again then I would make sure that I chose aname that would be easier related to music and fashion.


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DANCE

INDIE

2) What genre/type of music does the magazine focus on and how do youknow this? Pop/Indie/Dance.

POP

Here are the results in a pie chart of the type of genre thatpeople believed my magazine focused on just by looking at it.

The results that I have received are positive, over 60% of the people that I questioned thought that mymagazine genre was pop, which it is. This is good because it shows that the way I have created itimmediately shows the genre of the magazine by its representation. This is essential of a real life magazineso therefore it has worked well.


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ANSWERS

1. The photos and the layout make it look really professional.2. The layout of it.

3. All of it makes it look professional I think.4. I think a change of colours would make it look a bit more professional but I like everything

else.5. The photos make it look professional but I think a couple of the fonts show that it isnt.

6. The way its set out makes it look professional.7. Mainly the photos.

8. I like it all.

The answers from my audience feedback show that people did like my product but didnt thinkmaybe that some of the photographs or fonts worked that well, although I am pleased with thefeedback that my photos look professional because they are one of the key things that I tried the

most to focus on to make them look good and make them professional. If I was to change itmaybe then I would probably change some of the colours and the fonts but this would require

more time than I had.

3) What makes the pages lookprofessional and what stops them from

looking professional?


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ANSWERS

1. 82. 73. 94. 85. 96. 87. 78. 8

My results are positive as everybody said over 7 which is high, this shows that people thought that my front cover wasgenuine and looked professional which was the aim I was trying to achieve, therefore I am pleased with the outcome of the

results.

4) How genuine would you say the frontcover is on a scale of 1-10?


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5) Does the contents page simply inform ordoes it also manage to interest you in reading

the rest of the magazine?

Sales

Infrom and Interest

Inform

My results show that my contents page was appealing to my audience as 90% of people said thatmy magazine contents page was informative and also interesting. Therefore it shows that I havecreated a magazine that would work if it was being retailed as people would want to read it asthey would find interest in it.


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Does it sound like journalism

Yes

No

6) Does the article sound like a piece ofjournalism? Yes? If not Why!

I am very pleased with the feedback I have received from this question because all 8 of the peoplethat read my questionnaire had said that they thought that my article sounded realistic. This is greatas it proves that I would have the potential for it to be a real life magazine and that I would have the

power to retail it.


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Sales

Yes

No

7) Does the article layout make you want

to read it? If not why not?

From this question my results again have come out really positive, with magazines it is key toensure that your interview/article doesnt look boring and catches the readers eye. Here are

some of the comments that came with the answers; It isnt boring as it has quotes and picturesas well as big bits of text Its broken up and just not a big lump of text The colours and photos

and text grabs make it interesting to look at making you want to read.


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Overall I am really pleased with my audience

feedback, I believe that I have had some really positive

outcomes especially from specific questions. All thethings I were aiming to achieve have come through and

shown that I have do it, I have been given a fewnegative comments but that it normal and is also good

in a way as it would show me that do differently nexttime if I was to do it again and they would be helperpoints for me in the future.

Audience FeedbackO

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For my media coursework I have created a music and fashion magazine, idecided to incorporate fashion as I thought it would make it a bit differentand give it something more. I focused on various real well known artists as

some kind of stimulus, these were Elisa Doolittle, Katy Perry, PalomaFaith. I created a front cover for the magazine, a contents page and a doublepage spread. I worked alone throughout this project and believe what Ihave created has been successful in relation to how I planned it to be.

Introduction


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My genre of magazine is music fashion, it focuses mainly onmusic but with different elements of fashion. It is created for

females but could also be for males who had interest inmusic fashion. It was vital that I created it to be as realisticas possible for this reason I did much research into differentexisting magazines to help me create my own. Incorporatingfashion into my genre was successful and worked well, it

gave the magazine a larger potential audience which intheory would be better for money making. I believe my ideasworked effectively, this is represented through my audiencefeedback.

In what way does your media productuse, develop or challenge forms and

conventions of real media products?


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My front page immediately addresses the factthat the magazine also focuses on fashion, this ismade noticeable through the style of clothingused in the model. As well as this some of thecaptions on the front cover focus on fashion anddraw the reader in and make them want to lookinside and read more, it is vital that the magazinefront cover is interesting to catch the buyers eyeas soon as they see it. I also tried to make mydouble page spread interesting by using one ofthe most interesting quotes from the interviewagain to catch the readers and make them think I want to go on and read more, the quote I usedwas, music is my life, it always has been thiswould make the reader want to find out moreabout the artists history and also find out moreabout them. The colours and pictures used alsoneed to be interesting and eye catching therefor Ihave used large fun pictures and bright eyecatching colours such as pinks, greens, blues.


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Large bold writing toget the readersattention and makethem drawn to themagazine

Colorful andfashionableclothing to

highlight theelements offashionmagazines.

Large colouredwriting for the mainarticle of themagazine.

Bold writing totalk about otherelements of themagazine andalso make theminteresting,

How and why my magazine is like a

real life music magazine.

Bright colouredlipstick andpatterned clothingto make the keyartist look goodand make peoplewant to read abouther.

If you look at this magazine inrelation to mine you can seethat the quality is betteralthough you can also see that Ihave addressed the keyelements that a magazineneeds, bold writing, brightcolors, large writing to makethe key articles stand out andalso the main artists looking attheir best.


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My Contents Page.

Large photo of themain artist to onceagain drawattention to her.

Beka reveals all makes

the reader want to read intothe magazine and find outwhat it is that she is goingto reveal.

Photos of otherartists in themagazine to addmore interest for

the reader.

Cover story at the topas it is what the

magazine is focusingon for this issue.

Use of differentwriting and fontsizes to make itnot bland or

plain.


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My Feature article.Interestingfont, girly, makes themagazine focus on herstyle and also drawsattention to the articlemaking you want toread it.

Beka in a really bright

and eye catching outfit tomake it interesting for thereader and for otherpotential readers thatmay be looking at it forthe first time.

Several morepictures of herto make it moreinteresting andshow differentstyles of her forthe reader.

Introduction to the textand a bit more for thereader to get drawninto, different colorsseparate it for thereader and add more

interest.

Text grabs, make itmore interesting andbreak it up from justbeing plain andcontinuous, also

highlights the keybest parts of theinterview for interestpurposes.

I have used columns for the text to make it professional looking and make iteasy for the reader to follow when reading the article, although I have

included text grabs within them to make it interesting so that it does not getboring for the reader.


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For my music magazine I have represent music stars and celebrities and teens. I have tried to create an artistsimilar image wise to Elisa Doolittle and Katy Perry as they are both successful artists. To do this I had to thinka lot about the image. I researched into both of my chosen artists styles and looked at different images of themto try and make my artist slightly similar. It was essential to ensure that my artist looked the best on the front

cover image to make the eye catching and make people want to buy it. I also had to buy various magazines andread different celebrity interviews to make my narrative interesting, it was key to make sure that my text wasinteresting so the reader would possibly buy the magazine to read it. Much research was needed to ensure thatit represented that group of people well, here are some of the images I chose that I wanted mine to be similar to.

I have focused on young contemporary teens to help me focus on my style by thinking of somebody they wouldparticularly want to look unto as a role model and somebody who they could follow trends off.

How does your media product represent

particular social groups?

MY IMAGE

Striking post to make theartist look good.

Bright colours tomake the artist eyecatching.

Striking red lips tomake the make-uplook good and eyecatching.


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When creating my music magazine I got some inspiration of the summer magazine issue fromVIBE. This is where I chose my music magazine from because it was already professional and

looked really good. Vibe is an American magazine that focus on Music Pop/Hip Hop and also

elements of fashion and the latest celebrity gossip. This its the type of genre that I was focusingon for my article also so I believe the distributers of this magazine may be likely to distributemy media product.

InterMedia is the name of the publishers, they are based in America although I believe that myproduct may be able to reach a high potential with a lot of work and they also consider someUK magzines. Although they mainly focus on Hip Hop music my artist and magazine havemany different elements of music and therefore gives a wide range of audience possibilities.

What kind of media institution might distribute your

media product and why.


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When creating something that will be available forpurchase it is essential that all elements are covered tomake the product its best.

How did you attract and address your

audience.

To try and make my magazine the best it could be and asrealistic as possible it was essential for me that I wasaddressing all the main elements of a real life magazine,therefore I had to ensure that I was using bright colors, avariation of colors is needed to set the mood and alsohighlight the type of artist that the magazine focuses on.

I also had to ensure that I was usingb

old writing, italicsand different fonts, it Was essential to do this so that thefront cover drew attention to potential buyers and madeit eye catching and stand out so that people wouldwant to buy it. The fashion element was also veryimportant as I had to ensure that I was making my artistlook at her best for my cover so that people would lookat it and immediately want to read about her.


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Whilst creating my project I have had to use many differenttechnologies.One of the main things I have had to use is aAPPLE MAC computer, this was new to me as I had notdone this before and I found it quite a challenge, I had to

use two different programmes Photoshop and InDesign, Ifound these quite difficult to use therefore it required a lot ofwork.I used Photoshop to edit all my photos for mymagazine, then I used InDesign to create it. I also usedblogger to update how my project was going, this helped meto keep track of what I was doing and what I still had left todo.I also had to train to use the lighting equipment for when Iwas taking my photos of my artist, I also had to be trainedhow the use the camera properly to.I had to use safari internet on the apple macs i also learnt touse www.blogger.com this was the place where I created ablog updating my work how it was going and all of myresearch. Aswell as this I had to use www.dafont.co.uk tofind the different fonts for my magazine.In addition to this I learnt to use the full lighting sets andequipment in depth as I did long photo-shoots consisting ofover 100 photos each time that I did them.

What have you learnt about the technologies from the process ofconstructing your product?


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I have learnt many different things and many differenttechniques from constructing my project.

I have learned how to successfully edit photos to aprofessional quality, I have also learnt to createmagazine front covers to a professional quality. I havelearnt how to use the studio to take pictures and how to

use the lighting system.O

ver all I have learnt quite a lotfrom doing my project.

What I have learnt..


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When looking back onto my preliminary tasks it is very apparent that I have mademany changes and progressed in many different ways. My preliminary task wasvery plain and not eye catching or realistic whatsoever, I didnt have much

experience at the beginning therefore my prelim was not very good and it showedmy lack of experience with the equipment.

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

Pre-LimFinished Project


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Pre-liminary task and Finished Product

In comparison my pre-liminary task are very different. For my pre-lim I didnt have muchtime, therefore it is nowhere near as detailed nor has it got as much effort put into it. My Pre-lim isvery plain and there is nothing that really catches your eye and makes you want to read it, where as

my finished product uses bright colours, interesting fonts and different styles of fonts.

The photo on my pre-lim was just taken quickly and has not been edited what so ever, where as theone on my finished project was chosen out of one of 100 that I had taken, in addition it has beencropped and put onto a background that I created myself.

As well as this I didnt do any research for my pre-lim task I just created it at the spare of themoment, for my final project I did research into other magazines taking ideas and using them to

inspire me for my own magazine.

I also think that my finished project looks a lot more realistic that my pre-lim, I definitely think thatpeople would be more likely to buy my finished project than my pre-lim.

On a whole I think that my finished project is a lot better as I had a lot more time to do it and aswellas this it is more appealing for an audience.


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Overall I believe that I have done well withmy project and that it works well, myaudience feedback also reflects this. I think

that my key strengths were research and thedesign of the product, I think that the use ofmy research helped me to create a gooddesign. I think that my weaknesses wereusing Photoshop, I slightly struggled usingit throughout the project even up to theend, I also think that another of my

weaknesses was meeting deadlines. Despitesome of my weaknesses I think that myfinished project has worked well and beensuccessful on a whole.

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