J'ai fini! :D

That's it!
My media magazine blog is done :)
Now to start my music magazine... :)


hope you enjoyed reading my blog, thanks for all the feedback and comments :)


Ciao :) x

EVALUATION :)

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

My Magazines conforms to the usual componants of a magazine. On my title page:  I have a medium close up photograph in the background that is relevent to the magazine or issue, I have a masthead, cover lines, a strap line, issue number, price, other photos on the title page. My contents page has the page numbers and page information, the actual contents is sectioned to help the reader, and there are photos and text to let the reader know what they're going to be reading. This is typical of magazines.



Here is an example of a student magazine compared to mine, you can see they have very similar componants. 

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

My magazine presents and represents students in the topics within the magazine; the photo is of a student so that is immediately relative.  The language used is more informal and chatty and some of the lexis used is generally used more by young people, for example 'what's hot'.

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

I think that there is a gap in the market for student magazines, in shops and newsagents it's mainly music, or lifestyle, or motor, or hobbies, or girls or boys but no students. I think that Zest could be sold in newsagents or promoted to sell at colleges. It could possibly be sold as an online magazine. 

Who would be the audience for your media product?

The audience was originally supposed to be males and females aged between about 16 and 18, however it looks a bit feminine, so would appeal to females of this age more. 

How did you attract/address your audience?

70% of people buy magazines on spur of the moment and its proven that the front cover is mainly the componant that decides whether they buy it or not, and so the title page had to be catchy, bright and appeal to students. I have tried to do this by putting an eye catching fun photo of a student on the front, with lots of bright colours and bold titles to make a statement. I think people would like to buy my magazine because it looks appealing, informative, topical and interesting, and they can also win things inside. 

I chose the name 'Zest' because it is quite onomatopaeic and to me says fun, it seems quite a fruity, colourful word that is no where near boring!

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

I used a digital camera and my phone to take the photos, I used Word, Publisher, Paint and editing programmes to create my pages. I used the internet for fonts and the barcode. I have learnt that a lot more time and effort goes into each little thing than i thought there was, and it takes a lot of technology to do so, however the technology doesn't need to be big and expensive.

Overall I am really pleased with how my student magazine turned out because i think it looks really cool and met the objectives well :) plus people seem to like it!

FEEDBACK :)

So the final products are up!
it would be cool if you could comment and let me know what you think of it :)
for example:

what did you like?

what did you dislike? or what could be improved?

do you think its suitable for its target audience of students?

are the photographs appropriate?

is the contents of the magazine appropriate?

does it catch your eye?

would you purchase the product from the preview given?

any other improvements or comments?

thank you :)

Final Contents and Title Page :)

My Title Page :D

My Contents Page :D

Title Page :)

So i've played around with the photo and the title and this is what i've come up with for my title page.

PLEASE GIVE ME SOME FEEDBACK :)

changes will be made before it's complete, so please suggest any. :)

Photo Shoot :)

ITS VOTING TIME AGAIN :D

So the photo shoot with Grayce was pretty good :D
here are some contenders for the front cover, keep in mind that the title and cover lines and other photos will be on top of it, but please comment for your favourite one :)

thank you :)

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Title

after playing around on paint this is what i came up with :D

title design ...

let me know what you think :) x

progress..

So i've scrapped all the names on my poll and i've gone with the name 'Zest' :)
I've planned my photo shoot with Grayce for Monday and have been looking at some fonts to play with for the title/logo. all going well :D

PLEASE HELP ME AND COMMENT.

right, so I need a name for my magazine and i can't find one that i like.

It wants to be a short, fun word that has positive conotations!

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE comment and suggest a name!! :D

Contents Page Layout Drafts

Please vote for the basic layout draft that you prefer. Please comment 1 or 2.

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Title Page Drafts

These are my simple layout drafts, I have made one more generic to most magazines and I have experimented with positioning more in my other one.


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please comment 1 or 2 as your favourite!

Textual analysis

                                                 Contents Page

The contents page of the magazine 'etc' is quite formal with the two columns, like of the conventions of most print media. The headline 'contents' is in the same font as the title of the magazine. The colour blue looks professional in the text. It also is brought out in some of the pictures as well: the theme of the colour blue. The photographs give the audience insight into what the magazine is going to be about, encouraging them to read on. They are positioned in a formal column on the left hand side, in line with the text. The fact that the numbers are not consecutive indicates that there are adverts and other things in the magazine too. The san-serif type font makes it look funky and appealing to young people. The title of the magazine is in the top right hand corner and the page number and web address at the bottom is part of the house style.
There are different section headings, the largest section is about careers because the magazine is about careers. There is a section called 'the front bit' which is again typical of a magazine.

Title Page

The masthead of the this magazine is 'etc.' and we know that 'etc' stands for et cetera meaning 'and so on'.  The orange colour is used again in the piping in the image. The bright colours on the black back ground makes them easy to see and eye catching, also bright colours generally attract young people. The title and the title on the contents page are both written in the same fonts and are written in lower case, this shows its informality and so relaxed type friendliness. The important information at the bottom with the date and the website is in thin white writing, making appear different to the rest of the magazine and look official. There aren't many cover lines, but the titles 'alcohol' and the blue and white cover lines are in capital letters which make them more eye catching and easy to read, and show their importance. I like how the title is made to look like part of the image, of part of the 'alcohol machine', that the liquid is being kept in by the text: this links with the alcohol article to be read later in the magazine. It doesn't show any pictures of students, which may or may not be a good thing, however the picture is eye catching and alcohol is related to young people.

poll..

my first poll isn't working :( so please vote on the one in the gadget box :D thank you

Please do my poll :)

Student Magazine Name?
	pencilandink
	BOOM
	Identity
	Alright
	Strobe
	Glowsticks and Junk
	Junk
	none of these are appropriate, keep thinking.
pollcode.com free polls

Questionnaire...please do it :D

Please copy, paste place an 'x' next to the ones you'd like...


What kind of things would you be looking for in a student magazine?

competitions                                music news                            celebrity news                   

uni advice                                     careers advice                       gigs and events

films and tv                                   agony aunt                             fashion

latest gadget update                   games                                     sport


How much would you be prepared to pay for one?

£1 - £1.50                                   £1.60 - £2                        £2 - £2.50                 £2.60 - £3  


Should it be...?

weekly                                     monthly                            seasonly


It should be aimed at...?

Mainly males                           Mainly females                    Both


What age should I make it for?

13- 15                         16-18                            19- 25


Do you have any name ideas?


Any other comments?




Thanks for your time :)

Features of other Student Mags...

Name of Magazine             Features

Student ID                             info on Festivals, university advice and info, bash pics, revision tips,
Issue No. 13                             adverts and events.

HC 2008/2009                     Gigs, competitions, 'hot or not', films out, gap year advice and info,  
                                               choosing universities, adverts and the A-Z of careers.

Student ID                             Bash photographs, trip pictures, holidays like Easter related info,
Issue No 8                                fashion, event write ups and latest TV and Film gossip.

Common elements that appear in student magazines seem to be: uni, career and exam/revision advice, what's on - films, tv, gigs, competitions, festivals, and music. I will try and include some of these elements in my magazine.

Action Plan

Hello :)
Over the next 4 weeks I have create a student magazine for my media :D well, contents and title page for one.  It's a pre-lim task before our main coursework task of creating a music magazine.

This is my action plan for the next four weeks...

Week 1. 15th Nov
- create a blog!
- compare and look at other magazines for inspiration.
- start textual analysis.
- questionnaire.

Week 2. 22nd Nov
- organise photo shoot.
- draft cover and contents.

Week 3. 29th Nov 
- edit photos.
- create layout designs.
- audience feedback.
- start creating pages.

Week 4. 6th Dec
- continue creating pages and finish.
- audience feedback.
- evaluation.

Deadline 10th December.

wish me luck...