Thursday 21 April 2016
Question 6
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Sunday 17 April 2016
Question 4
Who would be the audience for your media product?
My music magazine is aimed at metal fans, metal fans can age between any ages, any social group and any working class. However majority of music magazine readers are around 16 - 25. This is could be due to the fact not many music magazines are aimed at younger age groups,however i believe my music magazine is best suited for young adults, as majority of "concert goers" are around this age range, this makes the magazine and its contents more relatable. Also by having a fan basis within similar age ranges makes the community stronger, as fans will be able to easily communicate and make bonds with one another over potentially similar interests. Fans of metal are stereotyped to be "dark Gothic depressed people", however this stereotype is untrue for a large majority of the fans. However a lot fan's do find release through metal, this can be for numerous reasons that are very personal to the individual. Many metal fans have a variety of taste and my magazine accommodates for that, including all types of metal including niche metal groups that aren't often spoke to or referred to in other magazines. this means that the audience for my magazine would be a variety of different character types, while still having similar music taste. Metal fans although being varied in character and even metal taste, all love BAND MERCHANDISE, this is clothing or other products that represent specific bands or tours, all fans of metal love to represent there band, if not in public at least at there gigs. Band merch always represents the bands theme in color and style.Stereotypical fans of metal are known to be aggressive people that wear dark clothing and are usually drug abusers. They are also know as quite depressing and to listen to music very loudly while head banging. Socially they are looked down upon and seen as outcast's within society. if they were to shop in say Birmingham town centre they would mainly go to a shop called Blue Banana. this is an alternative clothing store, it sells band merch as well as more dark and gothic clothing. Other fans of metal, are seen as socially "normal" with a weird music taste, these types of fans may also hide there love of the style of music to be "socially accepted". However both types of fans like to follow there beloved bands, magazines and general metal news on socially networking on there phones and other devices.
The best phone for my products fans, would be on of two. Either an iPhone or a Samsung, the reason for the two different choices, is dependent on what the fans want from there devices, iPhone's are a good solid phone that enables easy internet accesses, apps, podcast, forums and more. There pretty pricey for what you get though, the cameras aren't great and iPhone's without a case get broken two pieces. However Samsung's have recently increased in price, they are in my opinion the best phone for my audience, this is because it is simple to use, they are a hard wearing phone, they have recently become waterproof this means any beer spilt on your phone at a concert or festival wont ruin it, there cameras are brilliant. they have full access to podcast, apps and forums the same as the iPhone. this means with either phone, you can follow what's going on recently on our webpage.
My music magazine is aimed at metal fans, metal fans can age between any ages, any social group and any working class. However majority of music magazine readers are around 16 - 25. This is could be due to the fact not many music magazines are aimed at younger age groups,however i believe my music magazine is best suited for young adults, as majority of "concert goers" are around this age range, this makes the magazine and its contents more relatable. Also by having a fan basis within similar age ranges makes the community stronger, as fans will be able to easily communicate and make bonds with one another over potentially similar interests. Fans of metal are stereotyped to be "dark Gothic depressed people", however this stereotype is untrue for a large majority of the fans. However a lot fan's do find release through metal, this can be for numerous reasons that are very personal to the individual. Many metal fans have a variety of taste and my magazine accommodates for that, including all types of metal including niche metal groups that aren't often spoke to or referred to in other magazines. this means that the audience for my magazine would be a variety of different character types, while still having similar music taste. Metal fans although being varied in character and even metal taste, all love BAND MERCHANDISE, this is clothing or other products that represent specific bands or tours, all fans of metal love to represent there band, if not in public at least at there gigs. Band merch always represents the bands theme in color and style.Stereotypical fans of metal are known to be aggressive people that wear dark clothing and are usually drug abusers. They are also know as quite depressing and to listen to music very loudly while head banging. Socially they are looked down upon and seen as outcast's within society. if they were to shop in say Birmingham town centre they would mainly go to a shop called Blue Banana. this is an alternative clothing store, it sells band merch as well as more dark and gothic clothing. Other fans of metal, are seen as socially "normal" with a weird music taste, these types of fans may also hide there love of the style of music to be "socially accepted". However both types of fans like to follow there beloved bands, magazines and general metal news on socially networking on there phones and other devices.
The best phone for my products fans, would be on of two. Either an iPhone or a Samsung, the reason for the two different choices, is dependent on what the fans want from there devices, iPhone's are a good solid phone that enables easy internet accesses, apps, podcast, forums and more. There pretty pricey for what you get though, the cameras aren't great and iPhone's without a case get broken two pieces. However Samsung's have recently increased in price, they are in my opinion the best phone for my audience, this is because it is simple to use, they are a hard wearing phone, they have recently become waterproof this means any beer spilt on your phone at a concert or festival wont ruin it, there cameras are brilliant. they have full access to podcast, apps and forums the same as the iPhone. this means with either phone, you can follow what's going on recently on our webpage.
However to be sure of my audience, I will hold a interview with some fans I think are appropriate, and resemble what I believe will be the audience of my product.
I will ask questions such as;
- What do you enjoy reading about
- How do you keep up to date with news about your favourite bands
- Where do you shop
- How much would you pay for a music magazine
- what phone do you think best to keep up to date on news
Thursday 14 April 2016
Tuesday 12 April 2016
Devolpment of double page spread
My original double page spread didn't give the desired effects so many improvements were made.
Firstly starting at the top my original double page spread didn't make use of the larges amount of space that could be used to display the title. this was a problem as it didn't draw attention and instantly grab the reader as i wanted it to. So by keeping my house style and color theme i maximized the title by splitting it across the double page spread and using two three different text types too create a professional looking title that included the bands on style of title. By using skew i was able to rotate the text slightly, by doing this it also draws more attention to the title, giving a more desired effect of drawing the audience in.
Secondly by organizing the text into more organised and clear columns the reader is able to quickly skim read or read in depth. By adding in the pull quote in the middle, also draws attention to the main article.
The main image i moved to the left hand side as i thought the article looked better on the right hand side, and then continuing with the preexisting colors within the picture. I then add a pull quote into the picture.
The main image i moved to the left hand side as i thought the article looked better on the right hand side, and then continuing with the preexisting colors within the picture. I then add a pull quote into the picture.
Development of my Contents Page
my original (left)
my final (right)
See thing link for detailed devolpments
Development of Front cover
My developed Front cover:
My initial Front Cover:
My initial front cover i felt lacked information and also lacked something within the photography as my eyes could not be seen even after altering the color levels and shadows of the photograph. the information on the cover was brief and there was a lot of empty space i felt could potentially hold more information for readers, also due to the lack of information a viable selling point that was potentially being missed.
After this thought i added eyes into the photography, by adding inhuman eyes it fitted the genre to a higher degree, making the main image seem inhuman and perhaps something that does fit in society largely representing the metal genre and there audience. This in turn makes the magazine more relatable to readers, I also added more text into the front cover, this adds more information that would be inside the magazine. also filling the space making the front cover feel more used.
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