1. Audience Feedback Brett Tinnion

2. Question 1 In what ways does your media product use,develop, or challenge forms and conventions of real media products There are many conventions for music magazines, for instance on the frontcover there is always a mast-head which is the biggest text on the page, thereis always a main image in the middle of the page with the main cover story atthe middle with a catchy description, there is normally a house style in whichonly a certain of colours are used, there are cover lines on the right and left ofthe page. Finally, underneath the mast head there is a slogan for themagazine. On the contents page the title of the magazine is predominately at the top,with the date and issue number, the image of an artist is normally in themiddle of the page with a description of an article. The most conventionalthing on the page is the subscribe now at the bottom. Normally on the righthand side there is articles and there page numbers with a pull quote or adescription Finally, on the two page spread more than likely there will be an image of theleft hand side of the page with the name of the artist and a pull quote with onthe left hand side there will be the title of the article with a pull quote andthen an article underneath, describing the artist 3. How does my magazine follow or challenge conventions? My magazine follows conventions, but however does challenge conventions for instance on my front pageit follows conventions by it has a big mast head that stands out the most, it only has one image which isassociated with my cover story, another convention followed is that of the slogan underneath the masthead, the cover lines are all around my page which is used in magazines such as NME and Q. The frontpage does challenge conventions by it has lots of bright colours whereas normally there are just a fewcolours used, by having bright colours I thought it would be more appealing for my target audience whichare teenagers. My contents page is very conventional, the title of the magazine is at the top of the page with the dateand issue number which is used in nearly every music magazine, also the image and description of thearticle is used in my contents page is conventional as it gives the reader a teaser of the magazine. Themost common convention on a contents page is the subscribe now this is used in nearly every musicmagazine and it normally colourful so people will look at it and hopefully subscribe. The artist index andthe features and news of the magazine follow many other music magazines, they are easy to navigatearound with a colour for the page number and a plain black sans serif font for the article and a descriptionor a pull quote. My contents page is the most successful as it follows all the conventions. My two page spread is less conventional to my contents page, this is because although it has an image onthe left page and a artist title and pull quote and main text body on the right, it is very colourful which isnot necessarily associated with music magazines, it is colourful so it follows my house style. The image onthe left is conventional because it is an artist which is associated with my target audience, having a pullquote is used by many magazine makers because it offers an slight insight to the article and makes peoplewant to read more Overall, I believe my magazine follows the conventions of music magazines well but however challenges itwhen it comes to colour schemes and the house style 4. Masthead,Title forconventional magazine is used in manySlogan for mymagazines onmagazine contents pageArtist index a Main Image technique usedin some Cover lines, magazines Cover lines with a conventional for brief description them to be all and page around numbers, veryconventional Main image with aMain cover story description on the Subscribe now isarticle probably the most conventional part of my courseworkTitle of themagazine , myTitle for the articlehouse style. Atechnique I gotPull quote a technique usedfrom NMEin most magazines Pull Quote Main text body 5. Question 2 How does your media product represent particular socialgroups?Here is a speech by myself answering this questionson why my media product represents my particularsocial group which is teenagers and young adultsWhen listening to an audio, if you click any part of thescreen it will stop. 6. Question 3 What kind of media institution might distribute your mediaproduct and why? I believe my music magazine could be distributed by Prometheus Global Media, which is a subsidiary to a mediaconglomerate called Nielson Business Media. The companies CEO is Richard D. Beckham. They produce magazines such asAdweek, Back Stage, Hollywood Reporter and the music magazine Billboard. The companies headquarters is in LowerManhattan, New York. Prometheus would be an ideal company to distribute because their other music magazine Billboard has the same targetaudience as Beats so therefore has a solid knowledge of the audience and would be able to make my magazine better inappealing to my target audience. Also, they would be ideal because there conglomerate company is a media company thatspecialises in distribution and marketing so they would be able to get my magazine out to the world. I believe Prometheus Global Media would distribute my magazine because it is in relation to Billboard so the magazinecarries on with there mission statement of catering for young adults, Billboard is an American music magazine so having aBritish magazine will open up there market even wider and make there profits higher, as they would be able to advertiseBillboard in Beats and vice versa so make the two magazines a worldwide success. I believe they would agree to mymagazine because they only currently distribute one music magazine so having another magazine that is specifically formusic will allow them to make more money and grow as a company. The companies main goals are to deliver excellence,service, and value for money. I believe Beats magazine fulfils the companies goals and aspirations, so Beats and Prometheuswould be a brilliant fit and work in partnership to make increased revenue and make Beats and Billboard become aworldwide force in the music magazine industry. 7. Question 4 Who would be your target audience for your media product?My main target audience for my product is teenagers and young adults, with a flair for music and fun. I have decided to have an audience similar to myself because it would allow me to know what the target audience wants, as I would know because I am part of the target audience. I also chose this target audience because it is convenient for me to do this because I would easily be able to address my target audience by using people my age. Also, I chose this target audience because the magazines I evaluated are all magazines that have this target audience so it would allow me to take there ideas and combine them with my own so it completely associates with the target audience. Many young people like to just look through a magazine and read only a few articles, Beats gives this opportunity because the ratio between text and image is about the same, like NME. 8. Question 5 How did you attract/address your target audience I have targeted my audience by using a young girl wearing contemporary clothing as this wouldallow girls and boys associate with her. I also used bright colours as these are the colours that areassociated with the younger generation, the ordered layout is also used because after doing myquestionnaire and asking my peers they said they preferred a ordered layout because it is easy toread and navigate around, they also told me to use sans serif font, these fonts are also used inmusic magazines that have the same target audience like Q and Billboard. The artists used on my cover lines also help me attract to my target audience, artists like Jay Z andKanye West are artists that are associated with the younger generation. I also talk about issues thatyoungsters want to read about for instance the line up of summer festivals, many young people likegoing to festivals so they want to know who will be there, so having this in my music magazinemakes people want to read it and find out more. The main way I attract my target audience is themodels I use, they look like everyday youngsters so it allows my readers to associate with them. Inmy two page spread I talk about issues that youngsters want to know about for instance Is Aimeereally dating teenage sensation Justin Bieber? this is a technique used by many music magazines;there main focus is music but however they do integrate other areas of teenagers life I also use informal language throughout my magazine so teenagers can easily read them and alsokeeps it open for a broader audience as many teenagers want to read some informal and fun ratherthan reading formal language as this could be very monotonous for them and boring, so I decidedto do this because it will keep my magazine fun. 9. Question 6 What have you learnt about technologies from the process ofconstructing this product?I have learnt a lot about technologies from the process of constructing this media product, for instance this was my first time using a video camera, which allowed me to create my first movie, which I edited using the programme iMovie, I had never used this programme before so I benefited greatly from this experience and it will allow me to have a solid basis for improvement in the future. Also I improved my Mac skills, before taking media at AS level I had never used a Macbook, so now after completing my preliminarily task and my main task I have a solid basis of knowledge and skills on the Mac, after using the Mac, I have decided to purchase one myself. Also, I have improved in technologies through the use of the blogger format, I have never blogged before in my life, so after media AS I can now upload pictures, embed links to the blog to make it look a lot better and help improve my grade and performance. I have also improved in my viral technology because I used viral techniques like Facebook and Survey Monkey to get feedback about my media product and also get a knowledge and understanding about what they want in a music magazine, which allowed me to improve my media product and my use of viral media. Another technology I have improved is my use of Microsoft Publisher, before making my media magazine I had never used publisher so it was a good experience getting to know what to do like contrast the picture colour, crop photos and download fonts from www.dafont.com because without this website I would of only been able to make a magazine using Microsoft fonts which are not very professional. To conclude, I have improved greatly and learnt a lot about technologies from the process of constructing this product, it has gave me a solid basis to improve in my media studies career. 10. Question 7 Looking back at your preliminarily task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the main construction An audio clip explaining and answering question 7 11. To conclude! I believe my magazines follows conventions of normal music magazines ina lot of ways and sticks to my target audience and appeals to them a lot.Prometheus Media group was the company I would chose to sell mymagazine to as they would be able to help my magazine with thereadvertising and marketing schemes. I have learnt a lot about technologiesdoing this take for instance how to use iMovie and the Macs. Finally, I haveimproved greatly since my first take and have made my magazine lookvery conventional. Brett Tinnion