My final product:

Q7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

 Over the past couple of months I have learnt and researched a lot into how you make a music magazine.

One of the first thing I learnt was the conventions of music magazine for example the masthead is at the top left hand corner. I then started researching and planning my magazine, using focus groups looking at different groups of audiences. After all the researching and planning I decided I was basing my magazine on students aged 16-27 who were lovers of the indie genre. I then began learning new skills on Photoshop and taking pictures of my cover artist Soph Bright.

I developed my Photoshop skills since my preliminary task and have quite a high quality of knowledge on different tools on the programme.

If I could do it again I would add more cover lines on my front cover.

It was useful doing a preliminary task as it introduced me to Photoshop as well as helping me start understanding conventions to follow.

Q6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Whilst making this product I had difficulties with changing the background blue, but through research and practise I overcame this. This shows I have improved over the past months.

Q5. How did you address/ attract your audience?

Q4. Who would be the audience for your media product?

A little animation on who was my target audience and why did I choose them?
http://goanimate.com/videos/0Oouqa56v4QA?utm_source=linkshare

When I first started researching I held a focus group and asked the following questions:

Do you read magazines?
If you do, what genre do you buy?
If not, what’s stopping you?
What magazine do you read?
How could you improve that magazine?
How much are you willing to pay?
What is the first thing that attracts you to a magazine?
What artist are you interested in?
Do you prefer weekly or monthly magazines?
Would you be likely to buy a subscription?
Would you be more likely to read the magazine as a new media product e.g. app?

From this I learnt that from the 17-18 year olds that I asked that most bought magazine of the indie genre and thought that a monthly magazine at the price of £2.50 was reasonable. As I am targeting the market of students I decided to lower the price to £1.60 so that this is very more attractive and eye-catchingly low price to the potential buyers. They would use apps to read my magazine so I added QR codes on the contents page to my magazines website, making my magazine more technologically advanced.
They said the first thing that attracted them to there magazine was an attractive front cover star, I made sure my front cover star looked at her best and as 72% of my readers are male more attractive for hetrosexual males.
They were interested in indie bands such as Foals therefore I featured them in my article along with Jake Bugg, Kings of Leon and fresh artist Palma Violets, Peace and Swim Deep.

Q3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Q2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?