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Overall improvements

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Audience Feedback

After finally finishing my final pages I then went on to ask a few girls from my target age what their opinions were:

Alice: " I really like all three pages, I especially like the front cover, the model on the front cover would definitely draw me in to buy the magazine, the colours and fonts used are very bright and stand out. The front cover contains a lot of magazine which is included in the magazine, I like the idea that free posters come with the magazine! Both the contents page and double page spread are well designed. The article for the double page spread is very interesting and well written promoting the girl band very cleverly.  It is very hard to come up with possible improvements... The only bad thing I would say is the double page spread although very interesting it looks very empty, maybe more images could have been used."

Maria: " I especially like the pictures used throughout your magazine, they are very unique and nice to look at. Especially the front cover the model is presented very well, almost as if he is looking at you to buy the magazine. The fonts used are very clear and bright which allows the magazine to be easily read without any difficulties."

EVALUATION

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In what ways does your media product use from AndreaMaria96

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

'PUMP IT UP' is targeted towards teenage girls between 12-16 year old. How did I do this?


Firstly, as my model for my front page I used a good-looking boy which is very stereotypical of a pop magazine, as teenage girls will be more encouraged to buy the magazine if a good looking singer is on it. 
An example which inspired me was the magazine Top Of the Pops which features Justin Bieber as the main image. 

 

Alongside this I also advertised free posters which will appear in the magazine- of the singer. The teenage girls who buy the magazine will be able to keep these posters and collect them each issue. The colours used in my magazine are very bright and vibrant, the colours used range from pink, purple and yellow. These colours will help the magazine stand out when on the shelve in a shop waiting to be bought. Also the layout of the magazine is very chaotic and contains lots of pictures and information.

 

3. What kind of media institution might distribute you media product and why?

The target audience I am aiming towards is teenage girls, ages between 12-16 year old. The teenage girls who read PUMP IT UP love to keep up to date with celebrity gossip and the latest pop music out. There are many other pop magazines out that are aimed towards teenage girls for example BBC 'Top Of the Pops, therefore there is a lot of competition for different institutions that distribute the magazines for this particular target audience. The institute which I feel fits my magazine best is Egmont, who are known for publishing 'We Love Pop' which is for 13-16 year old obsessed with music, celebrities, fashion and gossip. They are well experienced in distributing pop magazines for teens, so I feel it could be a success. Although some may argue it is very similar to 'We Love Pop', 'PUMP IT UP' is aimed at a slightly younger audience.




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

PUMP IT UP is aimed towards teenage girl aged around 12-16 years old. The target audience enjoys pop music and are now more involved with the latest music and up to date with the newest songs. The readers of the magazine are now old enough to go and buy the
magazine themselves using their own pocket money. Readers of PUMP IT UP have strong interests in programmes such as the X Factor. The artists who have been successful from the X Factor are also very popular with the target audience, especially the boy bands like One Direction. The teenage girls who read PUMP IT UP are very bold and sassy, they like to keep up to date with the latest gossip, they are very keen to get the most out of their life.

5. How did you attract/address your audience?

I firstly decided my target audience when writing my treatment sheet. I went on to compare pop magazines aimed towards teenage girls  in the market to see what codes and conventions they use to do this.The common things about these pop magazines were the use bright colours, the use of pictures, gossip, interviews and the appearance of well known celebrities. I also conducted a questionnaire which helped me. The fonts I used are bright and simple attracting the audience to read the magazine. I added many pictures of celebrities which is common in pop magazines, most of the pictures I took were on white backgrounds. The language used is very basic and informal, this gives a friendly tone to the reader. I have added free posters to the magazine and advertised competition options which readers can participate in.

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

Looking back I feel I have improved tremendously since my preliminary task. I have developed more skills since then and I have used a wide variety of different skills to help me. I researched a lot into my target audience of 'PUMP IT UP' before creating my pages  to help me gain more knowledge of what is required. The preliminary task helped plan and develop how I was going to approach the idea of my music magazine, what was needed to be done. For example taking pictures, coming up with cover lines, picking fonts and colours etc. When creating my music magazine I had a lot more time to plan and come up with ideas which iIwanted to use, I also went through a number of drafts which I was unable to do with my student magazine as we had a limited amount of time. Also a lot more research was completed for my music magazine as I researched into my target audiences more, looking at the codes and conventions needed.  When completing my premiliminary task I used publisher which was very basic and simple to pick up on therefore I completed it very easily without any problems. With my music magazine however, I used InDesign which was a lot more challenging and difficult to grasp. However overall InDesign allowed me to produce a professional looking document.


For example the front covers-                                

My student magazine as seen below is very basic and contains very little information. 














However, my music magazine is a lot more caotic and better to look at. More coverlines are displayed and different colours and fonts have been used.  

Final Pages

Double Page Spread

I am currently improving my double page spread.

Draft one: currently working on positioning the text in a presentable and readable way. Also what picutures to use.

Draft 2:

Draft 3: 


I have now added some more text to fill the page. Also added another picture to make the page more presentable and easier to read.

Contents page improvement

I have decided to redraft my contents page. This is my first draft so far, at the moment I am just working on the layout of the page. The page will contain a lot of information, I will try and present this information in a way which doesn't make the page look too chaotic.

Here is my first draft where I am working on the layout of the page and where to place everything.

2nd Draft:

This is my second draft of my contents page where I have now decided on the layout I want to use. I am still working on the colours and font types to make it look realistically like a pop music magazine.

front cover improvements

3rd Draft

2nd Draft

With my second draft I have now tried to go for bolder and brighter fonts to make the magazine page stand out more. I am still working on where to place the text on the page and think of more coverlines to add, which will attract customers to buy the magazine.

This is the first draft of my front cover.

It is looking good so far, however i will need to work on the colour scheme and fonts so they all go well with eachother. I do not want fonts to look boring, everything has to be bold and bright.

First draft of front cover

Ideas of whether the front cover picture looks better in black and white or the original colour?

please comment below to what you think?

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I have decided to use the second option. Although the picture does look good in black and white, I feel it does not suit the pop genre and makes it look more dance like. The colour image is more suitable for the genre of pop.

Possible pictures for front cover

I have decided to use a new picture for my front cover. This picture will suit the pop genre more, giving it a Justin Bieber celebrity look. The picture which i will use is a mid close up,which is a popular pop magazine convention, the celebrity is also looking into the distance which gives it an edgy look, as if he is looking into the audience.

Below are some of the pictures which I have considered for my front cover. I have come to the decision to use the first one.

Font Research!

I am currently working to improve all my front covers. At the moment I am looking at different fonts which may be possibilities. I am currently using DaFont.com which offers a wide variety of different styles of fonts. The fonts I will be using will be big and bold which will stand out on the page to draw the audience in. The fonts will be rounded and not to square.

Here are some fonts that have inspired my own magazine:

Below is a video of the history of typography which has helped me with my research:

Re-Drafting of Pages

I am resubmitting parts of my AS coursework from last year. I hope to improve my pages further, and make them look more like magazine pages from a pop magazine.