Final Magazine Front Cover.

This is the front cover of my magazine.

Final Contents Page

This is the contents page of my magazine.

Final Double Page Spread Article.

This is the double page spread article I created for the magazine.

Preliminary Task, Front Cover & Contents Page

This is my final cover of my school magazine, for the preliminary task.

This is my contents page.

Question 1.

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

Magazine Cover - How it develops, challenges and conforms to conventions on Prezi

Contents Page - How it develops, challenges and confroms to conventions on Prezi

Double Page Spread - How is develops, challenges and conforms to conventions on Prezi

Question 2.

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

How my magazine relates to social groups

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Question 3.

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

Question 4.

Who would be the audience for your media product?

Character Profiles of Target Audience on Prezi

This may be the kind of music my target audience would listen to, Mastodon.

Lyrics | Mastodon lyrics - Curl Of The Burl lyrics

Question 5.

How did you attract/ address your audience?

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Question 6.

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

Technology used in producing my magazine

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Question 7.

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

Production- Double Page Spread Article

I, The Silhouette

 I, The Silhouette are fast becoming the UK’s next major metal act and they are already smashing the boundaries between genres. Their reputation for insane live shows is propelling them to the top, quicker than even they could imagine. This band are talented, new and undoubtedly brilliant. Mercury investigates this rapid rise to fame.

Squashed together in their current rehearsal space (guitarist Tom’s bedroom) the boys look like a small time wannabe metal band, but they are far from wannabe’s. Each member brings something unique to the table. Vocals are provided by Ryan, the baby of the band at just 17 brings a Randy Blythe meets Ian Kenny type quality, which is truly something special. Guitarist Tom delivers technical genius, channelling the great Misha Mansoor of djent gods Periphery. Bassist Jamel gives the band the hardcore punk edge that really makes them powerfully different, and adds the raw live energy styled on bands such as The Chariot. This band may seem like a motley assortment of genres but the sound really works. The original drummer could not keep up with the energy, so the revolving cast of drummers keeps the audience guessing, but each one seems better than the next.

When asked why they are special, the band said “We are just passionate about music; we enjoy all these different genres so we wanted to make something a little bit out there that no one had heard before. I think people like that about us.” They were right; with a full UK tour and various festivals under their belts they are certainly attracting a sizable following. “Fans are great; they are what makes the live shows so fun. They are the partly reason we make music.” Influenced by bands such as Deftones, Converge, Periphery and the mighty Carcass, the boys were always bound to have such fanatic worshipers.

It has not been all hard work for the band though; they only started writing songs a month after they formed. “Our chemistry is too good at times, sometimes we mess about so much we never get anything done. We seriously needed to knuckle down.” Watching them rehearse it is clear how much they have progressed music wise, but they are still teenagers, throughout the interview they sing songs about steak and kidney pie and try to kill each other with air bazookas. It has to be said the band are up for anything regarding the live shows. “At shows there is always someone bleeding by the end, we had a girl who broke her nose last week and some cracked ribs. No one ever seems to care though, because they all have a good time. We like to see people who are missing teeth but come up and tell us how fun the show was, if you’re bleeding we know we did a good job.” Jamel shows us his most recent performance injury, “I smashed by elbow on the amp, after the show I had to go to A&E. That’s a sign of success.”

Rough Layout of Double Page Spread

This is the rough layout of double page spread article.

Production- Images for Front Cover, Contents and Double Page Spread Article

These are the images I have used or taken during the production stage.

Images

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Audience Research

What gender are you?  Male: 10 Female: 10
Conclusion: The  amount of males and females is equal, so I will try to aim the magazine at both genders but I think I will lean slightly towards males.

What age are you?

Conclusion: Most people were between 14-19, so I will aim my magazine at teenagers but also make it feel inclusive of other age ranges.


What is your favourite genre of music?

Conclusion: The most popular genre was Classic Rock, so I will include more Classic Rock articles in the magazine.


Who is your favourite band or singer?

Favourite bands

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Conclusion: Most favourite bands are rock and metal so I will include these in my magazine.


What price would you pay for a magazine?

Conclusion: I will price the magazine at £3.00, because that was the price most people are willing to pay.


What 3 words would you associate with Heavy Metal?

What is your favourite colour?

Conclusion: Black was the most popular colour, so I will use black in the colour scheme.



How often would you buy a magazine?
Weekly: 8 Monthly:12

Conclusion: This means I will make my magazine a monthly publication.

What do you like about magazines?
The most popular answer was posters.

Conclusion: I will include a free poster with my magazine.

What do you not like about magazines?
The most popular answer was adverts.

Conclusion: I will try not to have too many adverts.

What is your favourite song?

Favourite song

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Conclusion for Favourite Songs: The songs are mostly rock and metla so I will include these genres in my magazine.