3: what kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why

I think Bauer media, the multinational  media company, would be the best to distribute my magazine. This is because Bauer operates in 15 countries world wide and also worldwide circulation of Bauer Media Group's magazine titles amounts to 38 million magazines a week. this shows that they already have loyal customers and a lot of experience in the publishing industry.

Ithink Bauer media would want to distribute my magazine because their popular brands are women's weekly  magazines like 'take a break' and 'that's life' and then in the music magazines they only have 'Kerrang' and 'Q' and their both target rock music fans therefore there's definitely a gap in the market for an RnB magazine like 'beat'.

Time.inc is the only other magazine institution that publishes magazines like mine i.e. they publish vibe magazine which is a popular RnB and hip hop themed magazine.In addition to the magazine, time inc. also publishes books on hip-hop and RnB culture

2: how does your media product representparticular social groups

How does your media product represent particular social

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

    

Before I produced my own student magazine, I researched other magazines to look at the codes and conventions of student magazines.

 One convention I have used on my front cover is big central image that relates to the music genre of the magazine , another convention i used was to have the bar code and price on the front cover. on the front cover i also used a purple, black and white colour scheme and using a recognizable colour scheme used in magazines to create a recognizable house style . i also followed the convention of using different size and font on text to attract an audience. i used a formal mode of address because i have a targeted audience of 18 to 25 year old's and being formal seemed more appropriate.

 my contents page carries on the colour scheme of my front cover creating brand identity. the contents page contains a table of contents then images and a masthead and this is a typical trend in most magazines. i also followed the convention of adding page numbers on the actuall images.

on my double page spread i have a close up , eye level shot image on the first page , this is typical for a magazine but i also placed quotes from the article on anchor the image. on thesecond page od the double page spread i used my beat logo on the top right coner , i did this to show consistency in my magazine . most magazines use the same colour scheme all though the magazine and i followed this convention.

final outcome for front cover , contents page and double page spread

This is my final draft and through the audience response i've made a lot of changes like using a different image that corresponded with RnB genre. i have also changed some of the font because one of the criticisms was that the 'change of font in every sentence' was confusing and it made the magazine seem quiet busy. from the audience feedback i also learned that most of the people didn't like the black background ' it made the magazine boring' i used photo-filter to edit this image and changed the hue and saturation og the image and made the background a light purple and this does reflect the values of the magazine that it should be carefree and not busy and serious.

This is my final outcome for my contents page. from the audience responce i leant that the audience didnt think the pictures were laid out well . so i changed the location of the images . i also provided a preview of what the double page spread will look like and this is used to draw the audience in and to keep them interested. on this page i also used the magazine logo/masthead and slogan to create a brand identity. i also added page numbers on top of the images this is something i saw when i was Analysisng content pages. Another critisism from the magazine was that i had to similar images so i only kept one image but i used the same person who is also on the front cover and i also used the same colour scheme which is on the front cover to show consistency.

this is my final outcome of the double page apread . From the audience response , i have changed the layout by adding page numbers at the top ehich challenges the convetions of music magazines . i also changed the article by putting it into columns and i think this made the magazine look more realistic and proffesional. i also relocated all the images to a much more suitable place and also added white boarders around the images and this makes the images match the article. i used the magazind logo thats also the masthead to create a brand identity.

audience response

time management

this was our first task : Compare magazines & research the magazine market place. Research similar products: 3 x front covers, 2 x contents pages, 2x double page spread. i have completed this task that was due in on 16 january.

     the second take was to outline initial ideas , audience research and to write a treatment plan . i completed this task that was due in on 24th january.

the third task that was due in on 30 January was to start coming up with layout/ masthead ideas and Plan photo shoot and take photos. and i completed this task.

from 6-27 February we were supposed to create and draft the front cover , contents page and double page spread and also get audience feedback by conducting a small focus group or creating a facebook group so get some feedback.

the final deadline is 9 march and what i still have to complete is an evaluation of how my music magazine turned out .

steps to making the double page spread