FINALE MEDIA PROJECT

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

in this blog i will be talking about the way my first magazine has helped me to create my finale piece and what i have learned in making the process.

Evaluation 6 - What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

in this blog i will be writing about what technology i used to create everything you see today. i hope you enjoy.

Evaluation 5 - How did you attract/address your audience?

in this blog i will be analyzing how i attracted my target audience and  the way i addressed them.

in my media project (magazine) i in copartaed  a slogan "Hungry for riches" this would entice a young audience as it is something new and what the magazine is fundamentally based upon. Also having the newest rapper and  quote from him will draw in the loyal fans and other hip hop fans as it gives the audience a new insight into the life's of the person they idolize.
i have also researched colours that stand out of the crowd and in my research i found out that bright colours like red and orange stand out more because the eyes get drawn to them. in all my pages i have put a bit/some red in so that it stands out and my audience picks it up.
i also highlighted the contents of the magazine by putting out famous rappers such as drake and other big names on the cover so that the RnB audience can get attracted to the magazine aswell. i have resembled my magazine to other big and successful magazines such as XXL and VIBE, as they are the magazines i got my inspiration from.

      

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

I will be analysing the target audience for my media product and discuss if that person is still my target audience or of that person has changed since my brain storm and development stage.




the kind of music he listens too was important to know that if he would be a fan to my media project. Jerome likes:

Biggie smalls - big papa



Drake - stared from the bottom

Bob Marley - no woman no cry



these are only some of the artist and songs that Jerome likes and why I have created this magazine for him and the people that are like him.

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

in this blog i will explain what kind of media institution might distribute my media product?


 

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

in this blog i will be creating the argument, why my blog represents particular social groups?

the first think that i will look at is my target audience and how the magazine represents his perticlar social group. 

My target audience enjoys spending time with friends, these friends would also enjoy  `new era` and all the other things that u get with the magazine such as information and photos of artist. the target age that would be most likely to read my magazine or be interested in the topics are 16-29 year olds. I think that that is suitable because they would most likely know and relate to 90s hip hop and have similar views to the magazines opinions. the magazine would most likely be suitable for the African, African-American, Carrabin, south American and American. as statistics have sown that these ethnic groups listen to hip hop and RnB the most.  

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

I will be discussing the ways my media blog challenges and develops the medias forms of conventions.

my opinion is that my blog does not challenge he forms of convenience so much as I have developed my work from existing pieces of work that have been created by media companies such as XXL, VIBE and the source magazine.

• the similarities between conversional magazines is that they both have the title at the front covering a large section of the page above in big capital letters.
• also a part of the model is covering the top of the magazine same this shows that this magazine has been edited and it has been photoshopped like most professional magazines.
• the artist has a quotation form his interview on the front page letting the reader know what kind of context that magazine interview might have.
• I only have one model for the cover page as the interview is mainly focused on this artist (the reason for this is below).
• I have placed my barcode at the bottom left handside of the corner.
• the actual artist is wearing "bling" like most hip hop magazines
• the date is at the front with the website of the magazine and he artist name in big writing covering some of the actual artist.

Developing and challenging the conventions of a real media product.

I did my title "new era" that big like normal magazines because I waned the consumer to know straight away what the magazine. also it will be easer to grab the consumers attention if the magazine title was big and bold. I placed my slogan "hungry for riches" directly below the title so that the consumers know and recognise the slogan when they hear it by below and above the line advertisement like word of mouth or magazine stands. I made my model cover some of the title but not the important parts as I wanted my magazine to look and feel professional to the readers. me making my magazine look professional will give the consumer (target audience) a better read and the feeling of reassurance with the magazine. I have also used professional software such as photoshop to create this task (the professionals use this). the artist has a quote on the front cover because that creates less space so that the magazine looks like is packet with information and because it gives the consumer an in-look on the artist and this will spark an interest in the consumer to actually read he article. I only place one model on my front cover as it is the most conventional thing to do as a mixture of artist would be too hard write about also I created this magazine form pictures form 1996 to 2000 and most of the magazines that I researched had only one main model and the rest where picture's of his associates. this lead me to believe that creating a blog with more then one model as the focus of the magazine was a bad idea, however now there are more pictures of crews or bands on their cover like rock magazines such as `Classic Rock`.  my artist who is a hip hop rapper does not challenge the forms and conventions of an hip hop rapper as the mese en scene in the picture shows him counting money and wearing expensive cloths and jewellery. I did this deliberately, because a lo of people know what a stereotypical rapper looks like I wanted their to be a sense of comfort and not throw in something new and over the top to scare away my customers.
I placed the date at the front of the magazine for the simple fact that I want my consumers to know  the dates and issues of each magazine that I publish.

•  their is more then one picture on the contents page.
• their is still a date on the contents page
• the slogan is still there
• the featured article names have bigger and bolder letters
• the theme of the cover page crosses over into the contents page (the red writing)
• there is side articles that get displayed when ever the actual magazine gets published such as the graffiti picture and the communities. 
• lastly their is the social media websites and the hashtags  at the bottom.

I wanted their to be a lot of information on the contents of the magazine and I analysed contents pages and they usually had more then a picture this helped the consumer to know the information of he article better s it has been scientifically proven that people tent to formularise themselves with pictures more the words. also I the featured articles would stand out more if I changed the colours and I made it bigger this would help he consumer. I placed my social media websites and hash tags on the contents page as this would help the consumer get information and this would help distribute my work.

I specifically looked into the lady gaga double page spread when creating my own. I used the red letter of my artist so that it stands out and I have created the  article in the question answer format like they did in he XXL interview with soldja boy and 50cent however I have also written on the actual picture and that is challenging the forms and conventions of the media products as hip hop magazines keep their double page spreads clean and sharp. I wanted my double page spread to stand out and be different and that is why I have included the writing on the picture. the feed back I received form it was very good as I walked around my college asking the target audience for their opinion.

MY OPINION

I think that my magazine does not challenge the forms and conventions of a real media product as i was mostly inspired by the forms and conventions of existing media products. my media product is different In its own rights however I thing when it comes to a stereotypical hip hop magazines, my product fits into the criteria.