To the examiner
I hope you have enjoyed reading through my AS media coursework blog. My blog posts are clearly labelled and so you should easily be able to navigate through. I have enjoyed studying AS Media and have put a lot of work into producing my final magazine.
Thank You!
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Question 2 Evaluation
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
My media product represents the social group of mainstream youngsters in the age range 16-24 as i have designed the magazine to suit the needs of this group. My magazine is similar to Fader and Q magazine as these are of similar genres to my magazine.
My colour scheme is black, white and dark red and i think these colours suit the style of my magazine very well. I chose to have my cover artist because i think he would appeal to the target audience i am aiming for. The photo on the front shows that the artist has a confident look to him, I also used a blazer and shirt to give of a classy feel to the magazine and this outfit would be something that the majority of my readers would wear. The clothes also represent the genre of the music, and I have taken inspiration from other magazines that have an artist on the front wearing a blazer as I feel this style represents my magazine very well.
My contents page represents the style of my magazine and appeals to the target audience due to the layout, I feel as if the layout is very sophisticated and show what sought of music the magazine is based on. I feel my magazine is very relaxed as it doesn't overpower the reader with lots of information regarding what is inside it just gives them a basic idea of who is featured, I took the inspiration to do this from Fader magazine. I also feel as if my audience would rather it be more basic than lots of information as this suits the style of the audience. The picture on the contents would appeal to the audience as it suits they style of the magazine and I feel that they could relate to the two artists in the picture. The black background surrounding the picture would attract readers as it gives the magazine a classy feel to it as that is the sought of audience I am aiming for. The picture would appeal to the readers as the artists are of a similar age and so they would be able to relate and be inspired by the artists. The fact that my contents talks about big name performers touring I think this would attract readers as the social group I am aiming like to go and see big names performing in large venues.
The double page spread represents my social group as the main image gives of a commanding feel to; it also shows a classy look as these are the two main features I was aiming to produce from my pictures as it relates to people who enjoy mainstream music. I also think that the audience would find the pose that my artist is producing to be very interesting and I think it would encourage them to read the article about the artist. The artist himself would fit in well with the target audience as he represents the social group perfectly. During the interview I wanted to keep the tone of his speech in a formal way but also some informal terms as I wanted to try and best represent my social group.
I used UK Tribes to select a target audience for my magazine and decided to base it on a mainstream audience. I decided to do this because the interests that UK Tribes was suggesting for mainstream was the audience that I wanted to aim at. My artist would be considered as a role model fro my readers as he is someone that they can look up to and be inspired by to make something of their lives.
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