My media product develops common conventions found in media products. I have adapted what designs i have researched and planned for my school magazine. It has a few aspects of layout and design which can be seen in magazines today but I have created new aspects as i have developed my magazine. For instance most magazines feature one eye catching cover image, whereas my magazine has tow bold images which are both on an angle. this means that there is more space for information and text but still maintains a good image to text ratio. Another adaption is for my contents page I had initially drafted it as being majority text with a rather dull and simple layout but as it progressed i decided to maintain the house style seen on the cover page and built a complicated design which involved the use of images and more detailed paragraphs attached with the image. Overall as a task i would say that it has adapted and changed some common conventions sen in the layout and design of magazines.
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
My media product presents the social groups through the design and house style. I would say that it is aimed people in interested in arts and creative subjects like photography. the bright colours make it stand out but they are well suited so don't put people off and create a quite modern yet welcoming effect. The design represents art because it is built up of many layers of linear squares too create a bold and eye catching layout. It doesn't just feature a singular image as most do so it is more creative and features more skill so should a more creative audience.
Since this is a "school" magazine the school would distribute the product. this is because it is created by one production company for one audience instead of being targeted at many audiences like music and celebrity magazines.
The audience for this product would heavily be students because i have designed and created it around an audience aimed at 16-17 years old's. I have used a modern and vibrant style which is eye catching but could be classified as quite loud for some viewers. it could also be aimed at the parents of the children because it contains information about the school and upcoming events. Overall though this is aimed at the upper sixth form who are interested in photography and digital technology and i think that i have covered this with the appearance and written information.
In my magazine i used common conventions that i had found were popular and well used in other magazines i had researched. Since i chose a older teenage audience my magazine is more technical and more formally presented whilst maintaining a vibrant eye catching theme to it. From my research i had learned that it needs to have more text than images but still needs to have an element of joyful vibrancy to it so it can keep the audience interested throughout.
From the construction process of this product, i have learned that magazines are complicated to create and require more thought and planning than i had initially anticipated. Adobe In Design is much harder to use than Photoshop and requires a lot more skill and understanding to create a good product. on the next task i would rely much more on Photoshop as it provides an overall better quality of construction tools and equipment to create good layouts for my magazine. The digital photography element to the task was straight forward as i already had a great understanding of cameras and how they function, since i'm taking an A level photography course.
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