Candidate details

Kate Longley
Candidate number: 5067
Center name: Wilmington Grammar School for Girls
Centre number: 61119

Final product

7) Looking back at your preliminary task, what have you learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

When comparing the two magazine there are many clear differences to be seen between them :

• Both my front cover and contents page have been designed and thought about a lot more instead of me just designing as I go along. This is mainly because of the research I did for each section, as it is much more detailed then that of my preliminary task.
• The photos taken have been thought about a lot more and edited much better. This is because when doing the preliminary task I had never used Photoshop before so I did not know how to use it properly, but when I went to do my music magazine it is clear that I had become more confident with using it and find new ways to make my photos look professional. Also I used different materials for my music magazine photos. For it I used professional lighting and a backdrop instead of going outside.
• I picked my models a lot more carefully this time as I discovered with my school magazine that not all people look natural when taking photos. For the preliminary task it is easy to see I just used my friends as my models but for my music magazine I thought about who would fit my category and would not mind posing for the camera.
  
  
• The text for my music magazine has also been thought about more and chosen so it works well. As you can see in my music magazine, there are two different fonts on the front cover as I wanted one to stand out more then the other as it was more important, on my preliminary magazine this has not happened. All the text is the same size and font and not a clear title which is obviously the main of the magazine. Also I used the same font across my music magazine so it links together, as well with colours. This does not appear to have happened for my school contents as I had to rush to finish that on time as I had spent too long on my front cover and trying to think what to do.
• I learnt how to manage my time more effectively on the second task as before I was rushing to get everything done at the end, where as for the music magazine I understood what I had to do and how to do it more. I also set myself deadlines through out it so i had a target to go to, this helped me as I then new what was left to do and what I had completed.
• The whole structure of my music magazine is a lot better then that of my preliminary one. I tried to keep to the three section rule a lot more, this making it look and work a lot better. The best example of this is in the music contents page as it can clearly be seen that there are three sections, this cannot be seen with the others causing it to look untidy and a mess.
  
  Overall I believe that my music magazine is a lot better quality and designed a lot better then my preliminary one. However I do not think if my school magazine was how it was that I would have learnt how to use tools and produced ideas to create my music magazine.

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

 

5) How does it attract/address your audience?

My magazine attracts the relevant audience of young teenage girls (discovered from the question below). I used many ways for this to happen. I mainly focused on the front cover, this is because if my front cover did not attract or address my audience then they would not buy it in the first place.

As you can see I made the front cover a baby pink colour which will attract girls to look at it as it is a very stereotypical colour for girls. Also the three circular photos will attract an audience as they stand out against the pale background so people will want to see what it is. The main photo is very confident and of an age that young teenage girls would be interested in reading about. This is because the clothes that they are wearing is very stylish and the poses they are in show confidence and joy. If the picture was of shy, timid girls then people would be put off wanting to read it because it does not look interesting. The main thing that I personally think attracts my audience is the title, this is because as I have stated before it stands out well against the background and the bold colour and 3D form will stand out against other magazines and will be easy to see in shops. Although the text is only a small part on my front cover that also attracts my audience as they get a small peak at what is to come in the magazine and draws them in. For example the strip at the bottom will make them pick it up and buy it because it is an interesting article for the people that will be going to that festival.

For both my contents page and double page spread (interview) I have carried on the colours to keep the appearance on my magazine to a high standard. This keeps the reader attracted to the pages and wanting to read on. The language and fonts inside the magazine also helps this. For the interview I asked questions that the public would want to possible ask so that they feel that the writer is connected to them and addresses there age and gender instead of the interviewer asking questions the readers have no interest in.

4) Who would be the audience of your media product?

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

There are many media institutions around but there would only be a selected few that would distribute my magazine.


This institution is one of them. This company produces many magazines from Amateur Gardening to Nuts. Including Music magazines such as NME and UNCUT which in my research is what I have looked at. However, I do not think this is best suited for my magazine as those music magazines are for older readers of both genders.



Bauer media, like IPC media, is very famous and produces over 230 magazines in 15 countries. These include Q, Kerrang!, POP and Mojo. Although these are not like my magazines they also produce shows, radio stations and websites such as Smash Hits, The Hits and 4Music which my magazine would go well with.

The BBC is famous more for their TV/Radio channels but also the produced Top Of The Pops magazine. I feel that if I were to choose a producer to distribute my magazine I would think BBC a good choice. This is because my magazine is like Top Of The Tops but for a few years older, like a progression from that magazine to mine when girls turn a certain age. Also BBC would have the funding to advertise my magazine and make it work.