Evaluation Question 2

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

My media product is aimed more at women than it is at men, this is because all three of the actors used throughout my magazine are female, even though males are wanted to buy this magazine.
My magazine will be aimed at people the ages of 13-18, the actors i used are all between these ages and will draw in my target audience, also the 'Band' and questions they answered, are suitable for this age range.
I also think the pictures used in my media product show females to be strong, fun people, like shown in the following pictures:

Also, because of the target audience i am trying to appeal too, my price £2.50 is suitable because it is affordable for people at school or college.

Evaluation Question 1

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research for Evaluation Question 1

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

 Mast Head

This is my Mast Head, it is the name of my magazine. It covers the top of my front cover, like most mast heads, i used the colour pink because it is one of my main colour schemes, also the colour is not dull and will be eye-catching. I choose this name for my magazine because it tells the audience that inside the magazine is gossip, it intrigues people in.

Barcode

Using a barcode on the front cover is a convention of real media.

Sub headline

A sub headline is another convention of a real media product, here i made sure the audience would know what it inside the magazine as the main article, still sticking to my colour scheme.

Buzz word

The word exclusive tells the audience that this will be the only magazine featuring what is advertised.

Fonts

On my front cover, contents page and also double page spread, i have kept my fonts either the same or similar all the way through, i decided to do this because it is easy to read for the ages i am aiming for, even the little details like the date and issue number is kept simple. Even though my mast head and main headline is larger than the rest of the writing, the font it still kept simple and bold.

Contents page

For my contents page, real media conventions was important, i had to balance the information about whats in the magazine to advertising what else the audience could win or free gifts inside i got this idea from another popular pop magazine, i then compared it again to what i wanted, this is what i found;

Double page spread

When i was making my double page spread, i looked at the conventions of other pop magazines, this gave me an idea on the layout i was going to aim for, this is the example i looked at compared to my own double page spread;

I tried to keep some conventions the same, using the space provided in the right way and getting in the information i needed, also the pictures i have decided to use portray happiness and fun.

levels

This is a level 2 piece of work, i have chosen this because it has a similar layout to my front cover.

To improve this i could make my writing smaller and add more detail, this could get me to a level 3.

contents page:

This is the style model that i have chosen to compare to my contents page, it has a similar layout to my contents page.

Double page spread:

This double page spread is similar to mine because there is more than one image and a large piece of writing.