Saturday, 17 April 2010
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Friday, 9 April 2010
Message from Ms Prince
Your blog has now been marked for research and planning. Anything that you may now add will not be counted towards your final mark.
Magazine Photos
Well done for meeting the deadline Natalie. Your main article is nicely composed but when you click to open full view, the main images used on both pages appear pixelated. Have you printed these pages? You need to check this is out and make any amendments before I grade the magazine.
Thursday, 8 April 2010
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
-I would say that my magazine is similar to vibe. This is because like vibe, in
my magazine I used bright bold colours that are eye-catching for my audience. Vibe has 3 main colours to its colour scheme; pink, blue and black. Although my magazine uses a different colur scheme of blue, red and white (to represent the British flag) both magazine use 3 bold colours as their colour scheme to attract the audience
My music magazine confirms and develops the conventions of real music magazines. I researched magazines of the same and different genres to become familiar with their presentational deceives so I could integrate the devices onto my magazine
- Like vibe my magazine also uses similar language devices such as superlatives to engage the reader and make the magazine sound as if it is 1 of a kind and that it is crucial that the reader must buy the magazine
- The photograph included on my front page uses direct address like vibe. My photograph confirms the conventions of real RnB music magazines as some of the style conventions associated with that genre (such as era hats) my models are wearing. Also similar to vibe my main image takes up a majority of the space on my front cover, this is a convention of most magazines in general. My photo however is a full length whereas the photo on the vibe front cover is a medium close-up
-I have used a similar mise-en-scene to some magazines of the same genre. I have used a plain white background, to keep it simple yet a little classy. The vibe front cover uses a plain background which is a light gray but it appears darker as shadows are reflected on the back ground.
Above are two examples of the magazine XXL. Like my magazine one of the backgrounds is plain white. In contrast to that the other background is of a lower-class house. This is an example of similar and different mise-en-scenes of the same genre
Although my magazine confirms some of the conventions of the RnB genre, my magazine is different to magazines of the same genre. My magazine is a Best of British issue. Therefore connoting interest in the British music scene. Whereas other RnB magazines would not have a theme like the I have produced in my magazine
Overall I feel that my magazine mostly develops the conventions of real media products. However it can be argued that my maagzine challenges the forms of real RnB magazines as my music magazine is a Best of British issue
my magazine I used bright bold colours that are eye-catching for my audience. Vibe has 3 main colours to its colour scheme; pink, blue and black. Although my magazine uses a different colur scheme of blue, red and white (to represent the British flag) both magazine use 3 bold colours as their colour scheme to attract the audience
My music magazine confirms and develops the conventions of real music magazines. I researched magazines of the same and different genres to become familiar with their presentational deceives so I could integrate the devices onto my magazine
- Like vibe my magazine also uses similar language devices such as superlatives to engage the reader and make the magazine sound as if it is 1 of a kind and that it is crucial that the reader must buy the magazine
- The photograph included on my front page uses direct address like vibe. My photograph confirms the conventions of real RnB music magazines as some of the style conventions associated with that genre (such as era hats) my models are wearing. Also similar to vibe my main image takes up a majority of the space on my front cover, this is a convention of most magazines in general. My photo however is a full length whereas the photo on the vibe front cover is a medium close-up
-I have used a similar mise-en-scene to some magazines of the same genre. I have used a plain white background, to keep it simple yet a little classy. The vibe front cover uses a plain background which is a light gray but it appears darker as shadows are reflected on the back ground.
Above are two examples of the magazine XXL. Like my magazine one of the backgrounds is plain white. In contrast to that the other background is of a lower-class house. This is an example of similar and different mise-en-scenes of the same genre
Although my magazine confirms some of the conventions of the RnB genre, my magazine is different to magazines of the same genre. My magazine is a Best of British issue. Therefore connoting interest in the British music scene. Whereas other RnB magazines would not have a theme like the I have produced in my magazine
Overall I feel that my magazine mostly develops the conventions of real media products. However it can be argued that my maagzine challenges the forms of real RnB magazines as my music magazine is a Best of British issue
Wednesday, 7 April 2010
How does your media product represent a particular social group?
My magazine represents the young urban social group as this is the general
audience that listens to the RnB genre. My models are of a similar age to
my target audience. My models are also wearing costume that represents
the social group I am targeting.
Their are some clothes that are used in images that are typical of young people:
-Era caps
-Hoodies
-Baggy Jeans
-Trainers
I have used various different methods to ensure that my magazine
represents this particular social group. My main images are of teenagers
with a slight attitude that goes in hand with the RnB conventions.
In my main image costume is incorporated to represent the young urban
social group.
My main article uses formal language for the questions. However in my
article I have used less formal language for the answers as they are being
written from the young urban perspective. By using informal language my
audience may find that they can relate better to the artists and they the
artists are just ordinary people.
Also my main article expresses the fact that my artists are just normal people who used to live on an east London estate, and although they are famous now, they're just like the rest of us.
In one image of my artists their costume is more formal and in another image their dressed more casually. This represents the particular social group of young urban culture in two different ways. One image could represent a higher class that listen to the RnB genre and one image could represent a slightly lower class.
audience that listens to the RnB genre. My models are of a similar age to
my target audience. My models are also wearing costume that represents
the social group I am targeting.
Their are some clothes that are used in images that are typical of young people:
-Era caps
-Hoodies
-Baggy Jeans
-Trainers
I have used various different methods to ensure that my magazine
represents this particular social group. My main images are of teenagers
with a slight attitude that goes in hand with the RnB conventions.
In my main image costume is incorporated to represent the young urban
social group.
My main article uses formal language for the questions. However in my
article I have used less formal language for the answers as they are being
written from the young urban perspective. By using informal language my
audience may find that they can relate better to the artists and they the
artists are just ordinary people.
Also my main article expresses the fact that my artists are just normal people who used to live on an east London estate, and although they are famous now, they're just like the rest of us.
In one image of my artists their costume is more formal and in another image their dressed more casually. This represents the particular social group of young urban culture in two different ways. One image could represent a higher class that listen to the RnB genre and one image could represent a slightly lower class.
Tuesday, 6 April 2010
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
Currently in the UK there are no media institutions that distribute RnB magazines. This results in their being a gap in the market in the UK for an RnB magazine. Although there is not an existing institution in the UK that publishes RnB magazines, there are other institutions such as BAUER who do not publish RnB magazines but they do distribute other music magazines such as Q and Kerrang.
Although my magazine is of a different genre, BAUER may be interested in my magazine. This is because they use Q and Kerrang to specialize in the rock genre and they could use my magazine to specialize in the RnB genre. By distributing my magazine it also connotes interest in the British RnB scene.
Sunday, 4 April 2010
Saturday, 3 April 2010
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
Whilst constructing my media product i have learnt the importance of adobe photo shop and how significant it is to makers of media products. Photo shop allowed me to produced an authentic music magazine. It helped me to crop photo's and add further adjustments to photo's such brightness, darkness, smudging and blurring. I also used other technologies such as slide share. This is an online site that allowed me to post a slide show on my blog so I was using a variety of different medias.
Another technology that I used was Adobe Audition. I used this when constructing focus group recording. Adobe Audition allowed me to merge my recordings together creating a full sound recording of my focus group.
Instead of using a folder to gather our work, we each created blogs to post our work on. Having blog allowed me to easily transfer print screens and other work to my blog. It also meant that providing there is internet I have easy access to my work at all times.
When producing my product and using the different technologies I have learnt that it takes practice and skill to use such softwares and how they are significant in producing an authentic quality product.
Another technology that I used was Adobe Audition. I used this when constructing focus group recording. Adobe Audition allowed me to merge my recordings together creating a full sound recording of my focus group.
Instead of using a folder to gather our work, we each created blogs to post our work on. Having blog allowed me to easily transfer print screens and other work to my blog. It also meant that providing there is internet I have easy access to my work at all times.
When producing my product and using the different technologies I have learnt that it takes practice and skill to use such softwares and how they are significant in producing an authentic quality product.
Friday, 2 April 2010
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Looking back at my preliminary task I have learnt that to produce a good quality, authentic product, I must practice my skills on photoshop.
From looking at the differences between my preliminary front and contents page and looking at my final product I can see that my knowledge of how to construct a magazine has grown tremondously. When producing my preliminary task I was not aware of Factors such colour schemes and fonts matching the style of the magazine and attracting the target audience. From the time of making my preliminary task and making my final product my knowledge of how to use photoshop grew, along with my knowlege of magazine presentational devices and how to attract your target audience. This growth in knowledge allowed me to my final product to look much more professional and authentic compared to my preliminary task.
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