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

7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product? | Create infographics

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

                     
                               

Draft 5. How did you attract/address your audience?

Draft 4. Who would be the audience for your media product?

Audience Profile

Name: Charlotte Hull

Age: 17

Interests: Festivals, discovering new musicians, photography

Favourite Shops: American Apparel and Topshop

Favourite Artists: The 1975, Catfish & the Bottlemen, Twin Atlantic

Favourite Magazines: Clash, Loud and Quiet

Studying: Photography, Textiles, Art

As the genre of my magazine is Indie, the target audience for my magazine is indie scenesters, an example being Charlotte Hull. I have aimed my magazine for this audience, making sure I have chosen musicians that would fit with the Indie genre and therefore attract my intended audience. The target age for my magazine is 15-24 year olds as these are the ages that are most likely to buy music magazines and therefore my magazine. I have made sure my magazine is aimed and both genders to ensure that no one feels as though it is aimed one way and are put of purchasing my magazine. The interests of Charlotte Hull include going to festivals and discovering new music. This is one of the many reasons I do not feel as though using a new band on the front cover of my magazine is not a draw back as indie scensters want to discover musicians they have never heard of. This means that although they may not have heard of Indeed, they will still be intrigued leading them to purchase the magazine.

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

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

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

Finished Front Cover

Finished Contents Page

Finished Double Page Spread

Creating the Double Page Spread

Creating the Contents Page

Creating the Front Cover

Influential Magazines

Front Page:

In my magazine, I used the same style as Loud and Quiet in the way that the picture does not start until the masthead finishes. The picture is not placed on top or underneath of the masthead, it is under. I felt this was the way I wanted my magazine to be presented as, to me, it looks the most professional. 

Contents Page:

For my contents page, I was influenced by Q magazine. I feel as though these contents pages are easy  to understand and I thought elements would work well in my magazine. For example, I used the boxes of red and made them green to fit in with my colour scheme. I then also made the colour of the numbers green, theirs are red, to further introduce my colour scheme. I felt having pictures of the artist was effective and will encourage people to want to read the magazine so thought it was best to add pictures of 'Indeed' onto the contents to ensure people see this. I then also included the 'Every Month' column. I felt this was a good idea to keep people involved and repeating their purchases. I then thought of some of my own features I could include every month.

Double Page Spread:

I was influenced by these two double page spreads when creating mine. The Nicki Minaj double page places the text around the image of her and I thought this was an effective feature that is not commonly used. I thought it added interest to the double page and this is the reason I thought about trying it on my double page. The Pixie Lott double page then has her on the left hand side at the side of the text. I thought this was a good way to add the picture that is not often seen. I then combined these two ideas and this is how I came up with my double page spread.

Final Interview

Magazine Interview Finished

Pictures Taken