When creating a magazine it is vital to take into consideration the different convention types, which will come together to make a magazine look professionally made and attractive to the user. Without taking these into consideration the magazine could potentially be hindered. Conventions could consist of a short and clear masthead, a large image of an artist relating to the magazine, an attractive colour scheme, a front cover that appeals to the user and makes them feel obliged to read it, headlines and cover lines.
I looked at various different magazine front covers including Vibe, Billboard and Grimedaily as they focus on the same type of genre as my magazine as well as liking the colour scheme and layout of these magazines. The front covers have a unique and original format with a different and more interesting picture of an artist coming with each addition of the magazine. They also follow the theme and genre of that selected magazine whilst also remaining attractive to the user.
Representation types
My magazine represents a relatively small social group that are into my genre of music (urban grime) it could be said to be a fast growing genre and has plenty of space on the market for it to be distributed. It could be said that my genre will appeal to the less privileged members of society and will allow them to relate to the artist which in turn will hopefully demonstrate the power of hard work. My target audience ages from 14-24 as many of these people will be students and will enjoy reading my magazine during their downtime, I have represented a modern day teen with a unique street fashion sense which is becoming more and more prominent during this era. My magazine largely represents males as the grime industry as well as the listeners are largely male. I have represented this by the use of tag names on my front cover such as 'Wavey J' and 'Tempz'.
I have used an image of someone called Jay who is a young black teen which is the stereotypical image of grime artists therefore is relevant to my magazine, I have used many pictures with many different poses which portray a mysterious persona of my artist and therefore creates a character which the magazine would give an insight to.
I wanted my audience to see a relatively young artist who has put in a lot of work to appear on magazines such as mine, I wanted people to take into consideration what the artist was wearing and how it relates to the magazine as a unique dress sense is intrinsically linked to a unique taste in music which is my genre or urban grime, also it would allow the reader to somewhat gage a relationship with the artist to an extent.
What kind of media institutions might distribute your product and why?
Bauer Media group is one of the largest media co-oprations in europe is a large European-based media company with 11000 employees, it ranges from a wide range of media products including 600 magazines, more than 400 digital products and 50 radio and TV insitutions from all over the globe. It joined the Bauer media group in January 2008. It is a multi platform based company in the UK with many diffeent companies mainly focusing on magazines and Radio. It has over 80 recognised brand names including Heat magzine. I have chosen Bauer instiutionas it disrtributes media on a wide range of platfroms therfore meaning my magazine will be seen and advrtised more efficently whilst also creating a wider audiecne for my product. They are also known to be very succesful and are responsible for the huge success of many magazines such as empire and karrang, my product will be a unique form of my magzen wll appeal to the users of this distribuion company with a huge gap in the market so would be very succesful if they were to distribute my magazine and will not clash with the other products.
Who would be the audience for my media product?
My magazine appeals to those who are intersted in my niche which is urban grime,k and are into new and upcoming artists such as Tempa T and Bugzy Malone, it does not relate to the mainstream music, My magazine will appeal to teenagers around 14-24 as my genre is relatively new so would typically appeal to those of a younger genreation and largely males as most of grime artists are male and relate to hobbies and activities that males are into as a pose to females, males are typically the mass fan base for this genre so i adapted my magazine to appeal to them. Many of my target audience are into street fashion such as Bape which is features throughout my magazine which could potentially relate to my audience. The class and status in temrs of my audience, it would be fair to say it would appeal to those of a lowr class as many of the lyrics these artists make illustrate the struggle that these people went through which could strongly relate to my audience, these poeople are protrayed as young thugs who roam the streets most of these have an interst in thre lives of other people who grew up in deprived areas and are interested in their very own life experience from where they grew up places like Manchester, Birmingham and London.
How did you attract/address your target audience?
What have I learnt about new technoloigies?
Whilst the production of my magazine i have used a number of different technoigies and software, these have helped me to edit my magazine and make appropriate changes and alterations. The first technology i had to come to terms with was blogger. This is a quick and simple way in which to publish my work for it to be seen and to gain feedback in the comments section which allowed me to make appropriate changes to my media work. The first thing i used blogger for was to analyse a music magazine front cover which allowed me to gage ideas on how to present my very own front cover.
It is clear to see with the progression of work that my technological capabilities have increased. Before i struggled with the orientation of my posts and the placement of pictures. I have also learnt about how to link other websites to my blog, some of these are programs like Prezi, Flikr and Soundcloud.
