In what ways does your media school magazine use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

• I think my school magazine looks like a real magazine because it has a masthead which gives a impact of alliteration on the reader. I also used puffs which creates that feeling of real magazine because magazines use puffs in their magazine. However, my school magazine does differ from real magazine because in a real magazine the front cover image is normally face on whereas my front cover has a image taken sideways from the back. My content page is laid out like a real magazine because it has a image which most magazines do and I have web links connecting to Facebook, Twitter and school site as well. My contents page differs slightly in my use of colours whereby my font mostly the same throughout the content page and colours used are unlikely to be used in a magazine. However I chose to do it that way so my content and magazine as a whole as a identity.

How does your product represent particular students?

My magazine represents these particular students as smart and educated as well as hard working. This magazine indicates that Bishop Douglass is a enthusiastic school with high standards for students. The uniform of Bishop Douglass shown on the left suggest that BD get students ready for work life in the future. From a outside perspective it makes the school look very sophisticated.

In most cases school magazine are made within the school because there are not many advertisement.

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

Who would be the audience for your media product?

For my magazine I don’t have a set target audience, my magazine targets the whole school as I would like the younger students to see what the older students get up to and vice verse. Different pages in the magazine have different target audiences for example work experience would target the older students whilst what do students think of BD would be more of a general audience .

How did you attract/address your audience?

The front cover has to be very appealing to the audience because that’s what they see first so it’s important to draw your audience in using colours and the title, which I used both in this case. The colours I used were yellow, black and white, initially the magazine cover was just black and white but by adding the yellow it gave the picture that cutting edge to catch the eye of the audience. For the title I used a recent film that came out that was a big hit and in addition very catchy and easy to remember. I attract my audience by giving them or telling them information that is beneficial for them, for example ‘how to achieve your ATG’ is beneficial to all students no matter what age, the more the magazine has a affect on them the likelier they are going to buy it and take interest in it.

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

• With so many technologies (PowerPoint, Word, Pic monkey and Prezi) on offer I was able to use different technologies to create my magazine. Using Pic monkey has allowed me to give an extra effect on the image itself and make the magazine look more innovated. With so many fonts on offer I was able to choose one that best fits my title and image. For my contents page I used Microsoft word as I wanted to highlight my range of using different technologies, when using word I keep across a variety of smart tools which I looked and used until I found one which I liked.