Media Course Work Better

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Media coursework

• Preliminary exercise: A school magazine, also produce amock up of the layout of the contents page.

• Main task: The front page, contents and double pagespread of a new magazine. All images and texts must beoriginally



School Sport Analysis

Bright colours tomake the magazine

stand out

Lots of strap linesto tell the reader

what's inside themagazine

Big main image

of a cricketplayer making itobvious that it

is a sportsmagazine.

Name of themagazine is in

big, bold capitalletters to make it

stand out

The image is along shot of a

player celebrating

Here is an exampleof layering. It is

showing the playersarm over the top of the magazine name



Big bold writingadvertising the

name of themagazine

Big main imagetrying to catch

the readers eye

Date of magazinerelease

The main image is amid shot of school

children andteachers celebrating

there success

The Selly Oaker Analysis

Advertising theschools name

Quite dark colours are used

on the image



Should the magazine frontcover have teachers orchildren on it?

Children 8/10

Teachers 2/10

Should the magazine be issuedmonthly or weekly?

Monthly 3/10

Weekly 7/10

What age range should the

magazine be aimed at?

Years 7-8 1/10

Years 9-10 1/10

Years 11-13 8/10

By doing a questionnaire I can put together a range of questionsand answers and I can see what is more popular with the public.

This can help me because my front cover will look better if I meet

the needs of the target audience.



How many images should thefront cover have?

1 1/10

2 2/10

3 7/10

What colour should the frontcover be?

Black + White 2/10

Pink + White 1/10

Mixture 6/10

Blue + White 1/10

What should the magazine becalled?

Cabot talk 2/10

Talk Teen 1/10

Have your say 4/10

JCA Monthly 2/10

Cabot news 1/10



How many images should the front cover have?

0

2

4

6

8

1 2 3

Number of images on the magazine

N u m b e

r o f p e o p l e

o u

t o f

1 1 1

2

3

How many images should the front cover have?

My graph shows the majority of people want 3 images on the frontcover of my magazine.



What colour should the front cover of my magazine be?

My graph shows that most people want to see a mixture of colours on the front cover.

What should the front cover of the magazine be?

0

2

4

6

8

Black +

White

Pink + White Mixture Blue + White

Colour of front cover

N u m b

e r o f p e o p l e o u t

o f 1 1

Black + White

Pink + White

Mixture

Blue + White



What should my magazine be called?

0

1

2

3

4

5

Cabot Talk Talk Teen Hve your

say?

JCA

Monthly

Cabot

News

Names of magazine

N u m b e r o f p e o p l e

o u t o f 1 1

Cabot Talk

Talk Teen

Hve your say?JCA Monthly

Cabot News


It was a close vote but ‘have your say’ was the most popularname for my magazine to be called.



Should the magazine front cover have teachers or children on it?

Should my magazine have children or teachers on the

front cover?

02

4

6

8

10

Children Teachers

Children or teachers

N u m b

e r o f p e o p l e

o

u t o f 1 1

Children

Teachers

People thought that my magazine front cover should havechildren instead of teachers on it.



Should my magazine come out monthly or weekly?

0

2

4

6

8

Monthly Weekly

Monthly or Weekly

N u m b e r

o f p e o p l e o u t

o f 1 1 Monthly

Weekly

Should my magazine come out monthly or weekly?

People thought that the magazine coming out weekly was a better idea than it coming out monthly.



What age range should my magazine be aimed at?

What age range should my magazine be aimed at?

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2

4

6

8

10

Years -7 8 Years -9 10 Years -11 13

Different years

N u

m b e r o f p e o p l e o u t

o f 1 1

Years -7 8

Years -9 10

Years -11 13

People thought that the magazine should be made for olderkids such as years 11-13.



Questionnaireanalysis

My magazine’starget audience will be 11-13 year olds

It will be issued weekly

It will have children asthe images instead of

teachers

The magazine itself will be called ‘Have

your say’

It will have amixture of colourson the front cover

My magazine willhave 3 images on

the front cover

The magazine will cost £1.99

This is an analysis page they just reminding me what I have to includein my magazine. If I include all these points then it is meeting the

needs of the audience and therefore will buy it.



If there was one thing I couldhave improved on it would have

been to get all of the images headin the picture

This is the title of my magazine,I have made it a bright colour so

therefore it will stand out

This is my main image of a typicalstudent at John Cabot Academy. In the

magazine there is a 2 page spread of himtalking about how he finds the schooland if he enjoys coming here or not

This is the date of whichthe magazine is released

These are my strap lines, they inform the reader of what is

inside the magazine

My questionnaire results showed thaI should use a mixture of colours so

therefore I did this to make it standout more



Title of themagazine

‘The game’ isthe name of

the person inthe picture

This is a goodexample of

layering

XXL Magazine Analysis

Various differentstrap lines have

been used to informthe reader on what

is inside themagazine

Black, White andRed are the maincolours used

The image is of a

man making aangry face making

it look like a violent magazine

The writing ismostly in bold

italics



Top of the Pops analysis

This is the

name of themagazine

They have usedlots of differentpictures to show the reader what

is inside the

magazine

It is a very colourful

magazinefront cover

They have used a

highlighting box tomake some text

stand out even more

Because there is alot of things going

on in the frontcover they have

had to use a lot of layering to try and

fit everything in

Both main

images are of famous young

females



What should my magazine be

called?

Music Madness

Pop Times

Top of the Pops

Pop weekly

3/10

7/10

0/10

0/10

How much should themagazine cost in a shop?

£1 - £1.50

£1.50 - £2.50£2.50 - £3.50

+£3.50

5/10

3/101/10

1/10

What age range should themagazine be aimed at?

5 - 10 years

10 - 13 years13 – 16 years

+16 years

0/10

1/105/10

4/10



Should there be a free giftinside?

Yes

No

8/10

2/10

What should the colours be onthe front cover and contents

page?

Pink + White

Blue + WhiteMixture

1/10

1/108/10

How many images should my contents page include?

1

2

3

4

1/10

0/10

7/10

2/10

By studying the results of my questionnaire I can see what thingsare most popular with members of the public and therefore

accommodate the needs of my target audience in the magazine inorder to sell more issues.




0

2

4

6

8

Music

Madness

Pop Times Top of the

Pops

Pop

Weekley

Names of magazine

N u m b e r o f p e o p l e o u t

o f 1 0

Music Madness

Pop Times

Top of the Pops

Pop Weekley


People thought that my magazine should be called Pop Times.



How much should the magazine cost in a shop?

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

£1 - £1.50 £1.50 - £2.50 £2.50 - £3.50 £3.50 - £5

Price or magazine

N u m

b e r o f p e o p l e o u t

o f 1 0

£1 - £1.50

£1.50 - £2.50

£2.50 - £3.50

£3.50 - £5

How much should the magazine cost in a shop?

It was a close decision between the two cheapest options howeverpeople have voted in favour of £1 - £1.50



What age range should the magazine be aimed at?

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5 - 10 years 10 - 13 years 13 - 16 years 16 or above

Age ranges

N u m

b e r o f p e o p l e o u t

o f 1 0

5 - 10 years

10 - 13 years

13 - 16 years16 or above

What age range should the magazine be aimed at?

Again it was a close vote but people preferred themagazine to be aimed at 13 – 16 year olds



Should there be a free gift inside?

0

2

4

6

8

10

Yes No

Yes or No

N

u m b e r o f p e o p l e o u t

o f 1 0 Yes

No

Should there be a gift inside?

People want a gift to be inside the magazine when its sold



What should the colours be on the front cover and

contents page?

0

2

4

6

8

10

Pink + White Blue + White Mixture

Colour for the frontcover

N u m b e

r o f p e o p l e

o u

t o f 1 0 Pink + White

Blue + White

Mixture

What should the colours be on the front cover andcontents page?

People have chosen mixture as the colour to be used on the frontcover of my magazine




0

2

4

6

8

1 2 3 4 or more

Number of images

N u m b e r o f p e o p l e o u t

o f 1 0

1

2

3

4 or more


I am going to use 3 images in the contents page of my magazine as this is most popular



The magazine isgoing to be called

’Pop times’

The magazine willcost £1.50

The musicmagazine’s targetaudience is 13-16

year olds

It will include agift inside

Again the magazine will

have a mixture of colourson the front cover

It will include 3images in the

contents page of my magazine

The magazine will be issued

monthly

Questionnaireanalysis

This is an analysis page just reminding me what I have to includein my magazine. If I include all these points then it is meeting

the needs of the audience and therefore they will buy it.



My Evaluation



Forms and Conventions

I have chose to design and make a media magazine called ‘PopTimes’. It has many of the same codes and conventions of normal musicmagazines. Big main image, Various colours making it stand out and many different strap lines have been used in my magazine to try and make it atypical pop magazine. On my contents page I have used 3 different pictures

all different to one another trying to expose as much of the magazine aspossible in one page. This is what many different magazines do to try andentice the reader to buy it without having to go through the whole magazine.Therefore I have tried to follow the conventions as much as I can to try andmake my magazine as successful as possible.



Photographs and Props

I had no problems finding a location to take my photographs. I useda professional studio to take my first batch of pictures and decided to useonly sun glasses as props. Also because it was a boy band shoot we chose todress up as a young boy band that would be appealing to younger girls forour target audience.

My second batch of photos I chose to use no props at all and justcasual clothing. I did choose to use a wide open area in my school for my second batch of photos because these pictures are of things that you shouldnot do on stage. This makes it look as real as possible to the reader. If I wasto do my pictures again I would have, taken my pictures slightly closer to thecamera because we wouldn’t have so much of the background in the picture.

Also I would have edited them slightly differently as well. I chose to makethe background completely white however I think it is to bright and doesn’tlook natural.



Target Audience

I have tried to aim my magazine at teenage girls between 13-16 yearsof age. I believe that this age group will nag at there parents, grandparentsect to buy them this magazine more than any other age or gender. One of the main things I have included in my magazine is an interview with a young and up and coming boy band. I think this is the main thing in my

magazine that will attract my target audience. Also lots of girls that agedream of being pop stars. So I have included 5 things not to do on stage asanother thing that girls will take note of so they don’t do it if there ever onstage.



Institutions and audiencefeedback

A institution like MTV would sell my magazine as they are a wellestablished company that distribute many forms of media products. They already produce a series of T.V programmes such as MTV Base ect. Thismeans they are well known in the music industry and are the perfectdistributor for my magazine. Which format has now been changes from anall music magazine to one that includes things like real life stores and otherthings as well.

I managed to get a lot of feedback off of both boys and girls of variousteenage ages. Audience feedback showed that the audience I have targeted was obvious and that the topics I have selected are suitable for my targetaudience. I have chosen a pale blue colour, but looking at my feedback Ishould have used more than one colour throughout the magazine because itlooks quite boring. Also maybe I should have used a colour which wouldappeal more to girls such as a pink this might have caught there eye more

than the blue. Overall I chose the right target audience for my magazine andaccording to my feedback it would have been a successful magazine if it wasactually released.



By making this product I have developed my Photoshop skills.Before I made this product I had only used Photoshop once or twice whenplaying around with pictures. I now know how to do a range of differentthings like completely removing the background from a picture, editingpictures and colours, putting effects on texts and incorporating shapes.

Therefore I am a lot more confident now editing pictures, using differentcolour schemes and designing layouts to magazines which will help me if Iever have to do a task like this in the future.

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