Question 2

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Question 7

Question 6

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

I think that it is quite easy to recognise my magazine as a real magazine because I think that it looks quite professional in the way that I have strucured and layed it out, as the structure is quite similar to real magazines. For example I have used three collumns, similar to the magazine that I look at during my research. My front cover is very subtle and look quite realistic, I chose to keep it simple to make it look more sophisticated and subtle.
The magazine 'Clash' that I looked at during my research was a magazine of the same genre as mine. The front cover contained only the title, a caption and the background photograph. My magazine is very similar to this in how there is not much on the page and yet it is quite effective.

Another reason that is is possible for the reader to recognise my magazine as a real magazin is that there is a barcode on the front of my magazine, followed by the price and the 'Urge' website. I put these right in the corner of my magazine as I didnt want them to get in the way of my Background and I wanted them to look desrecte. This helps my reader recognise that my magazine is a real magazine that is sold.
Its quite easy to tell that my magazine is aimed at a younger audeince because of the model on the front my my magazine. However, I think that I could of made it more clear on the front cover that it is a music magazine by adding my anchorage about the music in my magazine. I think that it is quite clear that this magazine is aimed at people who like more alternative, Independant music because of the subtle colours that  have used and how the photogrpah on my background is different to the professionally taken photogrpahs that you would find on main-stream music magazines.

5. How did you attract/address your audience?

I posted my Finished magazine on 'Facebook' to get feedback. I think that the information I got was helpful. I discovered that the writing on the bottom left of my magazine is quite difficult to read because of the drop shadow. Im am very pleased with the feedback I becuase it shows that my magazine has appealed to my target audience. I like the recurring theme of drop shadow through my magazine but I agree that it is unclear in this case. It would have been easier to read if I used 'Arial.' The Model on my front cover is representing successful young musicians, I think the audience understood the text in the way that I intended and it seems that they could connect with my magazine through the model because of the same age-range. most of the people who I asked for feedback were either Young musicians or music fans, they all understand that young people can be successful musicians.

A preferred reading of my magazine could be that it is a positive representation of 15-19 year olds as it is presenting them as being successful musicians. An oppositional reading could be that 15-19 year olds are not successful musicains therefore it could be seen as an unrealistic magazine. Some people will accept that some 15-19 year olds could be successful musicians similar to the teenager on the front cover of my magazine. However, most of them are not.  This is a negotiated reading because the reader is accepting that the representation could be true however in most cases it is not. I think that my targeted audience have taken a preferred reading towards my magazine and accepted that it is true in somecases. Therefore it is a realistic magazine.

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

My magazine is aimed at an alternative audience, featuring independant music and artists. Therefore I have chosen to distribute my magazine independantly. This means that it will be distributed throug Galleries, Cafes, Bars ect. For free.
'Vice' magazine has a very similar strategy to me. However, it is aimed at a more mature audidence. vice is a free magazine that distributes through places where the targetted age range might be. For example, Bars, Cinemas, News agents. 'Vice' was the first free internationally distributed magazine and has an 100% pick-up rate.
My magazine would be distributed in places where my targetted audience are more likely to go. For Example, Music shops, Cafes and bars. I think this is an effective way of targeting my audeince because it'll make it easy to find and also increases the pick up rate. My chosen Multi-platform strategy is to have a smartphone 'app' for example a game that my target audeince can play and it also advertises my magazine. Another strategy that i could use could be to make a website about my magazine, whats in it and how it is distributed. Media 2.0 brings a lot of possibilities that I could use for internet distribution.
http://www.vice.com/en_uk
Vice magazine have a website that gives all the information about that magazine and also how succesful it has been.

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

My magazine is targeted at 15-19 years olds. This is a music magazine so it is aimed at young musicians and music fans. The model featured on the front of my magazine represents younger musicians. My magazine is aimed at C1 + C2 on the Jicnar scale, I think this is suitable for my magazine because I think that younger musicians come under these two categories. My magazine is also aimed at aspirers, people who aspire to be like the musicians featured in my magazine. Also succeeders, For people who want to succeed as being a musician and are looking to current artists for inspiration.

Final Front Cover, Contents page and Double Page spread.

This is the photograph that I have chosen to use on my double page spread. I cropped the photograph down so it was less focused on the whole of my models and more focused on just the faces. I liked this photograph becuase its quite quirky and suits the description of my chosen interviewee's.