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

Question 7) Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product? from Laurasell14

Question 6: What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

I have created a youtube video talking about what technologies I have used and what I learnt and the impact I had from them in the process of constructing my magazine. 

Question 5: How did you attract/address your audience?

How did you attract/address your audience? from Laurasell14

Here I have uploaded a slide to slideshare as to how my magazine addressed my audience. This allows me to share it with people as they can see exactly how my magazine developed to fit a certain demographic.

Question 4: Who would be the audience for your media product?

Online Survey for my magazine on PhotoPeach
 I have made an online survey on Survey Monkey. I have sent this to both males and females. This gave me a clearer oppinion of whether they thought my magazine appeals to the target audience young teenage females. By doing this survey it also helps me to know if I have clearly used the codes and conventions of a music magazine to reach my targetted audience.

The majority of the people who did the survey answered 'young teenage females' to who they thought the target audience is which is what I wanted to achieve. It also tells me that my magazine is clearly a 'Pop' magazine which is important as it uses the codes and conventions of a typical Pop magazine. One person answered 'I like the fact that the layout has been clearly planned out and falls into place nicely'  they also mention 'Its also very vibrant and eye catching' which is important as the genre is Pop.

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

Question 2: How does your media product represent particular social groups?

I have created an animation on Go Animate talking about how I managed to represent my magazine to particular social groups.
Social groups by laurasell on GoAnimate

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

Feedback from class

I gave a questionaire for my classmates to fill in to get feedback on my magazine. This told me what they thought about my magazine and whether I was successful to target the correct audience. From this I have clearly targeted the right audience as they have all said teenagers. They have all said I have used all the typical codes and conventions of a magazine, which was a big aim to do. They have all said I have used a good use of colour and fonts, which was also an important thing to do.

Developing with my contents page 

Today, I have started to design my contents page, I have carried  on with the girly colour scheme. I have put hearts next to each heading. I have also placed a picture of a makeup set as it's a girly item that girls love. I also have put the front cover of the magazine on it as I have pointed out which parts are on which page of the magazine. I got this idea from 'We love pop' magazine.



My final contents page

This is my final contents page. I have developed it from the one above by adding a box from the magazine editor Laura. This makes it grab the audience's attention as they are persuading you to buy the magazine by using the words  'girly gossip'  and 'new pop artists'. I also looked at a Top of the pops magazine and their layout. I have used a similar layout as it attracts a younger audience. 

Experimenting with my double page spread

Today, I have started designing my double page spread. I have used a long shot of the artist on the right hand side. I blended the background colours together to make it look professional. I used different fonts to make it look funky and not boring. I have used a catchy headline 'A new shine to the pop music bizz!'. This grabs the audiences attention as its a brand new artist and young readers will want to read about this. I have used some of the photo-shoot photos on the right hand side, as young readers like to see pictures of artists. It makes it interesting to look at. I have also included a bubble 'I followed my dream' to inspire young girls that their dreams can come true if they don't give up. 

My final double page spread

This is my final double page spread. I have experimented with hot pink and peach circles on the page. This worked well and makes the page more girly and funky.  I got this idea from a previous we love pop magazine as I thought it looked good and unusual. I am happy with my final double page spread as I think it attracts the audience and is catchy for people to read the article.