Evaluation

1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Before I started to create a student magazine front cover and contents page I did some reasearch. I got to see what the different magazines did to atracted students to buy it. I got to see what masthehead head, headlines, coverlines, colour schemes, puff's and other house styles was use. This was a helpful because I now knew the things that  needed to stay the same in my magazine, such as the 3 colour, colour scheme. It also gave me ideas on what topics would be suitable to include in my magazine, ones that were aprote for the gonra and the age range. However the magazines were dated and alot of the topics being discus would no longer be at intrest to my audence. So this was changed for exmaple one magazine I looked at was discusing the iphone 3gs and they have now brought out the 5 so this is what i chose to include in my magazine. As well as the magazine's being for a larger age range and aiming them a a wider audience, colleges and universitys all over the uk. Where as mine is based around 16-19 year old who study at Ludlow college.

2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
My magazine is based around student knowlage. I am a student so i have tried to create the magazine as how i would want it to be if i was the consumer. As well as using the student research. This help me determine what people would want from the magazine in genral, as well as getting 3 diffrent people's opnions, making a reilibel outcome. Such as my colour scheme is white, purple and orange. Because I liked the option of the orange and pink and so did Ellie in the video responce however Ryan and Amy didnt and both chose a option that include black so this was added, the black also stud out more when on the magazine. The way my magazine looked was also very import as it the way it atracks people. So by putting a photo of a ludlow student on the front cover of the cover magazine represents that it for students of ludlow college, making it a more personal experence for them. I also took a range of different photos for the context page to reflect what your expected to find within the magazine. As well as atracting you to read on.
3.What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
When i was analyzing 2 magazines which was aimed at the student catogary i noticed some of the things they have contain the same elements in which I have included. There for I think my magazine would be best suited for college students, however it would be disributed to students in my college in poticular as the context i chose to write about and inclued is whats happening there.

4.Who would be the audience for your media product?
My magazine would be aimed at 16 to 19 year olds. As that is the college age rage and they are the how are most likey to want to read it. However it terms of infomation the magazine can also be amed on a much wider scale as tutors may want to find out what is happening or keep up to date with there students by knowing who and whats populat at the moment.

5.How did you attract/address your audience?
My magazine uses a range of technques and ways to atract the audence one of these is the brand identy with in the masthead. Which is blod and unusal to atrack peoples eye. As well as using many other housestyles which have been layout neatly and clearly to create a proffesinal vibe to the magazine. As well as the contenus font, colour  and size with in the context page. In contrast to this the price has been put in a larger and diffrent font (chalk duster) to the rest as I wanted this to stand out and atracting people toward the magazine  as it is a reasonably cheap price. I have also used informal langue so the magazine has been made personal to them and its like the magazine is talking to them as the reader.

6.What have you learn't about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
I have leart alot from creating this student magazine. Expessialy in terms of the computer software we used called adobe in design. For example before i did this I didnt know that every time I want to add someting to the project I have to add a new layer. As well as many more things that I know think of as symple. As well as the computer technolgy I have also leart some great technequins when taking photograph's such as the lighting, camara angles and facial expresions. This is also my first time on blogger which i have found great during the prosses as its easy acsses. As well as being easy to use. 

Final front cover and contence page

2nd Analyzation of a student front cover and context page

Mock up Front Cover and Contents Page

Here are their video responses

I have done some research and asked 3 students from college these questions

What do you think my magazine should be called and why?

. Classmate

. CS (stands for college student)

. Pupil

. The A level

What color screams should I use and why?

. Pink, blue and purple 

. Black and white

. Black, white and Red

. Orange, purple and white 

Where should I take the photo for the front cover and why should I take it there?

.Out side the Castle entrance

.Under the Ludlow collage gates

.Inside the media class room

What do you think is a stabile price for the magazine and why do you think this?

What font should I use and why?

Font

Font

Font

Font (in Rosewood Std Regular)

What should the context be?

My Magazine (insula ideas)

Name of magazine:

. Classmate

. CS (stands for college student)

. Pupil

. The A level

- names that are catchy and relate to a student at ludlow college 

Content:

. Useful student information - whats happening in deferent subjects (e.g. sport, media, art)

. Suitable student gossip - whats going on around college and deferent students opinions 

. something the reader maybe interested in - (e.g the latest fashion or technology trend) 

House style:

. Bold masthead with an unusual font 

. Bright (colorful)

. Effective

. Readable font

. Informal language

. Simplistic captions

. A puff that would stand out and appeal to the student

- Something that will stand out and appeal to the consumer

Mode of address:

Informal style - making the magazine simplistic and not in your face 

Informal language - Use of slang, something that the student will understand.

Image/pictures:

. Of a student and back ground focal

- Part of the brief was to have a photo of a student/students. So by doing this and making the student a focal point in the centre of the magazine i will achieve this task as well as making the magazine look effective  

Price:

. Affordable that would appeal to students - £1 - £2

-People are not going buy it if its over priced 

Analyzation of a front cover and contents page of a student/ collage magazine

Exploring The Generics Of A Student Magazine

Work Flow

1st October :

-Exploring the Generics of a student magazine 

Mind mapping a student / college magazine  

-Target audience of student magazines

Alanysation of a front cover and contents page of a student/ collage magazine 

-Audience research - 

Finding out what the student want from the magazine 

8th October: 

-Mock up front cover and contents page

Create a mock front cover and contents page using the research  

- Start to design the front cover/Contents page 

Using creativity, photos, knowledge and research in order to create my student/ college magazine 

15th October: 

 -Carry on the process of designing the front cover/contents page of my magazine 

-Evaluation of the magazine 

Write a evaluation on the magazine that I created

Introduction To Brief

The brief requires me to design a front cover of a magazine. In order to do this it has to have an audience which is to be college or school students. Key thing’s it must feature is a photograph of a student/students I have taken myself, appropriate text for the genre and a masthead. I shall be using a DTP and image manipulation programs in order to create the front cover. As well as updating this blog regularly to record my progress.