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I would attract my audience by using Sub headings and titles on the front of my cover that targets peoples needs and wants from the genre of music my magazine specialises in. The subheadings would encapsulate the issues involved in the issue therefore the audience is immediatly informed and addressed. The title of my music magazine is ' Invoke' I chose to call my magazine this as the defintion of Invoke is to release and convey a feeling or expression after being influenced to by a certain factor ,in this case music is the factor invoking the audience to feel a certain way. The model used on my cover is staring directly into the camera which creates a strong intimacy and a greater relationship with the model and the audiences. This adresses the audience directly makes the magazine more accesable. The body language portrayed by my cover model is inviting and allows the audience to feel un-threatened by the model as her arms are not folded , neither is she looking down or away from the audience. The model i chose to use does not posess physical features that may intimidate or demean the audience as she does not portray any superiority.

My media product that i produced represents a particular social group , that group being 'independant,anti-comformists ,music orientated individuals. The genre of my music magazine is ' indie pop' , aimed at indivuduals in a particualar social groups that are interested in this genre of music. My product represents a group of people that do not comform to one type of music and therefore are intersted in an almagamtion of two types of music , that genre being indie pop. It represents the group as not comforming to one stereotype and therefore the social group would be anti-comformists. It represents a particualr social group that differ from your sterotypical social group of 'popluar people' and 'unpopular people' , my product represents a more independant and exempt from being branded interms of their status in society , they are free and much more self sufficient , focusing more on their involvment in music and in particular inidie pop music. The audience for my music magazine would be male and females from the age 14-40. The reason being is i feel fourteen years of age is when people being to develop intellectually and mature in their taste of music , therefore being able to appreciate a genre of music such as indie pop and to be able to read a magazine centered around that genre. I also felt that my audience would range up to fourty because more mature people past that age , especially elderely people tend involve themselves in more mature music , not a genre such as indie pop. Also the audience for my media product would be between that age because i feel people of a more mature age tend not to associate with magazines that have no relevence to the issues in their lives.The audience for my media product would also be individuals with a passion for music and a specialised interest in indie pop music as my magazine is specified in that genre it is aimed towards people with a interest in that genre of music.

Layout.

When creating my media product i again began by studying other indie pop magazines and what conventions i could carry through onto my own production from the examples i had studied. After researching into three other types of music magazines whilst focusing on the genre of music closest to mine ( indie pop ). Whilst studying Q magazine i was able to see ample amount of conventions i could use on my own media production having studied Q magazines layout. I feel my magazine cover use many strong conventions. These conventions being a clean cut and simple yet aesthetically pleasing. Three subheadings are placed along side the left hand side of the cover , whilst only one subheading is placed to the right , this keeps the cover looking deatailed and intriguing whilst at the same time avoids looking cluttered and too informational. A typical convention of a music magazine is to use interesting and exciting fonts on the subheading , i however challenged this convnetion and kept to using simple and mature styled fonts instead of less formal fonts. Another convention of music magazines , and in particular indie pop magazines is to use ample amounts of images and text on the cover to entice the audience. Again i chose to challenge this convention as i felt to much text and imagery would distract from the cover model , which in my magazine was the central theme as she was portraying an indie pop star. The layout in my contents page follows that of the conventions used in a music magazine i studied. The chose to use the conventions of again a simple and neat layout , with the contents information placed to the left side of the page. I chose to use this convention as i think it is a strong foundation to develop upon to create a contents page that fits your genre of theme in your magazine. A typical convention of other media products is to use rather large and bold font in the contents page , this convention was present in Base magazines contents page. I however chose to challenge this convention and use medium size fonts as i feel large font is too pretentious and overpowers the rest of the page content. The convnetions of layout that used on my double page spread both used and challenged conventions i had studied in other media products. When researching into Q magazine and Base magazines double page spread the conventions that were apparent were that images of models were the dominant feature on the page used to emphasise that the spread was centered around the model. This convention was usually portrayed by using a close up or medium close up of the model to able them to dominate the spread , i challenged this convention by using a long shot of my model and placing her inbetween the interview on the spread to indicate the two items equal level of importance on the double page.

When creating my indie pop magazine cover i again researched into conventions of other media products similar to mine. When studying Q magazine cover i was able to see that on their cover and also on almost every other music magazine cover , a cover model was the most dominant feature on the cover. I was able to see the shot taken of the cover model was more often that not a medium close up or a long shot to able the cover model to be the prodominate feature. After studying my example of Q magazine which features a medium close up of Cheryl cole it was apparent that this made the cover model appear powerful and it also created a greater intimacy with the audience as direct contact and close proximaty was projected from the image on the cover. This was a convention i chose to use on my media product cover as i too used a medium close up of my female model and had her keep direct eye contact with the camera to channel a message of closeness and intimacy with the reader. When creating my contents page i chose to again use conventions of music magazine contents page that i had studied. A convention of contents page's that i had discovered is that there was either use of one model alone , or the use of a model was absent. This felt this convention was used on other media products because it allows the contents page to be informational rather than a promotion of an individual. However i challeneged this convention as when creating my contents page i chose to have a close up of my cover model situated alongside the contents information on the page. I chose to challenge this contention as i wanted to create a recurring theme of the cover model being the central feature of the music magazine. By using this shot on the contents page instead of a long shot or no image of model at all i am able to create a theme to the music magazine i have created , the magazine now speaks to the audience that it is centered around the model. When creating my double page spread i chose to use elements of conventions from other indie music magazine double page spreads. When researching into Other media products it was apparent that a common feature on a double page is an interiew with someone with relevant attributes towards the magazine. I chose to use this convention when creating my own double page spread and kept the focus on the cover model by inlcuding her as in interview participant , this is strong convention which can be seen on several magazines including Q magazine. When choosing the shot type that i would use for my model on this double page i challenged the typical conventions that are apparent in other media products. When studying other media products and their double page spreads i was able to see that the shot taken of the model featuered is more often that not a medium close up or a close up as the model is usually the main feature of the spread as the idea remains the spread revolves around them. When creating my media product i challenged this convention by using a long shot of my model to place on the double page spread , although i have challenged the convention of using a close up shot to project power and importance from the image i have used the interview to emphasise the importance of the double page spread model.

Evaluation

I feel my media product that I produced uses the conventions of a real media product to an excellent extent. The genre of my music magazine was ‘Indie Pop’ which I felt was a strong convention of music to follow when creating my own media product. I studied and researched into the genre of Indie Pop to understand be able to develop on the concept of this genre I have chosen. I was able to discover ample amounts of conventions I could use from the real product to my own production. Whilst studying other indie pop magazines i chose to focus on magazine in particular which was Q magazineThe reason being that this magazine i felt carried the conventions i wished to carry onto my media production. The conventions include a use of simple and dark colour palet's usually consisting of the colours black,silver,grey and white. I used this convention of an Indie pop magazine on my media product. When creating my magazine cover i chose to use the colours black , white and silver as i feel they embody the colour palet that are linked to an indie pop lifestyle. This was a convention i followed through to my contents page. I again chose to keep the colours to a limited palet of three , those colours being grey,white and black. When creating my double page spread i again to chose to the same colour palet except in this case i decided to use a midnight lilac colour on the font throughout the interview in the spread. I feel this is a convention many magazines and indeed indie pop magazines use as the double page spread is always more central and important and therefore different in its use of colour.

The images attatched are images of of the second shoot that i took to find an image i could use for my double page spread. I chose to use the same model that i used for my cover and contents page as i chose to feature an interview on the double page spread with my cover model. I also chose to keep the theme of dark with elements of relaxed indie and rock on the spread as this is the conventions i also featured on the cover and contents page. I used the same set and lighting of black and shady as i felt this was a recurring theme throughout my magazine pages and is a strong convention of indie pop music magazine i chose to follow. I was pleased with the shoot and was able to chose a double page spread image from ample ampounts of images. The image i chose was a long shot of my model.

Double page spread research

I feel these double page spread have the conventions i would wish to carry through onto my own double page spread. The simple yet dynamic layout with equal amount of text and image on the double page creates an even tone and an inviting layout. On both double page spreads the image placed on the pages is large however it does not shadow the text and both features are equally visible. The colours used on the double page spreads are similar to the contents page i researched. Again the colour palet remains an unvaried tone , with black,white and grey remaining the main colour features on the double page spread. However the main image of the double page spread features model introduces new bold colours to empahise the improtance of the artist that may be featured on the double page. On the two examples i have studied the models are staring directly at the camera to keep strong intimacy with the reader , this is a convention i used on both my cover and contents page and will continue to use on my double page spread.

contents pages

i have looked at the contents pages pictured left because i feel they have the conventions that would suit my genre of music magazine which is indie pop. The contents pages i have researched are simple and neat , with an equal amount of text and the use of one image. I will follow these conventions when creating my music magazine contents page by using only one image and a sufficent amount of text on the contents page. I also feel the colours grey,black and white which are used on the two contents page would fit the genre of my music magazine therefore it is a convention i will carry out on my own contents page inorder to create the whole ' relaxed indie' look.

cover shot.

This is the final image is chose to use on my music magazine cover. The reason i chose to use this shot instead of the others i shot is because i feel this image creates a strong intimacy between the cover model and viewer due to the strong eye contact shown on the model. I also feel that my model portrays the attitude and look i want to be constructed. She embodies the image of an indie pop chick with a relaxed attitude.

These images are mock's of what i intend for my music magazine cover,contents page and double page spread should look like. I will relate back to these mock sketches when creating my actualy peices inorder to see if i am following the ideas and former plan i created. If i make any changes i will state why i made these changes and decided not to use to layout created on the mockups. I have decided to stick with my genre of ' indie pop' and to create this on my cover i will produce. I intend to create these mockups in my final productions without making too many changes.

1. These are the shots that i took for my cover. I took a variety of shots as i wanted to have a wide selection of different shots to choose from . By creating the wild indie chick look i put suglasses on my model and to have her posed in an almost arrogant manner to create a rock star persona in the shots. I then chose to have close up and medium close ups of my model posed in a natural and calm manner to show different sides to my model who is featured in my magazine as a rock star. The lighting i chose to have in my shoot was prodomanatly dark with a hint of light placed on the left lower hand corner to higlight my models face whilst still keeping the remaining surrounding set in dark,moody and shadowed light.The shot i decided to use for my cover was a mid-shot of my model , where the light is shining on half her face , creating a moody , monotonal look.

Test Shoot

The images pictured above show the test shoot i completed inorder to test out the idea i would have liked to carry out when creating my own magazine cover. I had my model shake her hair and also jump up and down with a guitar. The model shaking her hair did not work as the hair was to wild and it would be to hard to edit. Also when my model jumped up and down it was too hard to capture the image i wanted to as she could not pose and jump at the same time. Also i test shot a female and male model together and felt the image i wished to portray fron the cover was not working as i felt i would look more like a fashion based magazine rather than a music magazine , where a single artist would appear on the cover.The test images of my model stood still worked therefore i will elaborate on this with my final shoot and keep the musical instrument in the shoot aswell as i felt these two concepts worked in the test shoot.

Cover theme

On the cover of my magazine i have chosen to follow through with the genre of my music magazine ' inide pop' , and to feature a female on my cover with the purpose of creating a 'rock chick' look. I will follow conventions of other music magazine covers which have featured females and intend to create a cover with a female indie pop star featured on the Cover. I have chosen to have my model with windswept hair to create a 'wild' look'. This is demenstrated in the image's of Kate Moss and Ashley Oslen pictured above. I also intend to have my cover model posing with a guitar , inorder to create a strong representation of an indie pop star , following the obvious conventions of other magazine's. I will develop further from the image of Kate Moss and her guitair when creating my Indie Pop Music magazine cover.

Test Shoot

Following the pervious test shoot i did i found that My Music Magazine cover would not construct the my concept neither would it portray the theme of my magazine if i had chosen to continue with the idea of putting a male and a female on my cover. After testing this idea i found the cover would look more conventinal and relatable if only a female was to appear on the cover. Because my music magazine genre is indie pop i chose to add a rock chick theme to the cover , therefore i asked my cover model to test shaking her hair around and jumping up and down. After looking at the results the photo's proved that it would be to hard to edit if my models hair was split into different strands. I therefore reconsidered my cover theme and chose to test wether putting a fan on my cover model and having her stand still instead of jumping would work better than the previous test shoots. The photo's were sucessfull and i have no decided to only feature a female on my cover , standing still face on to the camera as i feel this would create stronger intimacy between the viewer and the model.

The image to the left is a brief summarised plan of what i intend to do inorder to create my music magazine conver,contents and double page spread. I have done this inorder to create a base in which i will build upon the further i develop in my magazine creating task. If i make any changes or change the theme and conept entirely i will create a new plan whilst keeping this one as it will be used in my evaluation.