Evaluation of my Student Magazine Front Cover and Cntents.

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

I have created a masthead which links in with the conventions of a real media product, as all real magazines have a masthead to give them all a unique idenditiy. My masthead is quite simple but bold. I have used three simple but eye cathching colours which will attract the audience. I have also used coverlines, these are also used in real media products, i kept to the same three colours through out to give a professional feel. I didn't add any extra images to my front cover as none of the pictures I had taken really fitted in the feel of the magazine and the front cover- so I added more in the contents page. The central image i used was a middle close up. This goes with the conventions of a real magazine- this is to grab the audiences attention and give enough information to entice the audience to buy your magazine.

How does your media product represent different social groups?
My magazine represents different social groups by having different articles in the magazine which will intrest a whole group of students not just one group of students. I have also used unisex colour palette, this again makes sure that it doesn't just apeal to certain a certain sex.

What kind of media insitution might distribute your media product and why? 

The college would be the distibuter, this is becuase my magazine is for college students and some of the information would be about events that only ludlow college would be aware of.

Who would be the audience for your media product?

The audience for my magazine would be college students, from 16to about 18 years old. THe magazine is targeted at both males and females.

How did you attract/address your audience?

From the results that i had from carrying out research on a focus group, which were students, i knew the kind of things which would intrest all types of different students.  I made sure that on the front cover i included coverlines which would appeal to different types of students. i also tried to use colours which would appeal to both genders. I made the front cover quite interesting but not too cluttered as this would stand out from other magazines.

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

I have learnt how to question a focus group and use that information to help to create what was needed. To create my magazine front cover and contents page  i used a program called 'Abdobe In Design'. I have never used this program before, so throughout the project i was learning what it could do and how i could use the features to create a realistic magazine. I feel that if i started again now, i would understand how to work the program better and therefor get better results.