Who would the audience be for your media product?

From the cover of my magazine people will hopefully be able to deduce that the intended audience is both college students and teachers who wish to settle in at college and learn more about their college the text and images on the front are intended to entice this specific audience by relating to issues that they may have or stories that might interest them which is why I decided to do a range of topics for my sell lines to entice the largest audience possible.

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

IPC media may distribute my magazine as it publishes a large variety of magazines nationwide they sell magazines to a large audience via supermarkets, convenience stores and other retail outlets. This would give a large platform for my magazine to start at. http://www.ipcmedia.com/

 

 

IPC media produce a wide variety of magazines selling nationwide this would mean it is a viable option to try and start my media product at as it would be an established and trusted publisher with many outputs meaning my magazine would reach the widest audience. as well as professional help with editing etc. and funding.

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Front Cover

I believe my front cover shows a positive representation of a studious college age teenager. The girl on the front cover of my magazine is a student from my college whom is dressed to be fashionable yet still adhering to a smart casual dress code. This gives off a good impression of her to the audience as she is representing the social group of teens that wish to do well and succeed in education, this is backed up by the fact that she is carrying college work in the photo this shows that she is a hardworking student whom continues with work both in and out of lessons. She is also smiling at the camera which is a positive representation of the dubbed ‘aggressive teenagers’ of this generation however this cover shows the good in college students.

Contents Page

I believe my contents page represents college age teenagers as fun loving yet mature. The images used support the front covers representation by showing teenagers acting maturely whilst keeping themselves entertained. The images show people having fun and yet still learning suiting the stereotypical college environment of 'work hard, play hard'.

What Have You Learnt About Technologies From The Process Of Constructing This Product?

Serif DrawPlus X6 - I don’t believe I have improved in using this software at all as the tools I used to help me create my magazine I already knew/ used beforehand in other subjects/ previous years.

Camera’s - My knowledge of cameras beforehand was basic and I could produce okay photos with little/ no blur, however I had little knowledge of the positive effects on an audience when different angles/ poses are used and the variety of effects the camera can do.

Blogger - I have blogged previously outside of education however not using this specific site, therefore the technology wasn’t new to me. However,  whilst blogging I had to adapt to the layout of this site; this meant it took a little time for me to adjust and start producing things to the best standard I could.

Photoshop - Whilst creating my college magazine I attempted to use Photoshop to edit my main image however this turned out to be more difficult than expected… I hadn‘t used this version of the software before and so the layout was slightly different to what I was used to, this meant that the process was slower than it could have been; however, I got there in the end and feel that my skills with the software this version in specific have been improved.

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