sarah walker AS media

Friday 24 February 2012

Evaluation: Question 1

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

The masthead on the right is from 'NME' magazine. I thought that the dark red and the white outline with a white tag line underneath had a really eye catching effect on the magazine and stood out against all CVI's.

This is the call out box in Q magazine. It stands out with the colours and is done in all different fonts and lettering. I tried to remake this in to my own media product by using the colour themes and the spaces in between letters.

On the double page spread I covered one whole side with a picture, this is seen in many magazine double page spread and I think it is very effective and eye catching. It seems to be used in music magazines especially as they feature a photoshoot with the artist and use a full sized photo to go either across the two pages or covering one. I also used the lettering behind the text because this is also featured in Q magazine alot.

Evaluation: Question 4

Who would be the audience for your media product?

My audience are passionate, engaged and open minded music fans driven to continually discover new music, yet still enjoys to listen to their 60's vinyl's.

My audience are very affluent, with a disposable income fitting in to the ABC1 category on the jicnar scale.

My audience also has a similar taste in films as they do music. They enjoy a decent new action/thriller, however they do enjoy watching older films like the Godfather and James Bond.

My audience also like to keep in good health. Always eating breakfast, regular snacks of fruit and vegetables, with a healthy meal at the end of the day.

My audience likes to keep up with the fashion scene, spending a reasonable amount of money on their look.

My audience does not have children but does have a partner that, they like to spoil with fine wines and jewellery.

Music does not take over their life, however it is a passion that they hold deeply and they could not go a day without listening to their classic records and recent discoveries.