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EVALUATION QUESTION 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Representation of specific artists are important because it is a way to include the audience in the magazine as they may feel that they have something in common with the artists.

Before creating my music magazine, I decided that I wanted everyone to be able to enjoy my magazine especially teenagers/young adults, so I did not choose a specific social group. However, my music magazine is a gospel magazine, many people automatically think that gospel music is only suitable for Christians but anyone can listen to it, just as anyone can listen to rock or pop music, it is just a music genre. In addition, my magazine is not just any type of music magazine, it is a modern music magazine and through the colours (red and yellow) I used in my magazine, people will be more attracted to it as it is something different. According to the house style of my magazine, most of the people that will be purchasing my magazine are young people (aged 16-22). This is because my magazine stands out and I used colours such as yellow and red because they are the colours that appeal to my audience because they are bright and cheerful which will draw the audience’s attention. In addition, the main artist featured in my magazine is Lecrae and he is a young gospel rapper, which will attract more young people because this will reassure them that there is many different sides to gospel music and it is not just the typical type of gospel music, which is enjoyed by the older generation. also, one of the main reasons why I chose Lecrae to be featured in my magazine is because I did some research and most young people believe that gospel music is dull. This suggests only older people can enjoy gospel music. However, Lecrae’s gospel music is not portrayed as tedious music. However, because I wanted everyone to read my music magazine and I know how much young people like gossip, I included a section in my music magazine where the reader finds out more about the secrets about his success. Lecrae represents my target audience because he’s a young rapper and most young adults/ teenagers like rap music and the only difference between Lecrae’s music and another rapper is that Lecrea’s music has a great message that motivate people whereas other rap artists promote gang, violence. From my research, I found out that males would be more interested to my magazines than females as Lecrea is a male.

EVALUATION QUESTION 1

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

For my media product, i had to create a magazine of my chosen genre. My music magazine genre is a gospel; I chose to do a gospel music magazine because there is not many gospel music magazines that has been distributed in the magazine industry. I think this is because magazine distribution companies feel that not many people will purchase gospel magazines because of the norm, which is that gospel music is for older people but not many older people read magazines.Throughout my magazine production, I made sure that my magazine's conventions relate to the genre. There are three modern gospel artists featured in my music magazine, I did this because I wanted to demonstrate that there are many different styles of music within the gospel world. The images in my magazine also relate to its genre. Through the costume worn by the model in my magazine, the audience will be able to infer that the genre is gospel as she is wearing clothes that look elegant and not so revealing. In addition, through reading the masthead on the cover page of my magazine, my target audience is likely to infer that it is a gospel magazine as it says, “The living word”. I tried to give as many hints as possible for the audience to insinuate that it is a gospel magazine as soon as they view it.

 I chose to do a modern gospel magazine because I knew that it would attract and appeal to a younger adult/ teenage audience. My music magazine challenged the forms of conventions as I used colours (yellow, green and red) that are not usually utilised on magazines. I did this is because I wanted my magazine to stand out from all the other magazines but also look appealing. Moreover, I wanted to challenge the forms of conventions because I felt that magazine distributions want to publish something new and different which will stand out as many more people will purchase it and my magazine does not follow the norm of other magazines e.g. my masthead is on the side of the front cover instead of the top centre. 

MAGAZINE PARENT COMPANIES

Parent Companies

I would like my magazine to be part of the Hearst Company because it publishes many similar magazines to mine. For example, ‘Bazaar’ is a magazine that is being distributed by the Hearst Company. My magazine is similar to ‘Bazaar’ magazines they all have only one image on the main cover and so does mine. I think this is so the audience do not get confused when they pick up a magazine distributed from the Hearst Company, as they are all elegant and classy. Another reason why I think my magazine would be similar to Bazaar magazines is because most of their main images are mid shots and my main image will be a mid-shot. Bazaar magazines are similar to how I would like my magazine to look because all the models presented on ‘Bazaar’ magazines are elegant and classy and the model that would be on my magazine looks classy and el

egant.  Another reason why I have chosen to use this parent company for my magazine is that they already have over 22million people that purchase their magazine monthly, and I think their audience would also purchase my music magazine because they trust the Hearst Company’s judgement in publishing magazines.  In addition, if this company produces my magazine, it is more likely to become successful because of their reputation as they have a wide audience appeal.

PRE-PRODUCTION PAPER WORK

Location recce form

Where or what location are you planning to shoot your music magazine? I would like to shoot my music magazine outside my church because the genre of my music magazine is gospel. I want the audience to know the genre of my music magazine as soon as they pick it up.

 

Directions to get there? Bus: 257 from Walthamstow to Stratford. The stop is Leytonstone fire station.

What do you like about it? I like the location I have chosen because it would match the genre of my music magazine, and this will immediately infer that it is a gospel magazine. The scenery of my magazine shoot is natural and this will reassure the audience that my magazine is not like any other magazine, as I would not edit the scenery.

What problems might you encounter with it? The only problem I might encounter with is, people from the church finding it disrespectful to utilize the church scenery for a photo shoot.

How do you plan to overcome them? I would simply inform them about my media production which is to create a music magazine. I would also inform them that I needed to take pictures in front of a church, as the genre of my music magazine is gospel.

How is your location relevant to your music magazine/artist? The genre of my music magazine is gospel and the location I have chosen for the shoot is church. All the artists that I would like to be featured in my music magazine are gospel artists

How does your location relate to the (sub-genre) music genre? There are many different genres within gospel, I would like to have rap, and urban contemporary gospel artists included in my music magazine. The location I have chosen relates the sub-genres (rap and urban contemporary gospel) as it is modern church and the gospel music is portrayed in many different ways.

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