What have I learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this project?

NOTE: This document mainly answers evaluation question 6. Use zoom to see more clearly.

What kind of institution might distribute my music magazine and why?

NOTE: This document mainly answers evaluation question 3. Use zoom to see more clearly.
Here are the links to the websites if you want to see them.

HMV                               NME                                      Kerrang!

How My Media Product Uses, Develops and Challenges Codes/Conventions of Real Media

NOTE: This post mainly answers evaluation question 1. This post also includes the title and contents pages of my music magazine.

My media product uses and challenges certain codes and conventions of everyday real media. I used conventions such as choice of masthead, main image and the style of writing to get my points across.

This is my magazine's masthead. I have chosen a particularly bold colour to use to make it really stand out as a piece of media. The font is Rocketship Town, one I have downloaded from http://www.dafont.com/ and already commented on in an earlier blog post, saying that this font is very noticeable and effective, making this stand out from the rest. My strategy mainly revolves around trying to make things stand out, because the more noticeable things are, the bigger the impact they will have.

My masthead. Sorry the page is so long, but the Photoshop format made it this long.

Adobe Photoshop has been a very helpful program in challenging the standard conventions in media. It has been helpful in doing this because of features such as the text tool and select tool that enable me to make the publication look bigger and better than most standard media products. Using filters such as undercolouring and adding layers such as a drop shadow or outer glow enable me to improve the masthead, strapline, fonts and other features in order to make the finished media product really stand out from the rest.

Photoshop logo.

My music magazine's title page. Note how significant and stylized it looks in order to draw attention. 





My music magazine's contents page. Note the application of font, imagery and use of colour on the page.



How My Media Product Uses, Develops and Challenges Codes/Conventions of Real Media - Current Progress

Not complete as of yet, will aim to complete as soon as possible, earliest tomorrow.
Sorry for delays.

Representation Of Social Groups Final Version

This is with the fourth slide added and complete.

Delays have occurred because I have been ill since Thursday evening so I haven't really had the strength to post. Hopefully this will be gone soon.

NOTE: This presentation mainly answers evaluation question 2. It also evidences evaluation questions 4 and 5 and answers these ones as well.

Representation Of Social Groups Final Version

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Photography for The Quaking Sound

Posted here are the photographs I took for my music magazine, which I will use accordingly in the magazine.

I took these on Wednesday 24th November with Ben Hayes.

I was focusing mainly on attitude when taking these photos, in an attempt to get the right impression of my target audience. I possibly will do specific comments - I have not decided yet.

UPDATE: Not sure I will do comments on the photos specifically, this is partly due to that I do not have a planning sheet for making comments, and partly because of other matters.

Presentation of Representation of Social Groups

Posted is a Powerpoint presentation uploaded via SlideShare, that explains about the target audience and demographics of my publication as well as the research I wnet into and how it relates to this publication.
SlideShare(http://www.slideshare.net/) is a website that allows the uploading of presentations and documents for other people to see.
NOTE: 4th slide is not complete because because of problems with font. I will aim to complete this slide tomorrow.
UPDATE: Problem fixed. The proper font is now on and I should have the 4th slide posted by tonight.

Thursday 25th November: The presentation is now complete. Sorry for delays. I will have re-posted the presentation by tonight and I will also post the photography I did.

Representation of social groups

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