Note for the Moderator.

Dear Moderator,

Please find below my foundation portfolio G321;

My brief was to research, plan, and construct a cover, contents page and double page spread for a Magazine. I chose the genre 'R'nB' to create my magazine. Please use the labels to navigate my blog.

Kind regards,

Devin Cannon. Candiate number; 2227.

 

Final construction.

1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (i.e. of film openings)

My media product challenges, develops conventions of real media products because i have used mainstream conventions such as the mise en scene for example. My design layout and genre control also challenge forms of real media products, other RMA's i have analysed have a basic bold region layout out through out the whole product. However, i challenged this by using different methods of design on my Cover, contents page and DPS. The different colours and fonts through my product help develop the conventions but also refer back to my genre so it still flows with and links into my target audience.

2. How does your product represent particular social groups?

The themes and the colours help represent my social group,which is teens to young adults . The whites, yellows and blacks go with the social groups and also the bold fonts. The photography, genre and artist in my product help attract different social groups but specifically my social group (teens) with interest in R'n'B and mainstream music tastes. My media product also represents certain social groups because the wording of titles and the wording in articles link in with the genre of music i have chosen. The mise en scene, for example the clothing, also helps represent particular social groups. The mise en scene is important when representing social groups and i feel like my artist used in the pictures, is correcting dressed to link in with the genre.

http://devcan1996.wix.com/media-evaulation

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

When being sold my product would be placed on a commercial market, for mainstream users, not on independent markets used for indie magazines and products. Media institutions that might distribute my media product could be mainstream shops and stores, such as WH smiths, ect. Also online stores might distribute my product, like amazon, sites like amazon sell mainstream and indie RMA at reasonable prices, therefore i think that they could distribute it at a good price and this would benefit the costumer, especially if its online it will be more accessible and easy to buy.

4. Who would be the audience for your media product?

5. How did you attract/address your audience?

How did you attract/address your audience?
i attracted my audience by using the correct mise en scene, house styling and design to link in with my chosen genre. for example, my titles and subtitles are brightly colored and bold to appeal to my audience. If the colours or even fonts arent right, it can attract the wrong audience. I also used the correct clothing and style of my artist in my magazine, he is dressed and styled in a way which corresponds with my genre. The wording of titles and name of the magazine would also help attract my audience, for example "Pulse", the name of my magazine.

On the cover, i have chosen specific colours and fonts to link in with the photo as well as my target audience. The different fonts and range or colours, give the cover a bright feel and welcoming, rather than over RMA that i studied, which were for the rock genre and they were all black and red fonts. In the double page spread the fonts, colours, subtitles, pull quotes photography and article wording all help attract my audience.