1) In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
There are many ways in which my media product uses - developed, challenged forms and conventions of real media products, this has been proven as 38 people who filled in my feedback questionnaire were aged between 16-34 years old who all agreed my magazine included all of these. Typical conventions from music magazines include, Bold titles, background pictures, music album references etc.. From my pre-production response the majority of people preferred Hip-hop/Drum 'n' bass..as their preferred genre of music, my magazine reflects this as the majority of artists that I have included are Hip-hop/Drum 'n' bass artists. They also like House/Garage and pop/punk bands so I included a selection of artists from that genre in the contents. In my post production feedback the people asked to fill in my questionair - said my media product fitted to the criteria of those genres of music, and all of them also said they would buy the magazine.
The front cover of ‘BASS MAX’ is bold so it can stand out from a magazine shelf and make the target audience drawn to it. I used bold simple fonts as these tend to be bolder and more effective than fancy ones - also other people in my media class said they were more complicated to read, which made me realise the reader would soon get bored! One person when asked in my post production feedback ‘what do you like most about it?’ replied “I love the name of the magazine because it makes an impact wen u read it - the word BASS MAX almost feels like you could feel the rhythms through the pages!”, this just proves my point that it does give it more of an impact. Throughout my magazine the design of the background of each page has always started as a black text box, this makes the writing and pictures stand out more and also gives you more of a selection of colours that you can use for the text - it also leaves no blank white on the pages! The main image on my front cover is a medium close up shot of Deadmau5, who I’ve been to see at festivals such as Reading and Download - the picture used on the front cover was taken from a gig whivch i got V.I.P tickets too - and realised i'd never get that close to him again so took a few pics.. i really think its a wicked photo and 10 people stated in my questionair that his photo as a background image looks proffessional and also it stands out really well! I chose this image as its bold which draws the audience in and the text is still readable around and on it. The language that I have used throughout my magazine isn’t very complex which makes for an easy reading so you can read it at night or whilst doing something else and still be able to understand what you are reading - also using emphasisms from the younger age groups (my target audience) this becomes easier for my target audience to read and understand.. . Also other essential key parts to the mag was they wanted information such as: news, features and posters which my magazine all provides (stated in the contents). The price of ‘BASS MAX' was chosen by looking through the answers of my target audience on my pre production questionnaire which showed that most people would be prepared to spend from £2 to over £3 so I decided that £2.99 would be a suitable price to charge people - i also did some research on NME as this magazine was the main breadwinner to the sucess of my media product, they price their magazines at £2.99 aswell. My magazine uses 2 of the 4 uses and gratifications; it uses information as its tell the audience what is happening in the music world and its also using the integration and social interaction theory as you find out about what the artists are up to and their music which you can emphathise with the lyrics of the songs and the life of the artists. These would all be on separate pages, its just stated in the contents, with page numbers to the relating points above.
‘BASS MAX’ follows the conventions of existing music magazines, 100% of the 38 people who answered the post production feedback agreed that ‘BASS MAX’ followed the convection of a magazine, and they all also agreed that they liked the layout that was used. Quotes such as “It's brilliantly designed and looks like a real magazine” and “i love the way it’s set out, it looks awesome, it looks like a proper real magazine” backs up the fact that my magazine follows the conventions of existing magazines which makes it look more realistic and also more importantly more appelling. The choice of images that have been used in ‘BASS MAX’ are mostly live images, this is because all the images used in the magazine had to be taken by me at gigs and different festivals such as Reading Festival 2009. This still follows the typical conventions of music magazines, as they usually include a lot of live images just like mine. “The pics are really cool” and “The pictures that have been used” are 2 people’s answers when asked what they most liked about ‘BASS MAX’. The choice of text is relevant to ‘BASS MAX’ as it included captions with the images to let the audience know what that feautured artist is going to talk about or what is happening with the artist. The font of the text is very simple but bold, as there is nothing worse then having a magazine of which you can barely read the writing due to it being all fancy. The size of the text is also easy to read and follows the conventions of a music magazine as I’ve used different sizes to indicate which bits of texts are more important than others so the audience will be drawn to the separate parts of my music magazine. The background colour on all the pages as previously mentioned is in black to make everything stand out more. The front cover and the contents contrast completly this is to keep the readers interested and also it follows a Dj covention towards a Dj's music magazine. However the double page spread use very similar colour ranges for the writing which is bright yellow and bold - this relates back to the front cover with yellow being the main colour and also relating to the reading festival logo at the bottom! this draws the target audience in and keeps them interested. I made the decision to use bright colours, as I believe that it will draw my target audience into wanting to read ‘BASS MAX’ and it also makes it clearer where each piece of text starts and ends. Many people seemed to love the double page spread as stated in their questionair, comments such as “i like the colour scheme, the picture being the same colour as the text is great, looks really professional” and “you've picked good quotes! The colour is really good aswell…” shows me that they obviously liked the double page and it hasn’t gone un-noticed.
My music magazine represents mostly young artists with a few exceptions of some older ones such as Dj Wrek, the reason for this is that my target is audience are teenagers and young adults who are most likely going to know more about new up to date bands than some old ones of which their parents may know of. All of the artists featured in ‘BASS MAX’ are male as a lot of guys try to look up to their idols which are the integration and social interaction theory in uses and gratification. However, it’s not just guys who would want young male artists featured; Teenage girls and young women like nothing more than young gorgeous male to look at and listen to their music. ‘BASS MAX’ is targeted at fans of Drum 'n' bass/Dub-step/Electro/House/Garage etc.. genres of music of which the majority of those genres of music have been included in ‘BASS MAX’; this gives a more vary music magazine and reaches out to a broader audience. “Well, I think you were able to put together many different stories related to many different artists/genres of music, and that diversity is amazing!” and “…how so many different genres are put together and pull it off, looks great” this shows me that people are willing to enjoy many artists genres and have a variation to read through. For these are the ways in which my media product uses, deveplopment or challenges forms and conventions of real media products.
BELOW ARE SOME YOUTUBE CLIPS THAT WOULD RELATE WELL TO ARTISTS IN MY 'BASS MAX' MEDIA PRODUCT: (MUSIC MAGAZINE)
AND ALSO SOME OTHER REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS THAT COULD RELATE TO MY MEDIA PRODUCT FOR COLOURS/ LAYOUT/ PICTURES OR SLOGANS ETC..
Travis Barker Remix "Forever" Drake Kanye Lil Wayne Eminem
Deadmau5 - Ghosts n Stuff
Kaskade & deadmau5 - Move For Me (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
Dj Betrus - The Best House Music 2009 - 2010
The video below was what created my ideas to make and create my music magazine to become a DJ's magazine... calling it 'BASS MAX' with Deadmau5 (who is included in the video - try and spot his flashing big red mouse hat!) as being the main focus artists i belive this video really relates well to my meida product..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e68A-jCmdw
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